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Every public desktop nightly becomes an entry here when the installer feed updates, alongside curated product notes. Longer write-ups live in field notes. Installers and checksums stay on the download page.

Latest · Nov 7, 2026

Desktop 0.3.185

Desktop 0.3.185: Add per-ticket screenshots and publication acceptance notes, plus 7 more changes.

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Nov 7, 2026 · fabPlane

Desktop 0.3.185

Desktop 0.3.185: Add per-ticket screenshots and publication acceptance notes, plus 7 more changes.

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Nov 7, 2026 · fabPlane

Desktop 0.3.184

Desktop 0.3.184: Add per-ticket screenshots and publication acceptance notes, plus 7 more changes.

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Nov 5, 2026 · fabPlane

Desktop 0.3.182

Desktop 0.3.182: A canvas workspace with Home idea drafts, sketches, artwork and GitHub import, plus contextual board tools and an assistant, plus 5 more changes.

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Nov 5, 2026 · fabPlane

Desktop 0.2.181

Desktop 0.2.181: Show simultaneous live review pointers for affected parts, plus 67 more changes.

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Nov 5, 2026 · fabPlane

Desktop 0.2.180

Desktop 0.2.180: Add native PCB placement workspace with reviewable drafts, plus 2 more changes.

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Nov 3, 2026 · fabPlane

Desktop 0.2.178

Desktop 0.2.178: Add persistent agent effort selection to the chatbox, plus 7 more changes.

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Nov 1, 2026 · fabPlane

Desktop 0.2.177

Desktop 0.2.177: Add persistent agent effort selection to the chatbox, plus 7 more changes.

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Oct 31, 2026 · fabPlane

Desktop 0.2.176

Desktop 0.2.176: Add persistent agent effort selection to the chatbox, plus 7 more changes.

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Oct 30, 2026 · fabPlane

Desktop 0.2.175

Desktop 0.2.175: Add persistent agent effort selection to the chatbox, plus 7 more changes.

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Oct 30, 2026 · fabPlane

Desktop 0.2.174

Desktop 0.2.174: Add persistent agent effort selection to the chatbox, plus 7 more changes.

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Oct 29, 2026 · fabPlane

Desktop 0.2.173

Desktop 0.2.173: Add finished Board Art PNG download, plus 10 more changes.

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Oct 28, 2026 · fabPlane

Desktop 0.2.172

Desktop 0.2.172: Add finished Board Art PNG download, plus 10 more changes.

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Oct 28, 2026 · fabPlane

Desktop 0.2.171

Desktop 0.2.171: Add before and after screenshots for board comment flow, plus 28 more changes.

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Oct 26, 2026 · fabPlane

Desktop 0.2.170

Desktop 0.2.170: Add before and after screenshots for board comment flow, plus 28 more changes.

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Oct 26, 2026 · fabPlane

Desktop 0.2.169

Desktop 0.2.169: Add product video generation from a project's 3D scene, plus 2 more changes.

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Oct 23, 2026 · fabPlane

Desktop 0.2.167

Desktop 0.2.167: Add artwork placement, resizing, and rotation with matching exports, plus 81 more changes.

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Oct 22, 2026 · fabPlane

Desktop 0.2.166

Desktop 0.2.166: Add artwork placement, resizing, and rotation with matching exports, plus 81 more changes.

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Oct 20, 2026 · fabPlane

Desktop 0.2.164

Desktop 0.2.164: Preserve full run captures and resume large backups.

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Oct 19, 2026 · fabPlane

Desktop 0.2.163

Desktop 0.2.163: Preserve full run captures and resume large backups.

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Oct 19, 2026 · fabPlane

Desktop 0.2.162

Desktop 0.2.162: Preserve full run captures and resume large backups.

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Oct 18, 2026 · fabPlane

Desktop 0.2.161

Desktop 0.2.161: Laser stencil material presets and LightBurn job export, plus 6 more changes.

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Oct 17, 2026 · fabPlane

Desktop 0.2.160

Desktop 0.2.160: Preserve pair metadata and try safe pair-only skew recovery, plus 19 more changes.

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Oct 16, 2026 · fabPlane

Desktop 0.2.158

Desktop 0.2.158: Add persistent project pins and move row menus left of other actions, plus 42 more changes.

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Oct 16, 2026 · fabPlane

Desktop 0.2.156

Desktop 0.2.156: Enable consented usage uploads and cancel them on opt-out, plus 39 more changes.

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Oct 13, 2026 · fabPlane

The homepage leads with the desktop app

The public homepage now opens with Download for the visitor's OS, a proof strip, and a mid-page installer band. Explore stays the secondary action.

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Oct 11, 2026 · fabPlane

TraceMaker binaries are public

Weekly TensorFleet builds of TraceMaker now live on the same public downloads host as the desktop app, with checksums and a rolling latest manifest.

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Oct 10, 2026 · fabPlane

Install routers when you need them

Settings → Routers can download TraceMaker or Freerouting on demand, with progress, checksums, cancel, and uninstall. The automatic path defaults to Freerouting and falls back to fab_router.

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Oct 7, 2026 · fabPlane

CAD, MCP views, and a tighter desktop

Desktop 0.2.138–0.2.146 add a CAD tab with optional FreeCAD, MCP views for boards and shopping lists, chat search, and a visual refresh.

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Sep 28, 2026 · fabPlane

Explore, revision history, and manufacturers

The public site grew an explore-first homepage, board revision history pages, a PCB manufacturers directory, and team project pages.

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Sep 9, 2026 · fabPlane

The download page updates itself

A new public desktop nightly now updates /download and the latest.json feed the app polls, with verified installers and SHA-256 checksums.

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Sep 2, 2026 · fabPlane

fabPlane desktop 0.2

The public desktop app arrived with KiCad-native boards, Route Cinema, in-app updates, and installers for macOS, Windows, and Linux.

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