This is the ninth versioned release of Horizon EDA
See the docs for installation instructions.
New features and major enhancements
See the blog for a overview of major new features. A complete changelog that includes all enhancements and bugfixes is available in the repo.
Board Editor
- ODB++ output (d84af5e)
- Faster copper clearance checks (2718b88)
- Update planes without blocking the UI and show progress (421e610, 5b490df, deab5f2)
- STEP export: export arcs in board outline as such (9c3c740)
- Support connecting tracks to pads with offset (21840a7)
- Thermal relief spoke customisation (c1a568f)
- Thermal relief rules for overriding thermal style (7e880dc)
3D preview
- Support 3D input devices via spacenav (30951a4)
- Don't block while rendering layers (e44d858)
- Improved touchpad and trackpoint navigation (197620c)
- Animate transitions (8360c01)
Schematic Editor
- Net ties (9eaad29)
Pool Manager
- Individual directions for alternate pin names (496129d)
- KiCad symbol import: support s-expression symbols from KiCad 6 (3d834e6)
- KiCad package import: support KiCad version 6 packages (ee37598)
For packagers
- Replace libzip dependency with libarchive (06b7a64)
- New dependency libspnav, if your distribution doesn't include it, you can disable spacenav support by passing
WITH_SPNAV=0to make