13 projects
PX4
PX4 is used in a wide range of use-cases, from consumer drones to industrial applications. It is also the leading research platform for drones and has been successfully applied to under water vehicles and boats.
Contributors
9,910
Organizations
996
Software value
$622M
Betaflight
Betaflight is an open-source flight controller firmware for drones and other multirotor aircraft. It provides advanced flight control algorithms, real-time performance optimization, and extensive configuration options for FPV (First Person View) racing and freestyle flying.
Contributors
6,461
Organizations
369
Software value
$98M
ArduPilot
ArduPilot is an open source autopilot software suite that enables autonomous control of unmanned vehicles including drones, planes, helicopters, boats, submarines and ground rovers. It provides a complete flight control system with features for navigation, mission planning, telemetry and vehicle stabilization.
Contributors
5,685
Organizations
649
Software value
$43M
MAVLink
MAVLink is a very lightweight messaging protocol for communicating with drones (and between onboard drone components).
Contributors
4,908
Organizations
602
Software value
$17M
openpilot
openpilot is an open source driver assistance system that offers adaptive cruise control, automated lane centering, and other advanced driver assistance features. It uses computer vision and machine learning to provide semi-autonomous driving capabilities across supported vehicle models.
Contributors
3,749
Organizations
361
Software value
$4.9M
Dronecode Project, Inc.
The Dronecode Foundation fosters communities and innovation through open-standards using open-source. Dronecode is a vendor-neutral foundation for open source drone projects. We are a US-based non-profit under the Linux Foundation and provide open source governance, infrastructure, and services to software & hardware projects. We work with developers, end-users, and adopting vendors from around the world.
Contributors
1,910
Organizations
41
Software value
$9.3M
sunnypilot
sunnypilot is an open source driver assistance system. sunnypilot offers the user a unique driving experience for over 290 supported car makes and models with modified behaviors of driving assist engagements. sunnypilot complies with comma.ai's safety rules as accurately as possible.
Contributors
1,246
Organizations
95
Software value
$5.8M
MAVSDK
In order to support multiple programming languages, MAVSDK implements a gRPC server in C++ which allows clients in different programming languages to connect to. The API is defined by the proto IDL (proto files). This architecture allows the clients to be implemented in idiomatic patterns, so using the tooling and syntax expected by end users. For example, the Python library can be installed from PyPi using pip
Contributors
1,149
Organizations
208
Software value
$68M
Paparazzi UAS
Paparazzi is a free and open-source hardware and software project for unmanned (air) vehicles. This is the main software repository.
Contributors
443
Organizations
39
Software value
$19M