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KiCad Version 7 Release Candidate 1

Written by The KiCad Development Team
Published

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.

Changes in Version 7

If you haven’t been following the development of KiCad, check out the developer highlights below for some of the new features included in version 7.

Release Notes

See Also

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.

KiCad 6.0.9 Release
2022-10-31

The KiCad project is proud to announce the latest series 6 stable release. The 6.0.9 stable version contains critical bug fixes and other minor improvements since the previous release.