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Drone projects on GitHub
Autopilot firmware and control software for unmanned aerial vehicles.
As of , the most-starred Drone projects on GitHub are PLFM_RADAR (27.2K stars), ardupilot (16.3K stars) and PX4-Autopilot (13K stars). GitHub.Locker tracks 5 Drone repositories with 69.8K stars combined. The fastest-growing on November 1 was PLFM_RADAR, with +16 stars in a day.
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NawfalMotii79/PLFM_RADAR · ★ 27.2KAERIS-10 is an open-source, low-cost 10.5 GHz phased array radar using pulse LFM modulation, aimed at researchers, drone developers and SDR enthusiasts. It comes in two versions with 3 km and 20 km range.
ardupilot
ArduPilot/ardupilot · ★ 16.3KArduPilot is an open source autopilot, in development since 2010, that can control almost any unmanned vehicle: planes, multicopters and helicopters, rovers, boats, balance bots and even submarines.
PX4-Autopilot
PX4/PX4-Autopilot · ★ 13KPX4 is an open-source autopilot stack for drones and unmanned vehicles — the flight software behind multirotors, fixed-wing planes, VTOLs, rovers and other unmanned platforms.
betaflight
betaflight/betaflight · ★ 11.7KBetaflight is open-source flight controller firmware used to fly multi-rotor (drone) and fixed-wing aircraft, focused on flight performance and wide hardware target support.
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5 projects · by stars
- 27.2K
#1 · NawfalMotii79/PLFM_RADARPLFM_RADAR
AERIS-10 is an open-source, low-cost 10.5 GHz phased array radar using pulse LFM modulation, aimed at researchers, drone developers and SDR enthusiasts. It comes in two versions with 3 km and 20 km range.
- 16.3K
#2 · ArduPilot/ardupilot
ardupilot
ArduPilot is an open source autopilot, in development since 2010, that can control almost any unmanned vehicle: planes, multicopters and helicopters, rovers, boats, balance bots and even submarines.
- 13K
#3 · PX4/PX4-Autopilot
PX4-Autopilot
PX4 is an open-source autopilot stack for drones and unmanned vehicles — the flight software behind multirotors, fixed-wing planes, VTOLs, rovers and other unmanned platforms.
- 4
betaflight
11.7Kbetaflight/betaflight · CBetaflight is open-source flight controller firmware used to fly multi-rotor (drone) and fixed-wing aircraft, focused on flight performance and wide hardware target support.
- 5

copper-rs
1.5Kcopper-project/copper-rs · RustCopper is a Rust runtime and SDK for building, running, recording, and deterministically replaying static robot task graphs, often described as an 'operating system for robots' that runs anywhere from Linux down to bare-metal microcontrollers.
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