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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!
Lots of bugs fixed and performance improved. We're moving on toward 10!
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
With your help, v11 will be amazing. Help donate here: donate.kicad.org
January 12, 2026 at 9:56 PM
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
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.
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December 26, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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...
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...
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...
KiCad v10 Demo Project Nomination
Nominate exciting new projects to be included as demo examples in the upcoming KiCad version 10 release.
forms.gle
December 23, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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...
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
youtu.be/dMHChUcpDoQ
One Tool, One Journey: How KiCad Builds Professional Skills & Engineering Mindsets | Peter Dalmaris
YouTube video by KiCad
youtu.be
December 19, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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
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!
Join our team and build the future of EDA software!
December 10, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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!
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.
December 3, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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
youtu.be/X0hd_v8qRiY
Actually Useful Schematics in KiCad - Andrew Greenberg
YouTube video by KiCad
youtu.be
November 19, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Andrew Greenberg from PSU, gives a masterclass in making intelligible, useful schematic diagrams at KiCon North America
youtu.be/X0hd_v8qRiY
youtu.be/X0hd_v8qRiY
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I'm pleased to share the schematic AND Kicad project for Pebble 2 Duo - useful if you are have fun hacking! github.com/coredevices/...
November 4, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I'm pleased to share the schematic AND Kicad project for Pebble 2 Duo - useful if you are have fun hacking! github.com/coredevices/...
October 31, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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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
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
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. This year as well as the usual FreeCAD Day, Chris Hennes (@chennes) and Jo Hinchliffe (@concreted…
blog.freecad.org
October 28, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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
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
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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
Accelerate your design process with quality, ready-to-use ECAD parts for @kicad.org
github.com/AislerHQ/lov...
#kicad #electronics
October 20, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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
Accelerate your design process with quality, ready-to-use ECAD parts for @kicad.org
github.com/AislerHQ/lov...
#kicad #electronics
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💥 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
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
September 28, 2025 at 6:21 AM
💥 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
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
Charles Gayot starts off KiCon Europe 2025 with awesome talk on LLMs in KiCad
September 11, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Charles Gayot starts off KiCon Europe 2025 with awesome talk on LLMs in KiCad
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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!
Find us at KiCon in Bochum, Germany later this week, we’ll be showing off those boards and more!
September 8, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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!
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...
https://pretalx.kicad.org/kicon-europe-2025/schedule/
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September 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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!
Lots of bugs fixed and performance improved. We're moving on toward 10!
August 18, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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!
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
Want to join us at the next KiCon? kicon.kicad.org
KiCad Project Status - Wayne Stambaugh - KiCon North America 2025
YouTube video by KiCad
youtu.be
June 10, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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
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...
www.kicad.org/blog/2025/06...
KiCad and Wayland Support
The KiCad development team frequently receives questions about our support for Wayland. Given that Fedora and Ubuntu are both planning to drop X11 support in the near future, we want to provide clear,...
www.kicad.org
June 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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...
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...
KiCad 8.0 - Project structure, workflow and generating professional documentation
YouTube video by Vincent Nguyen
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June 5, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Check out an excellent introduction to KiCad template design for production projects from Vincent Nguyen www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Zjy...
KiCon North America Livestream at www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2ui...
Come ask questions and get answers in realtime from speakers. Today and tomorrow 9-5 Pacific Time
Come ask questions and get answers in realtime from speakers. Today and tomorrow 9-5 Pacific Time
2025 KICon North America
YouTube video by KiCad
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May 29, 2025 at 3:34 PM
KiCon North America Livestream at www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2ui...
Come ask questions and get answers in realtime from speakers. Today and tomorrow 9-5 Pacific Time
Come ask questions and get answers in realtime from speakers. Today and tomorrow 9-5 Pacific Time
#KiCon North America 2025 is proud to have @circuitly.bsky.social as a sponsor!
Join us on May 30 at UC San Diego for their talk:
“Circuitly’s Design and Architecture: An inside look at a KiCad-compatible, git and web browser-based EDA tool.”
Join us on May 30 at UC San Diego for their talk:
“Circuitly’s Design and Architecture: An inside look at a KiCad-compatible, git and web browser-based EDA tool.”
May 23, 2025 at 6:11 PM
#KiCon North America 2025 is proud to have @circuitly.bsky.social as a sponsor!
Join us on May 30 at UC San Diego for their talk:
“Circuitly’s Design and Architecture: An inside look at a KiCad-compatible, git and web browser-based EDA tool.”
Join us on May 30 at UC San Diego for their talk:
“Circuitly’s Design and Architecture: An inside look at a KiCad-compatible, git and web browser-based EDA tool.”
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...
https://pretalx.kicad.org/kicon-na-2025/schedule/
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May 21, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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...
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FreeCAD 1.0.1 is out now - get the bugfix release blog.freecad.org/2025/05/16/f...
FreeCAD 1.0.1 released
We've just released FreeCAD 1.0.1. There are no new features in this version. The 176 commits that we backported from the main development branch are fixes for various issues identified in the stab…
blog.freecad.org
May 17, 2025 at 6:42 AM
FreeCAD 1.0.1 is out now - get the bugfix release blog.freecad.org/2025/05/16/f...
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Oooh, interesting, this is the first I've heard about this QSPICE integration.
Really looking forward to @kicad.org #KiCon in a couple weeks!
Really looking forward to @kicad.org #KiCon in a couple weeks!
May 15, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Oooh, interesting, this is the first I've heard about this QSPICE integration.
Really looking forward to @kicad.org #KiCon in a couple weeks!
Really looking forward to @kicad.org #KiCon in a couple weeks!