# GENIVI/CANdevStudio

Development tool for CAN bus simulation

Repository: https://github.com/GENIVI/CANdevStudio
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/candevstudio
Language: C++
License: MPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: automotive, can, can-bus, genivi
Last push: 2025-07-21T11:36:50+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 37/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 32, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3390, "days_push": 408, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1140, forks 287 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:44.361762+00:00)

## What it is
CANdevStudio is a cost-effective, open-source development tool for CAN bus simulation, designed to replace expensive commercial CAN frameworks. It works with a variety of CAN hardware interfaces (Microchip, Vector, PEAK-Systems) or without hardware via vcan and cannelloni, and is built modularly on the Qt framework.

## Use cases
- simulate CAN bus signals like ignition or door status
- test CAN networks without physical hardware using vcan
- develop and debug automotive CAN bus applications
- send and receive CAN frames with USB CAN adapters
- replace expensive commercial CAN simulation software
- prototype custom CAN bus components via its plugin system

## When to choose
- you need a free, cross-platform CAN simulation tool for automotive development
- you want to simulate CAN signals without expensive commercial tooling
- you work with SocketCAN or common USB CAN interfaces (PEAK, Microchip, Lawicel)
- you need a modular, extensible CAN development environment

## When to avoid
- you need certified, production-grade automotive diagnostics tooling with vendor support
- you require protocols beyond CAN (e.g., automotive Ethernet or FlexRay)
- you need a headless CLI-only CAN tool rather than a GUI application

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: simulation, gui, developer-tools
- domain: embedded-systems, developer-tools, simulation
- platform: windows, cpp, cross-platform
- tags: can-bus, socketcan, automotive, qt, can-simulation, ecu-development, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- GENIVI/CANdevStudio (main) score 37

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:44.361762+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 2026-08-30T06:35:25.962806+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/GENIVI/CANdevStudio (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:44.361762+00:00, sha 5067e5ee3880)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.