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CERN’s open source KiCad library gives the world 17,000 circuit board components

ID: c7187c5c-96f2-5381-9a84-a44778a7473d

STIX ID: report--c7187c5c-96f2-5381-9a84-a44778a7473d

Feed Name: Help Net Security

Date Published: 2026-05-14

Date Updated: 2026-05-14

Author: Sinisa Markovic

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CERN has released its complete KiCad component library—over 17,000 electronic components (schematic symbols and PCB footprints)—under an open source license, making it freely available to hardware designers; the report also highlights CERN's broader history of open-source contributions and related initiatives.

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