Installation

macOSApple silicon

Download .dmg

macOS 12 or later

Windowsx64

Download .exe

No admin rights needed

Linuxx64

Download .AppImage

On Debian or Ubuntu, use the .deb

Version 0.1.0 · Release notes · Debian package · All downloads

Requirements

Platform	Minimum
macOS	macOS 12, Apple silicon
Windows	Windows 10 (1809), x64
Linux	x64, glibc 2.28 or newer

The Windows installer is per-user and needs no administrator rights.

Linux: Debian and Ubuntu

The .deb is the best option on Debian, Ubuntu, Mint, and anything else apt-based. It installs like any other package, registers the menu entry and the KiCad file associations, and comes off with apt remove goatcad.

sudo apt install ./goatcad_*_amd64.deb

Download the .deb first — apt takes a local path.

Linux: other distributions

The .AppImage is one self-contained file that runs anywhere. Nothing is installed and nothing is left behind, which also means no menu entry and no file associations unless you add them.

chmod +x GoatCAD-*.AppImage && ./GoatCAD-*.AppImage

Gear Lever or AppImageLauncher will register it with your desktop if you want those.