factoriolab VS yafc

yes, you can start building the house from the roof, as you suggest, or you can use some kind of planner, and start building from the ground.

factoriolab.github.io - my favorite, but if you need a tool for layout, not a calculator - I'm using my imagination

I can recommend https://factoriolab.github.io

You mean the best one, so factoriolab[https://factoriolab.github.io ] aren't you?

There are also online calculators for this: https://factoriolab.github.io

https://factoriolab.github.io/ is pretty similar, but also supports mods and some more options

You might be interested in checking out factoriolab or kirkmcdonald. Both tools work great for planning the amount of machines needed to make a specific factory.

FactorioLab has recipes from several popular mods, including SE, K2, SE+K2, Py, PyAL, A&B, SeaBlock and more.

I mostly make extensive use of factoriolab online calculator. How much planning I'm doing also changes throughout the game:

There's a production chain calculator called FactorioLab which already supports several games beyond just Factorio, and had some discussion about supporting Captain of Industry, but doesn't yet. I would guess there hasn't been a lot of work into it yet because CoI is still relatively early, and has had some significant recipe changes.

Hey, would appreciate input from a "btw" person presently. I've put together a PKGBUILD for yafc: https://github.com/ShadowTheAge/yafc/issues/187

If you get into mods, esspecially ones with loops, something like YAFC or Foreman 2 is much better.

YAFC is a standalone desktop app for calculating production lines and ratios (basically a not-in-game version of mods like Helmod or FP, except that it deals significantly better with complex nested production chains). it can also be used to simply explore mod recipes and production chains, and has a built-in FNEI-like feature

if you do play it i recommend using "Yet Another Factorio Calculator"

You could add outside planners too, especially YAFC and Foreman are outstanding.

My notes/plans are in YAFC with annotations about the current state of each entry/block (planned, working on it, implemented, needs a update after research, etc).

However, I think you and OP might both be interested in YAFC. It is written in .Net and it can run on linux (although I haven't personally done so). It does amazing things once you understand how to use it, especially with Py mods.