hybridgroup/cylon

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4212 stars · 357 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Cylon.js is a JavaScript/Node.js framework for robotics, physical computing, drones, and IoT. It offers a unified robot definition API with pluggable adaptors and drivers for many hardware platforms like Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and Parrot drones.

Use cases

• control an arduino with node.js
• blink an led on raspberry pi from javascript
• program a parrot ar drone with node
• read sensors over i2c in javascript
• build a robot with multiple hardware devices
• use leap motion to control servos
• iot projects with node.js

When to choose

• you want a Node.js framework with a consistent API across many boards and devices
• you need to combine multiple hardware connections (e.g. serial, BLE, wifi) in one robot script
• you like the adaptor/driver plugin model with per-hardware npm modules

When to avoid

• you need actively maintained software - the last release was in 2020 and many hardware modules are stale
• you need hard real-time control or high-performance robotics
• you prefer Go or Python - the sibling projects Gobot and Artoo may fit better

Facets

framework · maturity maintenance

robotics iot embedded sdk plugin-system robotics iot hardware embedded-systems developer-tools cross-platform arduino raspberry-pi drones gpio i2c firmata bluetooth-low-energy physical-computing hardware-adaptors nodejs linux

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