Drone & Flight Controller Firmware

Open-source firmware for drones, quadcopters, or RC vehicles—providing advanced flight controls, navigation logic, and sensor integration.

10 projects

28,235 contributors

$889M

Most contributors

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

9,901

Organizations

994

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

6,455

Organizations

367

Software value

$98M

MAVLink

MAVLink is a very lightweight messaging protocol for communicating with drones (and between onboard drone components).

Contributors

4,907

Organizations

602

Software value

$17M

INAV

INAV is an open-source flight control software for drones, multicopters, fixed wing aircraft, and other unmanned aerial vehicles. It provides advanced navigation capabilities, GPS-assisted flight modes, autonomous missions, and comprehensive flight controller functionality.

Contributors

4,619

Organizations

222

Software value

$124M

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

Software value

$9.3M