KiCad

The KiCad Development Team · Open-source electronics design suite for schematics, PCB layout, rule checks, SPICE simulation, 3D inspection and fabrication output.

CaskEngineering and CADApple silicon · Intel
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30-day installs1,473#135 in App
1-year installs14.3KLast 365 days
Latest version10.0.6yesterday · Oct 7
Download size1.4GBarm64 / x86_64 · dmg
Release cadenceMonthly1 release in 30 days
  1. 10.0.6

    LatestPatchOct 7 · Wed

    OpenNavo editorialAdded to Homebrew Aug 30 15:57

    Fixes Mac file dialogs and plugin management, with schematic, PCB and export reliability improvements.

    macOS
    Fixes Gerber files being disabled in the open dialog.Fixes a plugin-manager crash.
    General
    Fixes a crash during automatic saving of a freed document.Bounds local-history traversal to the project directory.Displays newly added project libraries without restarting.
    PCB
    Fixes false DRC errors on net-tie footprints.Improves zone fill and DRC performance.Fixes ODB++ export crashes with knockout text boxes.
    Schematic
    Propagates variant edits to every unit of multi-unit symbols.Fixes crashes when closing the schematic editor.
  2. 10.0.5

    PatchJan 1, 1 · Mon

    OpenNavo editorialAdded to Homebrew Jul 22 16:37

    Adds the Mac LTspice 26 library path and fixes history, library migration and output issues.

    macOS
    Adds the LTspice 26 library search path.
    General
    Makes local-history restoration non-destructive.Fixes crashes during automatic history saving.Preserves design-block library visibility.Avoids adding stock libraries on migration when none were configured.
    Schematic
    Fixes a crash when an HTTP library loses network connectivity.Fixes inconsistent symbol-versus-library ERC warnings.
    Output
    Fixes stroke-font thickness and spacing in PDF plotting.Supports unpacked symbol-library directories in CLI SVG export.
  3. 10.0.4

    PatchJan 1, 1 · Mon

    OpenNavo editorialAdded to Homebrew Jun 21 13:42

    Fixes the Mac content-manager proxy crash and improves Git, library and rendering behavior.

    macOS
    Fixes a crash when updating the content manager through a proxy.
    Versioning
    Improves Git credential prompting and SSH-key fallback.Fixes branch switching and handles divergent pulls.Saves unsaved editors before a Git commit.
    Libraries
    Fixes an infinite wait loading libraries on two-thread CPUs.Allows disabling libraries in read-only library tables.Allows aborting symbol and footprint library preloading.
    Graphics
    Fixes black PNG exports from an OpenGL canvas.Fixes 3D model rotation normalization.Fixes automatic Gerber-layer assignment on PCB export.

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