# Circuit-Digest/ESP-Drone

Repository: https://github.com/Circuit-Digest/ESP-Drone
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/esp-drone
Language: C
License Family: other
Last push: 2026-03-30T12:47:00+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 61/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 74, release rhythm 35, longevity 77
- inputs: {"age_days": 1087, "days_push": 156, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2340, forks 386 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:38.728071+00:00)

## What it is
ESP-Drone is a DIY drone firmware and hardware project built on the ESP32 and MPU6050 IMU, providing Wi-Fi-based stabilization and phone control. It has evolved into LiteWing, a more structured drone development platform with height hold and position hold capabilities.

## Use cases
- build a diy esp32 drone
- control a drone from my phone over wifi
- learn drone flight stabilization with mpu6050
- flash drone firmware to esp32
- experiment with height hold and position hold on a quadcopter
- build a low-cost educational drone platform

## When to choose
- you want a low-cost, tutorial-backed DIY drone using common components
- you want to learn flight control fundamentals on ESP32
- you want Wi-Fi phone control of a small quadcopter

## When to avoid
- you need production-grade or safety-certified flight controllers
- you need long-range or GPS-grade autonomous navigation
- you need a no-soldering commercial drone solution

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: embedded, robotics, networking
- domain: robotics, embedded-systems, hardware
- platform: embedded, iot
- tags: esp32, drone, quadcopter, mpu6050, wifi-control, diy-drone, firmware, flight-controller, litewing

## Member repositories
- Circuit-Digest/ESP-Drone (main) score 61

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:38.728071+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 2026-08-30T02:37:24.487945+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Circuit-Digest/ESP-Drone (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:38.728071+00:00, sha 42c0ea9e4083)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.