KiCad EDA

KiCad 10.0.7 is Released! Get while it is hot! Who are we kidding? KiCad is perma-hot.... But grab your copy anyway www.kicad.org/blog/2026/10...

10.0.7 release candidate 1 available See the blog post on the KiCad website for more information. www.kicad.org/blog/2026/09...

OK folks! We found a couple of issues with 10.0.6-rc1, so we've fixed them an issued 10.0.6-rc2. This will become 10.0.6 this week, if you don't find any more. Please give it a test run and let us know if there are any show stoppers! downloads.kicad.org/kicad/

Coming soon! 10.0.6! Please test out our RC1 build and let us know if anything needs fixing before we do the full release next week! www.kicad.org/blog/2026/08...

KiCad will use FreeCAD's PlaneGCS constraint solver in v11, already in nightly builds. Also this week: Sketcher precision fixes, faster workbench loading, and prep work for a new renderer. blog.freecad.org/2026/07/22/wip-wednesday-22-july-2026/ #FreeCAD #WIPWednesday #CAD #OpenSource

KiCad v11 will be gaining geometric constraints. This is based on the excellent library by @freecadnews.bsky.social planegcs. You can test-drive this feature in today's nightly builds downloads.kicad.org/kicad/

I spoke at KiCon Asia 2025 in Shenzhen about something I'm passionate about: eliminating "learning debt" in electronics education. KiCad is the only PCB tool you can learn once and use for life—from student projects to commercial products. What do you think? txplo.re/kicon_asia25 #KiCad #OpenSource

Two major releases for @kicad.org and FreeCAD in the last weeks. The new versions offer manynnew improvements! www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrsP... #FreeCAD #KiCAD #OpenSource #FOSS #CAD

To be honest, we might be a bit biased, as a sponsor of @kicad.org - but we love KiCad 10 and naturally fully support it 🧡 See our favourite features in our community post: community.aisler.net/t/kicad-10-i... What is your favourite new feature? 🥰 #KiCad #Electronics #Technology #Manufacturing

KiCad version 10 is out today! Lots of features, lots of speed. We hope you like it. www.kicad.org/blog/2026/03...

KiCad will be at Booth 1264 at #DesignCon2026 today and Thursday. Stop by and chat with us and test drive KiCad v10!

KiCad version 10 coming soon with some exciting new features including new importers! www.kicad.org/blog/2026/02...

KiCad has released a new packaging format for Linux. You can know run the latest KiCad using AppImage. This is still in testing, so please give it a spin and let us know if something doesn't work correctly. You can find them at downloads.kicad.org

KiCad is has started our annual fund drive to support the release of v10 and development of v11! Want to know what your support helped build in 2025? Read all about it at www.kicad.org/blog/2026/01... With your help, v11 will be amazing. Help donate here: donate.kicad.org

We were working to get 9.0.7 out in time for the holidays, but we just missed! 9.0.7RC2 is very likely going to be 9.0.7 so please give it a spin and let us know if you see any issues. downloads.kicad.org/kicad/window... kicad-downloads.s3.cern.ch/osx/stable/k...

KiCad 10 is almost here! That means we need to update our demos. This highlight the features and workflows used in real world KiCad projects. Do you have a favorite project? Nominate them here and we'll reach out to see if they'd like to be featured forms.gle/jHcrZhgStHF3...

Dr. Peter Dalmaris gave an amazing talk on learning, KiCad and how we move into the future at KiCon Asia 2025. Watch out for the drop bears though. youtu.be/dMHChUcpDoQ

Job opening at KiCad! We're looking to hire a full-time, remote C++ programmer in the US or EU. Details and application at jobs.kipro-pcb.com/jobs/Careers Join our team and build the future of EDA software!

This December is a great time to try out the @aisler.net plugin for KiCad and get an extra discount! They are a long time friend of KiCad and using their plugin is a easy way to support the KiCad EDA community.

