KiCad

 Linux / macOS Open a terminal. Launch KiCad like this: kicad --verbose > ~/kicad_master.log 2>&1 --verbose makes KiCad print more detail (Python plugin loads, file paths, warnings, etc). 2>&1 merges stderr into stdout so you don’t miss errors. The result is a file ~/kicad_master.log . If you want this every time you launch KiCad: Create a wrapper script, e.g. ~/bin/kicad_log.sh : #!/bin/bash LOGFILE=~/kicad_master.log echo "=== KiCad started at $(date) ===" >> $LOGFILE kicad --verbose >> $LOGFILE 2>&1 Make it executable: chmod +x ~/bin/kicad_log.sh Update your desktop launcher / alias to run kicad_log.sh instead of kicad . 🪟 Windows Create a shortcut to kicad.exe . Right-click → Properties → in the Target field add: "C:\Program Files\KiCad\bin\kicad.exe" --verbose > "%USERPROFILE%\Documents\kicad_master.log" 2 >& 1 Now every launch appends to kicad_ma...