Releases: notaroomba/kicad-collaborative
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KiCad Collaborative 1.0.0
KiCad Collaborative 1.0.0
Figma-style realtime collaboration for KiCad: live multi-user editing of boards and schematics, presence cursors and selections, viewport following, comment pins, version history with named checkpoints, share links, and a web-based online editor — all against the hosted collaboration server (https://kicad-collab-production.up.railway.app).
Based on KiCad 10.99 (upstream master).
Downloads
| Platform | File | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| macOS (Apple Silicon) | KiCad-Collaborative-1.0.0-macos.dmg |
Ad-hoc signed: first launch is right-click → Open |
| Windows x64 (portable) | KiCad-Collaborative-1.0.0-windows-x64-portable.zip |
Unzip anywhere, run bin\kicad.exe |
| Windows x64 (installer) | KiCad-Collaborative-1.0.0-windows-x64.exe |
NSIS installer |
| Linux x64 (Ubuntu 24.04+) | KiCad-Collaborative-1.0.0-linux-x64.tar.gz |
Extract, run usr/bin/kicad-collaborative |
Plays nice with stock KiCad
- Installs under its own name — no file associations taken, no shared settings clobbered.
- Never creates or modifies
.lcklock files; existing locks from a stock KiCad are honored read-only. - Saves keep the file format version the file was opened with, so a KiCad 9 project stays a KiCad 9 project to everyone else.
- No collaboration data is written into project files (session metadata lives in a
.collab/directory). - Your stock KiCad's symbol/footprint libraries are found automatically on first run.
Collaboration highlights
- Start or join sessions from the File menu in the board or schematic editor; share links copy to the clipboard.
- Live peer cursors, selections, and drag ghosts with ratsnest; click a peer to follow their viewport.
- Comment pins on the canvas with threads, replies and resolve.
- History panel (docked under Properties) with named checkpoints and restore.
- Web editor: open any project's Live page in a browser to pan, select, move, rotate and comment without installing anything.
Linux note: a WebSocket-capable libcurl is bundled (usr/lib/kicad-collab/); the kicad-collaborative launcher prefers it automatically.