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KiCad 5.1.8 Release

Written by The KiCad Development Team
Published

The KiCad project is proud to announce the latest series 5 stable release. The 5.1.8 stable version contains critical bug fixes and other minor improvements since the previous release. It also includes improved footprint, symbol, and 3D model libraries, translations, and documentation.

A list of all of the fixed bugs since the 5.1.7 release can be found on the KiCad 5.1.8 milestone page. This release contains several critical bug fixes so please consider upgrading as soon as possible.

Version 5.1.8 is made from the 5.1 branch with some cherry picked changes from the development branch.

Packages for Windows, MacOS, and Linux are available or will be in the very near future. See the KiCad download page for guidance.

Note KiCad no longer supports macOS older than Mojave 10.14 as of the 5.1.7 release.

Thank you to all developers, packagers, librarians, document writers, translators, and everyone else who helped make this release possible.

Release Notes

See Also

KiCad 5.1.7 Release
2020-09-30

The KiCad project is proud to announce the latest series 5 stable release. The 5.1.7 stable version contains critical bug fixes and other minor improvements since the previous release. It also includes improved footprint, symbol, and 3D model libraries, translations, and documentation.

KiCad 5.1.6 Release
2020-05-15

The KiCad project is proud to announce the latest series 5 stable release. The 5.1.6 stable version contains critical bug fixes and other minor improvements since the 5.1.5 release. It also includes improved footprint, symbol, and 3D model libraries, translations, and documentation.