Kicad.org, the Permanent Internet Home of KiCad

Thanks to a generous donation by Digi-Key, the KiCad project is now found at the kicad.org domain.

The kicad.org domain provides a stable, clear home for the KiCad project. We are extremely grateful to Digi-Key for their support of KiCad.

Important kicad-pcb.org is now under control of an unknown entity the project has no relationship with. All previous links are unforunately broken.


See Also

KiCad and the Open Ventilator Project
2020-05-20

The KiCad project is proud of our role as the electronic design application used by the Open Ventilator project. The Open Ventilator project is based on a release of the Medtronic PB560 ventilator mentioned in this Make article. The Open Ventilator project clearly demonstrates the potential of open hardware. The project was started by KiCad Services lead developer Seth Hillbrand early in the COVID-19 pandemic. It quickly gained more than 100 contributors from all over the world.

Project Leader Joins KiCad Services Corporation
2019-12-02

The KiCad project is excited to announce the project leader, Wayne Stambaugh, has joined the KiCad Services Corporation. A video interview with KiCad Services Corporation founder Seth Hillbrand is available for viewing. This new position will allow the project leader to continue work on KiCad as much as possible when not working on behalf of the corporation. On behalf of The KiCad development team and its users, we would like to say thank you to the KiCad Services Corporation for its commitment to the project.