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Install kicad with Homebrew Cask

Electronics design automation suite. Version 10.0.5 via Homebrew Cask; verified from local package data.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrew Caskverified · 100%
brew install --cask kicad

local Homebrew cask metadata

overview

Package summary

Electronics design automation suite

Commands and aliases

  • idf2vrml
  • idfcyl
  • kicad-cli
  • idfrect
  • dxf2idf

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for kicad. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.

Recommended review

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executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
idf2vrmlbinaryHomebrew cask binaryidf2vrml
idfcylbinaryHomebrew cask binaryidfcyl
kicad-clibinaryHomebrew cask binarykicad-cli
idfrectbinaryHomebrew cask binaryidfrect
dxf2idfbinaryHomebrew cask binarydxf2idf

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-08-04
manager version10.0.5
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected

https://github.com/KiCad/kicad-source-mirror

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keycask:kicad
Version10.0.5
Package managerHomebrew Cask
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/cask/kicad
Homepagehttps://kicad.org/
Repositoryhttps://github.com/KiCad/kicad-source-mirror
Upstream docshttps://kicad.org/
Source archivehttps://github.com/KiCad/kicad-source-mirror/releases/download/10.0.5/kicad-unified-universal-10.0.5.dmg
SHA-2569399e18609c6b94e708b375bb88455b94c55653ec427b81023d71ae42217d681
Bottlenot recorded
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew cask API
Taphomebrew/cask
Full Tokenkicad
Names
  • KiCad
Depends On
Macos
>=: 11
Artifacts
Artifact
1
Binary
5
Suite
1
Target
7
Zap
1
Deprecatedno
Disabledno

package graph

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source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Used sources

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  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
  • package-page enrichment