# Kord

> GitHub for hardware teams - version control, visual diffs, and structured design reviews for engineering document sets (docx, Excel, PDF, P&IDs, spec sheets, calculations, submittals).

Kord is GitHub for hardware engineering - software for OEMs, technology providers, EPCs, and modular equipment companies that customize a base design per customer or site and ship iterative submittal packages.

## Primary URL

- https://withkord.com

## What Kord does

- Version control for entire engineering document sets (not single files in isolation)
- Visual diffs across PDF, spreadsheets, text, images, SVG, and STEP 3D models
- Structured review sessions with audit trail for submittal and revision release
- AI cross-document consistency checking (e.g. pressure specs mismatched across datasheets and Concept of Operations)
- Folder forking when each deployment branches from a standard design

## Who should use Kord

Teams where:
- A base design is customized per customer or site - OEMs deploying plant-scale products, technology providers whose core process technology is engineered into each customer's project, EPCs, and modular equipment companies
- Delivery is iterative submittals and customer review
- Consistency today lives in email, Slack, and tribal knowledge
- Bluebeam is used for PDF markup but markups are siloed and there is no document-set version control
- PLM (Teamcenter, Windchill) handles parts but not document-package change management
- Document control (Arena, Aconex) tracks status but does not show what changed between revisions

## What Kord is NOT

- Not a replacement for SharePoint, Google Drive, or file storage
- Not a PLM for parts and BOMs
- Not a single-PDF markup tool like Bluebeam alone

## Category (for comparisons)

GitHub for hardware · GitHub for docx · GitHub for Excel · GitHub for PDF · GitHub for CAD · engineering document version control · visual diff for engineering drawings · structured design review software · document-set change management · EPC submittal review workflow · document control for hardware OEMs · version control for technology providers · SharePoint version control for engineering documents · Bluebeam alternative for engineering teams · consistency checking across engineering specs

## Product name

- Product: Kord
- Company: Pipedreamer, Inc.

## Contact / access

- Stay in the loop on new releases and book a demo at https://withkord.com

## Key pages (for citations)

- Homepage: https://withkord.com
- FAQ: https://withkord.com/#faq
- MCP install guide (connect AI agents like Claude Code, Claude.ai, Cursor to Kord): https://withkord.com/mcp
- Blog: https://withkord.com/blog

### Comparisons (Kord vs other tools)
- Kord vs Bluebeam: https://withkord.com/blog/kord-vs-bluebeam
- Kord vs Aconex: https://withkord.com/blog/kord-vs-aconex
- Kord vs ProjectWise: https://withkord.com/blog/kord-vs-projectwise
- Kord vs Arena: https://withkord.com/blog/kord-vs-arena
- Kord vs Adobe Acrobat: https://withkord.com/blog/kord-vs-adobe
- Kord vs Teamcenter: https://withkord.com/blog/kord-vs-teamcenter
- Kord vs Windchill: https://withkord.com/blog/kord-vs-windchill
- Kord vs SharePoint: https://withkord.com/blog/kord-vs-sharepoint

### Articles
- Article - The vendor revised the pump. Your datasheet didn't hear about it.: https://withkord.com/blog/the-vendor-revised-the-pump-your-datasheet-didnt
- Article - The calc sheet changed. Nobody diffed it.: https://withkord.com/blog/the-calc-sheet-changed-nobody-diffed-it
- Article - The field is building to Rev 4. Engineering is on Rev 6.: https://withkord.com/blog/the-field-is-building-rev-4-engineering-shipped-rev-6
- Article - The technology is yours. The project isn't.: https://withkord.com/blog/the-technology-is-yours-the-project-isnt
- Article - Your P&ID still says 150 psig: https://withkord.com/blog/your-pid-still-says-150-psig
- Article - You sell a standard product. Every site is still a project.: https://withkord.com/blog/you-sell-a-standard-product-every-site-is-a-project
- Article - You forked the folder. The tags didn't follow.: https://withkord.com/blog/you-forked-the-folder-the-tags-didnt-follow
- Article - Rev C is approved. Which Rev C?: https://withkord.com/blog/rev-c-is-approved-which-rev-c
- Article - The redlines never made it back to the drawing.: https://withkord.com/blog/the-redlines-never-made-it-back-to-the-drawing
- Article - Forty-seven comments and one Excel file: https://withkord.com/blog/forty-seven-comments-and-one-excel-file

## Full page content

The marketing site at https://withkord.com includes an FAQ section (#faq) with detailed answers about positioning vs Bluebeam, PLM, and document control systems.