This is the eighth versioned release of Horizon EDA

See the docs for installation instructions.

New features and major enhancements

See the blog for a visual overview of major new features. A complete changelog that includes enhancements and bugfixes is available in the repo.

Schematic Editor

• Hierarchical schematics (16b925a)
• Exchange gates tool (6df1b9f)

Editors

• Align & distribute tool (30615c8)
• Show what's been undone/redone (ecab1de)
• Dotted layer display mode (1c4eea6 by @rroohhh)

Pool manager

• Part: add prefix override (c209c8a)

Board editor

• Shorted pads rule (f57c1f5 by @guserav)
• Place package tool remembers flipped state (9823b8d)
• Display keepouts in outline mode by default (4f84530)
• Actually implement silkscreen/exposed copper clearance (df003e5 by @guserav)

General

• Dark theme option in preferences (b2bfa20)
• Closing a project also closes the project's pool manager (93e52cd)
• EditorWindow: improve version update warning (5578faa)
• Prevent using pools from other installations (21133cd)
• Pool browsers support sorting by modification time (1491988)

Security

• Validate parametric column and table names to protect against SQL injections (437000a)
• Authenticate inter-process communication (42b8b79)

Package editor

• Footprint generator graphics matches light/dark theme (d559b75)

Windows-specific

• Correct version in executable metadata (1bb2faf)
• All network operations use the system's certificate store (6994969)