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ArduPilot / ardupilot

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Open source autopilot firmware for planes, copters, rovers, and submarines, supporting many vehicle types and flight controllers.

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The mature, widely used open source autopilot stack for building or flying unmanned vehicles, with support for multirotors, fixed wing, helicopters, rovers, boats, and subs. Built on MAVLink and aimed at developers and operators who need a field-proven flight controller rather than a from-scratch one.

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2026-10-20 · 16,134 ★ 2026-10-24 · 16,197 ★
LanguageC++
LicenseGPL-3.0
Created2013-01-09 (13y ago)
Last push1d ago
Watchers684
OwnerOrganization

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