# Autoware

Autoware - the world's leading open-source software project for autonomous driving

Repository: https://github.com/autowarefoundation/autoware
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/autoware
Homepage: https://www.autoware.org/
Language: Dockerfile
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: autoware, autonomous-vehicles, ros, autonomous-driving, ros2
Last push: 2026-08-24T08:19:48+00:00
Link (homepage): https://www.autoware.org/
Link (site_page): https://autoware.org/about/why-autoware
Link (site_page): https://autoware.org/about/organization-overview
Link (site_page): https://autoware.org/about/members
Link (site_page): https://autoware.org/about

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 93/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 81, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4027, "days_push": 9, "days_rel": 48, "gap_med": 34.0, "n_releases_24m": 11}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 12016, forks 3700 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:50.679910+00:00)

## What it is
Autoware is the world's leading open-source, production-ready software stack for autonomous driving, built on ROS 2 and hosted by the Autoware Foundation. It provides a comprehensive all-in-one stack covering perception, localization, planning, and control for deploying autonomous vehicles across diverse platforms.

## Use cases
- build a self-driving car software stack on ROS 2
- run autonomous driving simulations in a planner demo
- deploy Level 4 autonomous driving on commercial vehicles
- research perception and planning algorithms for autonomous vehicles
- integrate lidar and camera sensing into an autonomous vehicle pipeline
- prototype autonomous delivery or robotaxi software

## When to choose
- you need a production-oriented, open-source autonomous driving stack backed by an industry foundation
- you want ROS 2-based modular autonomy software with broad vehicle and sensor support
- you are doing academic or commercial research on autonomous driving

## When to avoid
- you need a simple hobby robotics framework rather than a full vehicle autonomy stack
- your project targets non-automotive robotics with lightweight requirements
- you cannot meet the substantial compute and Linux/Docker environment requirements

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: stable
- function: simulation, machine-learning, computer-vision, middleware, developer-tools
- domain: autonomous-vehicles, robotics, machine-learning, developer-tools
- platform: cpp, python, cross-platform
- tags: autonomous-driving, ros2, self-driving, perception, planning, control, autoware-foundation, vehicle-stack, linux, docker

## Member repositories
- autowarefoundation/autoware (main) score 93
- autowarefoundation/autoware_universe (backend) score 93

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:50.679910+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:14:59.848795+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/autowarefoundation/autoware (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:50.679910+00:00, sha c86f04ec7a1b)
  - homepage: https://www.autoware.org/ (fetched 2026-08-29T08:12:47.985297+00:00, sha 127653e090ee)
  - site_page: https://autoware.org/about/why-autoware (fetched 2026-08-29T08:12:47.989040+00:00, sha c0ea47c2ee82)
  - site_page: https://autoware.org/about/organization-overview (fetched 2026-08-29T08:12:47.991469+00:00, sha 5d31223f5fec)
  - site_page: https://autoware.org/about/members (fetched 2026-08-29T08:12:47.993669+00:00, sha c7a9f3ff6a99)
  - site_page: https://autoware.org/about (fetched 2026-08-29T08:12:47.996255+00:00, sha 9801652e2fbb)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.