Kickstage, a software company for the electrical industry, has released BambooGrid, an open-source, web-based UI for power grid modeling and power flow analysis. Previously, teaching these concepts relied on tedious Jupyter notebooks and Python consoles.

BambooGrid, built on the pandapower simulation library, allows users to visually design power grids by dragging and dropping elements like buses, lines, and generators onto a canvas. Users can then set parameters, run power flow simulations, and view results directly on the canvas, including voltage-colored buses and an interactive admittance matrix.

The tool is accessible without installation at bamboo.kickstage.com, with initial hosting sponsored by Hostzero. It features a Python backend and a React frontend, is fully MIT licensed, and encourages user feedback for improvement. The developers are eager to help users learn about power systems through the tool.