KiCad 6.0.11 Release

Written by The KiCad Development Team

Published 2023-01-26

The KiCad project is proud to announce the latest and most likely last series 6 stable release. The 6.0.11 stable version contains critical bug fixes and other minor improvements since the previous release.

A list of all of the fixed issues since the 6.0.10 release can be found on the KiCad 6.0.11 milestone page. This release contains several critical bug fixes so please consider upgrading as soon as possible.

Version 6.0.11 is made from the 6.0 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.

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

Changelog

General

Fix PDF plot text dimensions. #12159
Ensure 3D model viewer is correctly initialized.

Schematic Editor

Fix ERC crash. #13256
Fix crash when importing Eagle schematic. #13215
Fix crash when changing language and the simulator window is open. #13349
Fix broken graphic import file extension filters for some locales. #13570
Fix project rescue when symbol name cases do not match. #13602
Enable real time connectivity by default.

Symbol Editor

Prevent forward slash character in symbol name from corrupting symbol library. #13504

Footprint Editor

Do not prune layers when copying items to the clipboard. #13334

Windows

Use older version of curl that works correctly.

Release Notes

The KiCad project is excited to announce the first release candidate for the upcoming version 7 stable release. Version 7 will contain many new features compared to the current version 6 release. Please consider giving 7.0.0-rc1 a try to discover any additional issues so they can be fixed before release at the end of January. Thank you to everyone who contributed to version 7. How to Download Release Candidate Builds The release candidate packages can be found in the "Nightly Development Builds" folder on the KiCad Download Page.

KiCad 6.0.10 Release

2022-12-19

The KiCad project is proud to announce the latest series 6 stable release. The 6.0.10 stable version contains critical bug fixes and other minor improvements since the previous release.