# ArduPilot/MissionPlanner

Mission Planner Ground Control Station for ArduPilot (c# .net)

Repository: https://github.com/ArduPilot/MissionPlanner
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/missionplanner
Homepage: http://ardupilot.org/planner/
Language: C#
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: gcs, ardupilot, uav, autopilot, planner, mission, ros, open-source, missionplanner, c-sharp, autonomous, pixhawk, cube, ground, control, station
Last push: 2026-08-19T07:53:56+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 69/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 15, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4958, "days_push": 14, "days_rel": 357, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2355, forks 2863 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:40.594877+00:00)

## What it is
Mission Planner is the primary open-source ground control station (GCS) for ArduPilot autopilots, written in C#/.NET. It provides point-and-click mission planning on maps, live vehicle telemetry and configuration, log analysis, and software-in-the-loop simulation for ArduPilot vehicles.

## Use cases
- plan drone waypoint missions on a map
- configure and tune an ArduPilot flight controller
- monitor live UAV telemetry during flight
- analyze flight logs after a mission
- run a software-in-the-loop drone simulator
- download firmware to a Pixhawk flight controller

## When to choose
- you fly ArduPilot vehicles (Copter, Plane, Rover, Sub, etc.) on Windows or Android
- you need full-featured mission planning, setup, and log analysis in one free tool
- you want SITL simulation for ArduPilot

## When to avoid
- you need a first-class native Linux or macOS build (only Mono/unsupported)
- you use non-MAVLink autopilots like PX4 exclusively and prefer QGroundControl
- you need a headless/scriptable GCS (consider MAVProxy instead)

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: gui, monitoring, simulation, configuration-management, developer-tools
- domain: robotics, autonomous-vehicles, simulation, developer-tools
- platform: windows, cross-platform, dotnet
- tags: ground-control-station, mavlink, uav, drone, mission-planning, sitl, pixhawk, telemetry, log-analysis, android, mono

## Member repositories
- ArduPilot/MissionPlanner (main) score 69

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:40.594877+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 2026-08-30T02:36:25.851302+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ArduPilot/MissionPlanner (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:40.594877+00:00, sha 47600fb1ad07)
  - homepage: http://ardupilot.org/planner/ (fetched 2026-08-29T10:17:07.434775+00:00, sha a0e905aadb52)
  - site_page: https://ardupilot.org/dev/docs/companion-computers.html (fetched 2026-08-29T10:17:07.437366+00:00, sha 8cf800cc5838)
  - site_page: https://ardupilot.org/planner/docs/common-downloads_developer_tools.html (fetched 2026-08-29T10:17:07.439223+00:00, sha 3660cc44fd5b)
  - site_page: https://ardupilot.org/planner/docs/common-downloads_firmware.html (fetched 2026-08-29T10:17:07.441755+00:00, sha 82fbb122938e)
  - site_page: https://ardupilot.org/dev/docs/common-contact-us.html (fetched 2026-08-29T10:17:07.443907+00:00, sha 4103c199916a)
  - site_page: https://ardupilot.org/planner/docs/common-commercial-support.html (fetched 2026-08-29T10:17:07.445639+00:00, sha 4191fdcf0e4d)
  - site_page: https://ardupilot.org/planner/docs/common-team.html (fetched 2026-08-29T10:17:07.447509+00:00, sha e762b83d19f6)
  - site_page: https://ardupilot.org/planner/docs/common-stores.html (fetched 2026-08-29T10:17:07.449331+00:00, sha e43a48216724)
  - site_page: https://ardupilot.org/planner/docs/common-history-of-ardupilot.html (fetched 2026-08-29T10:17:07.451126+00:00, sha 7204db144f9f)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.