Installation
System wide:
{
environment.systemPackages = with nix-casks.packages.${system}; [
kicad # KiCad
];
}
Home Manager:
{
home.packages = with nix-casks.packages.${system}; [
kicad # KiCad
];
}
Package Definition
{
"pname": "kicad",
"version": "9.0.0",
"src": {
"url": "https://github.com/KiCad/kicad-source-mirror/releases/download/9.0.0/kicad-unified-universal-9.0.0.dmg",
"sha256": "6ea38293c4ccbacb91723388c059042864db7ca8742d7dce509b1692637f4a19"
},
"installPhase": [
"mkdir -p \"$out/Applications/KiCad\" && cp -r \"KiCad\" \"$out/Applications\"",
"mkdir -p \"$out/bin/Library/Application Support/kicad\" && cp -r \"demos\" \"$out/bin/Library/Application Support/kicad/demos\"",
"mkdir -p \"$out/bin\" && ln -s \"KiCad/KiCad.app/Contents/MacOS/idf2vrml\" \"$out/bin/idf2vrml\"",
"mkdir -p \"$out/bin\" && ln -s \"KiCad/KiCad.app/Contents/MacOS/idfcyl\" \"$out/bin/idfcyl\"",
"mkdir -p \"$out/bin\" && ln -s \"KiCad/KiCad.app/Contents/MacOS/kicad-cli\" \"$out/bin/kicad-cli\"",
"mkdir -p \"$out/bin\" && ln -s \"KiCad/KiCad.app/Contents/MacOS/idfrect\" \"$out/bin/idfrect\"",
"mkdir -p \"$out/bin\" && ln -s \"KiCad/KiCad.app/Contents/MacOS/dxf2idf\" \"$out/bin/dxf2idf\""
],
"meta": {
"description": "Electronics design automation suite",
"homepage": "https://kicad.org/"
}
}
Version History
9.0.4 (NixCasks v4)
19 August 2025, 00:00 9.0.3 (NixCasks v4)
9 July 2025, 00:00 9.0.2 (NixCasks v4)
16 May 2025, 00:16 9.0.1 (NixCasks v4)
31 March 2025, 00:00 9.0.0 (NixCasks v4)
7 March 2025, 09:14 9.0.0 (NixCasks v3)
5 March 2025, 00:00 9.0.0 (NixCasks v2)
4 March 2025, 19:10 9.0.0 (NixCasks v1)
21 February 2025, 00:00 8.0.9 (NixCasks v1)
20 February 2025, 00:00 8.0.8 (NixCasks v1)
14 January 2025, 00:00 8.0.7 (NixCasks v1)
5 December 2024, 00:05 8.0.6 (NixCasks v1)
8 November 2024, 21:11