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There are some interesting discussions on the topic: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/eda/image-to-gerber-converter/

You can also bring an image into Kicad and redraw a circuit. All this of course assumes no inner layers on the board.

Thanks! Looks like this very specific area needs some open source love though. I'll look into if I think I can contribute here.

Actually kicad has a bitmap importer. You could pull a bitmap in to the copper layer. It’s often used for silkscreen logos but it’s not limited to that.

It's fittingly called the "Bitmap to Component Converter":

https://forum.kicad.info/t/reproducing-a-pcb-from-scanned-im...

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