# dRoninFlight/dRonin

The dRonin flight controller software.

Repository: https://github.com/dRoninFlight/dRonin
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/dronin
Homepage: http://dronin.org/
Language: C
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: autopilot, autotune, drone, fpv, helicopter, hexacopter, multirotor, navigation-functionality, openpilot, plane, quadcopter, quadrotor, uav
Last push: 2026-03-04T01:33:01+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 49/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 70, release rhythm 43, longevity 13
- inputs: {"age_days": 183, "days_push": 183, "days_rel": 170, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1508, forks 1 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:55.528903+00:00)

## What it is
dRonin is open-source autopilot/flight controller firmware for OpenPilot/Tau Labs family boards, supporting multirotors, planes, and helicopters for racing, autonomous flight, and research. It includes a ground control station, setup wizard, and autotune, and is production ready under GPLv3.

## Use cases
- tune a quadcopter flight controller with autotune
- fly FPV racing drones
- run autonomous navigation missions on a UAV
- control a fixed-wing RC airplane or helicopter autopilot
- research aerial robotics and vehicle control
- flash firmware onto OpenPilot Revolution or BrainFPV boards

## When to choose
- you fly multirotors, wings, or helicopters on supported OpenPilot/Tau Labs hardware
- you want easy setup with a wizard and autotune
- you need both aggressive manual flight and autonomous navigation on one airframe
- you want GPLv3 open-source flight controller software

## When to avoid
- your flight controller hardware is not in the supported target list
- you need a large commercial drone ecosystem or enterprise support
- you prefer a different autopilot stack like ArduPilot or PX4 with broader hardware support

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: embedded, robotics, simulation, monitoring
- domain: robotics, autonomous-vehicles, embedded-systems, hardware
- platform: embedded, cross-platform, cpp
- tags: flight-controller, autopilot, uav, drone, fpv, multirotor, autotune, openpilot, firmware, gcs, linux

## Member repositories
- dRoninFlight/dRonin (main) score 49

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:55.528903+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 2026-08-30T04:32:32.249947+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/dRoninFlight/dRonin (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:55.528903+00:00, sha 4ab51c1e8f9a)
  - homepage: http://dronin.org/ (fetched 2026-08-29T11:36:45.269704+00:00, sha fd966be6dc6d)
  - site_page: https://dronin.org/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T11:36:45.278682+00:00, sha b106abb7e1f1)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.