mavlink/qgroundcontrol
Cross-platform ground control station for drones (Android, iOS, Mac OS, Linux, Windows) observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
99/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 98
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 22
- age_days: 5438
- days_rel: 13
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 12
Adoption not part of the score
4871 stars · 5001 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
QGroundControl is a cross-platform ground control station for MAVLink-enabled drones, providing full flight control, mission planning, vehicle setup, and telemetry display. It supports PX4 and ArduPilot autopilots and runs on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS.
Use cases
- plan autonomous waypoint and survey missions for a drone
- monitor live telemetry and video from a UAV in flight
- calibrate sensors and configure flight modes on a Pixhawk
- tune vehicle parameters on an ArduPilot or PX4 autopilot
- control and monitor multiple drones simultaneously
- download and analyze MAVLink flight logs
- stream and record onboard camera video during a flight
When to choose
- you fly PX4 or ArduPilot drones and need a full-featured ground control station
- you need mission planning, vehicle setup, and telemetry in one tool
- you need a GCS that runs on desktop and mobile platforms
- you want open-source MAVLink tooling like an inspector and console
When to avoid
- your drone does not speak the MAVLink protocol
- you need a lightweight headless or embedded ground control solution
- you only need a programmatic SDK rather than a GUI application
Facets
application · maturity stable
gui monitoring analytics simulation robotics autonomous-vehicles cross-platform windows cross-platform mavlink drone uav ground-control-station mission-planning px4 ardupilot qt macos linux android ios
5 sources
- readme: https://github.com/mavlink/qgroundcontrol · fetched 2026-08-28 · 446763abea11
- homepage: http://qgroundcontrol.io · fetched 2026-08-29 · 96ba168b7f6a
- site_page: https://docs.qgroundcontrol.com/Stable_V5.1/en/qgc-user-guide/getting_started/download_and_install.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · 8ba63d7055c1
- site_page: https://docs.qgroundcontrol.com/en/download_and_install.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · 4e8e7df1ee19
- site_page: https://docs.qgroundcontrol.com/en/getting_started/download_and_install.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · 4e8e7df1ee19
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| mavlink/qgroundcontrol | main | 99 |
For agents
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