Installation on macOS

Portable Package

To install LibrePCB, download the portable *.dmg file matching your CPU architecture:

Intel (x86_64): librepcb-1.1.0-mac-x86_64.dmg
Apple Silicon (arm64): librepcb-1.1.0-mac-arm64.dmg

Double-click the downloaded file in Finder. Then drag and drop the LibrePCB app onto the "Applications" folder in Finder. Afterwards you’ll find LibrePCB in the Launchpad.

Unfortunately we’re not able (yet) to officially sign the macOS binary. Therefore macOS refuses to start LibrePCB by default. As a workaround, you need to run it once with Right-click Open on the LibrePCB application in the Launchpad. If this doesn’t work, try it a second time.

Afterwards you should be able to run LibrePCB normally with a single click.

Online Installer (abandoned)

Note that starting with LibrePCB 1.0, we do no longer provide an installer for macOS. If you installed a previous LibrePCB release with the installer, please uninstall it with the LibrePCB Maintenance Tool and install the latest release with the Portable Package instead.