The Fritzing 1.0.6 release is focused on stability, performance improvements, and the parts library. We tested it on Windows 11 25H2, Windows 11 24H2 (ARM and Intel), macOS Tahoe, macOS Sequoia, macOS Ventura, Fedora 42, Debian 13.1.0, Manjaro KDE 25.0.9, Mint 22.2 Mate, Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 24.04, and Ubuntu 25.10.
What’s New
Adafruit Parts Bin
We’re excited to introduce a dedicated Adafruit parts bin featuring 83 carefully curated components from our friends at Adafruit. This collection includes many of the most popular maker-friendly parts that the community loves - from sensors and displays to breakout boards and development modules. Having these parts readily available in Fritzing makes it even easier to prototype your next project with components you can actually buy and build with.
Generic IC Improvements
Did you know Fritzing has generic ICs? Many users overlook this powerful feature that lets you create custom integrated circuits for any chip you need. In this release, we’ve made some incremental improvements to make them even more useful:
The generic IC now supports multiline labels and uses our improved font system (Noto Sans + OCR-Fritzing-mono) for better readability. We’ve also standardized the pin spacing to 1 unit in schematic view and improved text wrapping that automatically breaks at spaces and newlines while respecting non-breaking spaces.
The component also respects non-breaking whitespaces (U+00A0 and U+202F) for precise text formatting control.
Work in progress: We’re overhauling the package switching system for this component - more improvements coming soon!
Performance Improvements
We’ve implemented several behind-the-scenes optimizations that make Fritzing noticeably more responsive. Whether you’re working with complex multi-board projects or browsing through large parts databases, you’ll experience smoother interactions and faster load times throughout the application.
Bug Fixes and Improvements
Parts and Components
- Always bundle contrib folder parts with sketches to ensure designs remain complete when shared #4270
- Fixed parts palette going missing in certain scenarios #4262
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Corrected selection behavior - selecting parts with selection squares now properly focuses them in the inspector
- Fixed regenerate parts database not clearing search cache #3614
- Improved SVG text element handling (dy attributes) #3909
User Interface
- Fixed straightening lines disabled in schematic view
- Resolved error messages being too large to close
- Improved center-to-screen (Ctrl+0) functionality
- Fixed dark mode font color inconsistencies in upload screen
- Fixed splash screen vanishing when clicked on Windows
- Improved metadata editor with proper labels #3996
- Resolved issues with off-grid component movement on PCB view #4196
- Improved pad selection behavior in PCB view
Ground Fill and Copper Fill
- Fixed ground fill adding shorts across power supplies #4254
- Added warnings when ground fill can’t connect due to no path #4226
- Improved ground fill split detection and warnings
Export and File Handling
- Fixed IPC netlist issues with buses and switches
- Improved Gerber export is now enabled by default
- Fixed PNP export random ordering
Others
OS Requirements
- The minimum macOS version is Big Sur
- Windows 10 or 11 are supported on x86 CPUs
- Windows 11 (24H2 and later) is supported on x86 and ARM CPUs
- For Linux, Fritzing requires glibc >= 2.31 and OpenSSL 3 (64-bit Intel/AMD)
- Ubuntu 22.04 or later is recommended, though Fritzing should also run on Ubuntu 20.04
The release is available in our downloads section. We highly recommend updating to this version to benefit from the latest improvements and bug fixes.