KiCad Version 8.0.9 Release Candidate 1 Available
The first release candidate for version 8.0.9 is available for testing. Version 8.0.9 will be released soon unless critical issues are found in testing this release candidate. This will most likely be the final 8.0 series bug fix release with the release of the 9.0 series is happening soon. There may be additional bug fixes to the 8.0 series available as testing builds for users who require those bugs fixed after 8.0.9 is released.
You can obtain the release candidate for your platform here:
Windows x86_64
Windows arm64
macOS
Ubuntu: Using the release builds PPA
Fedora: Using the @kicad/kicad-stable COPR
Flatpak: Using stable builds
You can see a list of closed issues in this release here: Issues · KiCad / KiCad Source Code / kicad · GitLab
See Also
KiCad Version 9.0.0 Release Candidate 3 Available
2025-02-08
The third release candidate for version 9.0.0 is available for testing. Version 9.0.0 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 Ubuntu: Using the nightly builds 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-V8 New Features and Development News" on the KiCad User Forum.
KiCad 8.0.8 Release
2025-01-12
The KiCad project is proud to announce the version 8.0.8 bug fix release. The 8.0.8 stable version contains critical bug fixes and other minor improvements since the previous release.