Andrew Greenberg from PSU, gives a masterclass in making intelligible, useful schematic diagrams at KiCon North America youtu.be/X0hd_v8qRiY

I'm pleased to share the schematic AND Kicad project for Pebble 2 Duo - useful if you are have fun hacking! github.com/coredevices/...

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FOSDEM 2026, FreeCAD Day and the Open Hardware and CAD/CAM Devroom Cfp Every year there's lot's of FreeCAD activity centred around the fantastic FOSDEM event in Brussels. blog.freecad.org/2025/10/28/f... #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #CAD #CAM #OSHW #FreeCAD #Events #Announcement

We are constantly adding new parts to our Lovely Library and are proud to announce that we added the first batch of BJT transistors by Diotec Semiconductor AG. Accelerate your design process with quality, ready-to-use ECAD parts for @kicad.org github.com/AislerHQ/lov... #kicad #electronics

💥 You Design, We Donate. Share your project on kicadprojects.com. For every share, NextPCB will donate $10 to @kicad.org on behalf of you. Let's build the future of EDA, together. Share yours! Join us:https://www.kicadprojects.com/ #KiCad #NextPCB #OpenSource

Wayne Stambaugh covers the plan for v10 at #KiCon Europe

Charles Gayot starts off KiCon Europe 2025 with awesome talk on LLMs in KiCad

Curious about our upcoming KeebDeck products (www.keebdeck.com)? Find us at KiCon in Bochum, Germany later this week, we’ll be showing off those boards and more!

Looking forward to KiCon Europe this week! Should be a great event. pretalx.kicad.org/kicon-europe...

We're thrilled to announce the next release of KiCad: 9.0.4! www.kicad.org/blog/2025/08... Lots of bugs fixed and performance improved. We're moving on toward 10!

Wayne Stambaugh's talk on the KiCad Project status at KiCon North America is now online at youtu.be/uUu6nX5VxcA Want to join us at the next KiCon? kicon.kicad.org

We have many questions from our Linux community about using Wayland. It is still missing basic functionality that KiCad users have come to expect. We hope that it continues to improve. But for now, if you need to use KiCad on Linux, we recommend installing X11. www.kicad.org/blog/2025/06...

Check out an excellent introduction to KiCad template design for production projects from Vincent Nguyen www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Zjy...

It is almost time for KiCon North America 2025! We have a great lineup of talks covering many aspects of KiCad from around industry, education and research. Check out the schedule at: pretalx.kicad.org/kicon-na-202...

FreeCAD 1.0.1 is out now - get the bugfix release blog.freecad.org/2025/05/16/f...

Oooh, interesting, this is the first I've heard about this QSPICE integration. Really looking forward to @kicad.org #KiCon in a couple weeks!

Great news! The latest KiCad version 9.0.2 is released today. www.kicad.org/blog/2025/05...

인베디드 입문자를 위한 가이드! KiCad를 활용한 기본 LED 회로 설계와 PCB 제작 과정을 단계별로 배워보세요. 이 영상은 간단한 회로로 시작하여 KiCad의 기초 사용법을 익히고, AI를 활용해 심볼과 풋프린트를 만드는 방법까지 소개합니다. 비록 기초적인 내용이지만, 앞으로의 발전 가능성을 엿볼 수 있는 좋은 시작점이 될 것입니다. #KiCad #PCB기초 #임베디드입문 #AI활용기초 youtube.com/watch?v=TvWi...

Had an idea, and I nerd-sniped myself into building it... Similar idea to the last ecpbreaker design, but adding the 5Gbps SERDES to enable USB3. The ECP5's serdes supports display-port, so you could probably do some cool alt-mode stuff, but currently only routed for SS USB.

Spun up a new design to add an ESP32-C3 module to the back of the flip-dot module, along with DC power input. Got a little carried away in inkscape for the silkscreen. Trying out github.com/30350n/pcb2b..., a plugin that is in the KiCad PCM for exporting textures directly into blender, works great