Download¶

PLCYard is free and open source (GPL-3.0-or-later). It runs on Linux, macOS and Windows with Python 3.11 or newer.

PLCYard running a start/stop program

Just want to try it? PLCYard web runs in your browser: the ladder, structured text and function block editors, routines, functions and function blocks, the tag list, all fifteen simulations and every exercise with its checks. The desktop app adds data types, forcing, the PID setup dialog and single-scan stepping. See PLCYard in the browser.

Install¶

Linux and macOS

git clone https://github.com/juliordzcer/plcyard.git
cd plcyard
python3 -m venv .venv
.venv/bin/pip install -e .
.venv/bin/plcyard

Windows (PowerShell, with Python and Git installed)

git clone https://github.com/juliordzcer/plcyard.git
cd plcyard
py -m venv .venv
.venv\Scripts\pip install -e .
.venv\Scripts\plcyard

No Git? Download the source as a zip, unzip it and run the same commands from the plcyard-main folder.

Update¶

From the plcyard folder: git pull, then start it again.

Screenshots¶

Then read Getting started.