# felixge/node-ar-drone

A node.js client for controlling Parrot AR Drone 2.0 quad-copters.

Repository: https://github.com/felixge/node-ar-drone
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/node-ar-drone
Homepage: http://nodecopter.com/
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2019-11-02T16:04:50+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5156, "days_push": 2496, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1768, forks 427 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:33.711433+00:00)

## What it is
A Node.js client library implementing the networking protocols for Parrot AR Drone 2.0 quadcopters. It provides a high-level Client API for takeoff, landing, movement control, and receiving sensor (navdata) and video streams over WiFi.

## Use cases
- control a Parrot AR Drone from Node.js
- write autonomous drone flight programs
- read sensor and navdata from a quadcopter
- stream drone video over WiFi
- prototype drone control with a REPL
- build custom drone apps instead of the FreeFlight mobile app

## When to choose
- you own a Parrot AR Drone 1.0 or 2.0 and want programmatic control from JavaScript
- you want to experiment with autonomous drone behavior using sensor data
- you prefer a high-level Node.js API over Parrot's C SDK

## When to avoid
- you use a newer Parrot drone (e.g. Bebop, Anafi) with a different protocol
- you need a production-supported, actively maintained library
- you work outside Node.js

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: sdk, networking, robotics
- domain: robotics, developer-tools, hardware
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: drone, parrot-ar-drone, quadcopter, wifi-protocol, navdata, video-streaming, nodejs

## Member repositories
- felixge/node-ar-drone (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:33.711433+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 2026-08-30T03:26:22.270486+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/felixge/node-ar-drone (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:33.711433+00:00, sha e70ab320873f)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.