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Three New Importers in KiCad 10: Allegro, PADS, and gEDA

Published 2026-02-18

Proprietary file formats are vendor lock-in by another name. Years of design work trapped in a format only one tool can read is a moat that keeps users paying for software they’d rather leave. We think your designs belong to you, to modify as you see fit. KiCad 10 adds importers for Cadence Allegro, Mentor PADS, and gEDA/Lepton EDA, so your existing work is yours to keep and move forward with in KiCad. These importers are the result of months of reverse engineering, testing, and refinement, and we’re excited to share them with you.

KiCad Version 10.0.0 Release Candidate 1 Available

Published 2026-02-13

The first release candidate for version 10.0.0 is available for testing. Version 10.0.0 will be released soon unless critical issues are found in testing this release candidate. You can obtain the release candidate for your platform here: Windows x86_64 Windows arm64 macOS Linux AppImage x86_64 Linux AppImage x86_64 (lite) Ubuntu: Using the 10.0 release PPA Fedora: Using the @kicad/kicad COPR Flatpak: Using testing builds You can see a nearly complete list of new features and usability improvements on the "Post-V9 New Features and Development News" on the KiCad User Forum.

2025 End of Year Fund Drive: The Year We Lost Count

Published 2026-01-12

We tried to count the new features in KiCad 10. We gave up. Somewhere between "lasso selection tool" and "45° full-screen crosshairs," someone on the team stopped tallying and just started giggling. Dark mode on Windows? Native rounded rectangles? Undo/redo inside dialog boxes? Variant support? The list kept going. What Your Donations Built KiCad 10 lands next month, and we need to talk about what’s in it. Not the polite corporate summary—the real list.

KiCad 9.0.7 Release

Published 2026-01-01

The KiCad project is proud to announce the version 9.0.7 bug fix release. The 9.0.7 stable version contains critical bug fixes and other minor improvements since the previous release.

KiCad Version 9.0.7 Release Candidate 2 Available

Published 2025-12-27

The second release candidate for version 9.0.7 is available for testing. Version 9.0.7 will be released soon unless critical issues are found in testing this release candidate. There may be additional bug fixes to the 9.0 series available as testing builds for users who require those bugs fixed after 9.0.7 is released. You can obtain the release candidate for your platform here: Windows x86_64 Windows arm64 macOS Ubuntu: Using the 9.

KiCad Version 9.0.7 Release Candidate 1 Available

Published 2025-12-15

The first release candidate for version 9.0.7 is available for testing. Version 9.0.7 will be released soon unless critical issues are found in testing this release candidate. There may be additional bug fixes to the 9.0 series available as testing builds for users who require those bugs fixed after 9.0.7 is released. You can obtain the release candidate for your platform here: Windows x86_64 Windows arm64 macOS Ubuntu: Using the 9.

KiCad 9.0.6 Release

Published 2025-10-30

The KiCad project is proud to announce the version 9.0.6 bug fix release. The 9.0.6 stable version contains critical bug fixes and other minor improvements since the previous release.

KiCad Version 9.0.6 Release Candidate 2 Available

Published 2025-10-23

The second release candidate for version 9.0.6 is available for testing. Version 9.0.6 will be released soon unless critical issues are found in testing this release candidate. There may be additional bug fixes to the 9.0 series available as testing builds for users who require those bugs fixed after 9.0.6 is released. You can obtain the release candidate for your platform here: Windows x86_64 Windows arm64 macOS Ubuntu: Using the 9.

KiCad Version 9.0.6 Release Candidate 1 Available

Published 2025-10-13

The first release candidate for version 9.0.6 is available for testing. Version 9.0.6 will be released soon unless critical issues are found in testing this release candidate. There may be additional bug fixes to the 9.0 series available as testing builds for users who require those bugs fixed after 9.0.6 is released. You can obtain the release candidate for your platform here: Windows x86_64 Windows arm64 macOS Ubuntu: Using the 9.

KiCad 9.0.5 Release

Published 2025-10-02

The KiCad project is proud to announce the version 9.0.5 bug fix release. The 9.0.5 stable version contains critical bug fixes and other minor improvements since the previous release.

Three New Importers in KiCad 10: Allegro, PADS, and gEDA

KiCad Version 10.0.0 Release Candidate 1 Available

2025 End of Year Fund Drive: The Year We Lost Count

KiCad 9.0.7 Release

KiCad Version 9.0.7 Release Candidate 2 Available

KiCad Version 9.0.7 Release Candidate 1 Available

KiCad 9.0.6 Release

KiCad Version 9.0.6 Release Candidate 2 Available

KiCad Version 9.0.6 Release Candidate 1 Available

KiCad 9.0.5 Release

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