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KiCad

An EDA suite for schematic and circuit board design.

  • Completely free
  • Windows, macOS and Linux
  • Open source
  • No account
  • Old edition (2011)

Old edition: the latest known version (10.0.8) dates from 11 November 2011. It is no longer recommended as current software; the package date does not mean the software is still maintained.

Overview

KiCad is an electronics design program, available on Windows, macOS and Linux. Other documented uses: computer-aided design.

Old edition: the latest known version (10.0.8) dates from 2011; it is no longer presented as current software.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information
  • “Open source PCB design / electronics CAD software for Windows, macOS and Linux.” — official website, 10 November 2026
  • “Open source PCB design / electronics CAD software for Windows, macOS and Linux.” — official website, 10 November 2026

At a glance

All of KiCad is free: no feature is locked behind a paid plan, and its code is open.

Its licence (GPL-3.0+) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • No account needed
  • Commercial use allowed

About

KiCad is a free and open-source electronics design automation (EDA) suite. It features schematic capture, integrated circuit simulation, printed circuit board (PCB) layout, 3D rendering, and plotting/data export to numerous formats. KiCad also includes a high-quality component library featuring thousands of symbols, footprints, and 3D models. KiCad has minimal system requirements and runs on Linux, Windows, and macOS.

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

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  • Facts collected from Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms) (commercial use) —
  • Facts collected from Comptoir du Libre (source code, licence) —
  • Facts collected from Winget (Windows Package Manager) (credit card, account, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
  • Facts collected from Homebrew (platforms) —
  • Facts collected from Wikidata (licence, platforms) —
  • Last technical check: 5 November 2026
  • Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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