kicad files ( sources and others files) can be found at: https://launchpad.net/kicad Kicad repository at Launchpad uses bazaar. If you want to get sources see: https://launchpad.net/kicad/stable for stable sources or https://launchpad.net/kicad/testing for last features versions documentation and translations can be found in a separate branch, at https://code.launchpad.net/~kicad-developers/kicad/doc libs (libraries for schematic and board editor can be found here: https://code.launchpad.net/~kicad-lib-committers/kicad/library You must have bazaar installed on your computer create a directory kicad_dev, cd kicad_dev and run the following bzr command: bzr branch lp:kicad/stable stable to install sources in kicad_dev/stable. or for users who want the latest development version (with bugs...) bzr branch lp:kicad testing to install sources in kicad_dev/testing. and bzr branch lp:~kicad-developers/kicad/doc doc to install doc and translation in kicad_dev/doc and bzr branch lp:~kicad-lib-committers/kicad/library library to install components and footprint libraries in kicad_dev/library