KiCad Version 10.0.0 Release Candidate 2 Available
The second release candidate for version 10.0.0 is available for testing. Version 10.0.0 will be released soon unless critical issues are found in testing this release candidate. There may be additional bug fixes to the 10.0 series available as testing builds for users who require those bugs fixed after 10.0.0 is released.
Testing version release AppImages are now available for Linux.
You can obtain the release candidate for your platform here:
Windows x86_64
Windows arm64
macOS
Linux testing AppImage
Ubuntu: Using the 10.0 testing builds PPA
Fedora: Using the @kicad/kicad-testing COPR
All Linux distributions
You can see a list of closed issues in this release here: Issues · KiCad / KiCad Source Code / kicad · GitLab
See Also
KiCad Version 9.0.8 Release Candidate 1 Available
2026-03-04
The first release candidate for version 9.0.8 is available for testing. Version 9.0.8 will be released soon unless critical issues are found in testing this release candidate. There may be additional bug fixes to the 9.0 series available as testing builds for users who require those bugs fixed after 9.0.8 is released. There is no Flatpak beta due to 10.0.0-rc1 being released in the Flatpak beta channel. There will be a 9.
KiCad Version 10.0.0 Release Candidate 1 Available
2026-02-13
The first release candidate for version 10.0.0 is available for testing. Version 10.0.0 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 Linux AppImage x86_64 Linux AppImage x86_64 (lite) Ubuntu: Using the 10.0 release 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-V9 New Features and Development News" on the KiCad User Forum.