# PolySync/oscc

Open Source Car Control 💻🚗🙌

Repository: https://github.com/PolySync/oscc
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/oscc
Language: C++
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2019-12-10T18:04:57+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3586, "days_push": 2458, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- 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 1037, forks 283 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:19.488299+00:00)

## What it is
Open Source Car Control (OSCC) is a collection of hardware designs and C++ firmware/API that enable computer control of modern cars (primarily 2014+ Kia Soul) via their CAN network for autonomous vehicle development. It provides low-level steering, throttle, and brake control without spoofing CAN messages or altering factory safety systems.

## Use cases
- enable computer control of a Kia Soul for autonomous vehicle research
- send steering, throttle, and brake commands to a car via CAN bus
- read vehicle state like steering angle and wheel speeds from OBD-II
- develop and test self-driving control software on a real vehicle
- add by-wire control to a car without hacking ADAS features

## When to choose
- you need low-level, full-range by-wire control of a supported Kia Soul
- you want open hardware and firmware you can extend to new vehicles
- you are building an autonomous vehicle research platform

## When to avoid
- you drive any vehicle other than a 2014+ Kia Soul petrol or EV
- you need a turn-key supported product rather than DIY hardware assembly
- your project has no automotive hardware or safety engineering capability

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: embedded, middleware, sdk
- domain: robotics, autonomous-vehicles, embedded-systems, hardware
- platform: embedded, cpp, cross-platform
- tags: firmware, can-bus, obd-ii, drive-by-wire, autonomous-driving, kia-soul, arduino, vehicle-control

## Member repositories
- PolySync/oscc (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:19.488299+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 2026-08-30T07:04:21.059684+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/PolySync/oscc (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:19.488299+00:00, sha c5a1a228ee4b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.