[sdiy] Goodbye Eagle...

[Sarah Thompson]

Kicad is *much* better than it used to be. I'm sorry to see EAGLE go. I've
built things with that that have been around the far side of the moon. :-)

On Tue, May 26, 2026 at 8:17 PM charlie <charlie at finitemonkeys.com> wrote:

> they did openly announce it was going to be killed off as a standalone
> product in 2023 when they planned to merge it into fusion. unfortunately
> the fusion integration is just bad, it looses the speed of working in
> standalone, but they don't want to hear about it.
>
> pre 8 still works.
>
> On Tue, 26 May 2026 at 06:20, Brother Theo via Synth-diy <
> synth-diy at synth-diy.org> wrote:
>
>> I got the notification by answering an email about a forum post I made.
>> If it wasn't for that I'd be caught out in June.
>>
>> So I migrated to KiCad. Turns out it's not as bad as I remember. I
>> implemented a library and it looks like it will handle BOM creation better
>> than Eagle did.
>>
>> --timmers
>>
>> On Tue, May 26, 2026 at 8:18 AM Sean Ellis via Synth-diy <
>> synth-diy at synth-diy.org> wrote:
>>
>>> I guess it's not such a bad thing we're being flooded with vibe-coded
>>> tools, ain't no-one paying a subscription for those....
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>> *From:* Synth-diy <synth-diy-bounces at synth-diy.org> on behalf of
>>> H.Sergio Alves via Synth-diy <synth-diy at synth-diy.org>
>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, 26 May 2026 2:05 PM
>>> *To:* Richie Burnett <rburnett at richieburnett.co.uk>
>>> *Cc:* SDIY List <synth-diy at synth-diy.org>
>>> *Subject:* Re: [sdiy] Goodbye Eagle...
>>>
>>> It’s kinda taking the piss now… most companies doing this… why not
>>> disable the authentication on the server and shut it down? Make so people
>>> can still use what they pay for! I truly hate subscriptions…
>>>
>>> On Tue, 26 May 2026 at 13:02, Richie Burnett <
>>> rburnett at richieburnett.co.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>> 4 months isn't much notice period to get things migrated to another
>>> platform!
>>>
>>> Also I don't see why it would just stop running after June 2026 because
>>> it
>>> runs offline.  I can understand that you might not be able to activate a
>>> new
>>> installation though.
>>>
>>> -Richie,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Neil Johnson via Synth-diy
>>> Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2026 11:46 AM
>>> To: SDIY List
>>> Subject: [sdiy] Goodbye Eagle...
>>>
>>>
>>> Looks like Eagle is toast...
>>>
>>>
>>> https://www.autodesk.com/support/technical/article/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/Eagle-can-be-used-after-the-end-of-life.html?msockid=3dcaf17f85a6605b343be4b0840e61be
>>>
>>> Such a shame, it got a lot of folks into DIY board making.
>>>
>>> Neil
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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