# ODrive

High performance motor control

Repository: https://github.com/odriverobotics/ODrive
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/odrive
Homepage: https://odriverobotics.com
Language: C++
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: motor, motor-controller
Last push: 2026-01-20T10:54:42+00:00
Link (homepage): https://odriverobotics.com

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 51/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 63, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3782, "days_push": 225, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3745, forks 1744 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:16.094139+00:00)

## What it is
ODrive is high-performance brushless motor controller firmware (C++) for ODrive v3.x hardware, enabling precise torque, velocity, and position control for robotics. This repository's firmware is no longer under active development (NRND), as new-generation ODrive firmware is closed-source.

## Use cases
- control brushless motors for a robot arm
- build a high-performance DIY electric skateboard or drone gimbal
- drive BLDC motors with FOC torque control
- integrate motor controllers over CAN or USB with Python or ROS2
- flash and tune ODrive v3.6 motor controller firmware

## When to choose
- you own ODrive v3.x hardware and need open-source firmware
- you want cheap brushless motors in high-performance robotics projects
- you need torque/velocity/position control with encoder feedback

## When to avoid
- you need firmware for ODrive Pro, S1, or Micro - it is not publicly available
- you expect active development or new features for v3.x
- you need a general-purpose motor controller for non-ODrive hardware

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: embedded, robotics
- domain: robotics, embedded-systems, hardware
- platform: embedded, python, cross-platform
- tags: motor-control, brushless-motor, foc, firmware, robotics, can-bus, encoder, hardware

## Member repositories
- odriverobotics/ODrive (main) score 51
- odriverobotics/ODriveHardware (infra) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:16.094139+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 2026-08-29T18:29:03.524514+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/odriverobotics/ODrive (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:16.094139+00:00, sha fa8141e8bb58)
  - homepage: https://odriverobotics.com (fetched 2026-08-29T09:23:19.498322+00:00, sha 62ca7a3a7a06)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.