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​Encrypted Project Sharing and KiCad Import Progress

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dev-labdev-lab 05/23/2026 at 09:450 Comments

Two small but useful updates this time.

  1. Projects can now be exported as AES-256 encrypted ZIPs - same passphrase-protected format that 7-Zip, PeaZip, and GNOME Archive Manager understand natively, so the open data format stays open. The README inside is always left unencrypted so recipients know what they're looking at. Designed for small teams sharing boards without making them public.
  2. KiCad symbol import (more than 22k symbols) now shows live progress through decompression, parsing, and database writes instead of a silent frozen UI.

Both live at PCB ReTrace.

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