microsoft/AirSim
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Open source simulator for autonomous vehicles built on Unreal Engine / Unity, from Microsoft AI & Research observed · 2026-09-21
Health v2 · maintenance only
66/100
- Activity 95
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-21. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 3536
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 35
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
18501 stars · 4922 forks observed · 2026-09-21
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-10-19, confidence 0.93
AirSim is an open‑source high‑fidelity simulator for drones, cars and other vehicles built as a plugin for Unreal Engine and Unity. It provides programmatic APIs for controlling vehicles and retrieving sensor data for AI research.
Use cases
- simulate drone flight for reinforcement learning
- test autonomous car algorithms in a virtual environment
- generate synthetic camera images for computer‑vision training
- evaluate control loops with hardware‑in‑the‑loop using PX4
- benchmark perception models with realistic sensor data
When to choose
- need a realistic 3D physics and visual environment
- working with Unreal or Unity pipelines
- requiring APIs for programmatic control and data collection
When to avoid
- looking for a lightweight 2D simulator
- need long‑term maintenance after the repository is archived
Facets
application · maturity active
computer-vision reinforcement-learning simulation artificial-intelligence computer-vision robotics simulation windows game-engine drone-simulator car-simulator unreal-plugin unity-plugin ai-research autonomous-vehicles linux macos unreal-engine
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/microsoft/AirSim · fetched 2026-09-21 · bf3c960cfb45
- homepage: https://microsoft.github.io/AirSim/ · fetched 2026-10-05 · a30c8a93fa95
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| microsoft/AirSim | main | 66 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="microsoft/AirSim")
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