# mavlink/qgroundcontrol

Cross-platform ground control station for drones (Android, iOS, Mac OS, Linux, Windows)

Repository: https://github.com/mavlink/qgroundcontrol
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/qgroundcontrol
Homepage: http://qgroundcontrol.io
Language: C++
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: mavlink, qt, px4, drone, uav, uas, pixhawk, ardupilot, hacktoberfest
Last push: 2026-08-26T05:30:08+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 99/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 98, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5438, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 13, "gap_med": 22, "n_releases_24m": 12}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4871, forks 5001 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:01.635078+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: application
- maturity: stable
- function: gui, monitoring, analytics, simulation
- domain: robotics, autonomous-vehicles, cross-platform
- platform: windows, cross-platform
- tags: mavlink, drone, uav, ground-control-station, mission-planning, px4, ardupilot, qt, macos, linux, android, ios

## Member repositories
- mavlink/qgroundcontrol (main) score 99

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:01.635078+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 2026-08-29T18:18:18.975257+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/mavlink/qgroundcontrol (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:01.635078+00:00, sha 446763abea11)
  - homepage: http://qgroundcontrol.io (fetched 2026-08-29T09:00:54.499365+00:00, sha 96ba168b7f6a)
  - site_page: https://docs.qgroundcontrol.com/Stable_V5.1/en/qgc-user-guide/getting_started/download_and_install.html (fetched 2026-08-29T09:00:54.501833+00:00, sha 8ba63d7055c1)
  - site_page: https://docs.qgroundcontrol.com/en/download_and_install.html (fetched 2026-08-29T09:00:54.503821+00:00, sha 4e8e7df1ee19)
  - site_page: https://docs.qgroundcontrol.com/en/getting_started/download_and_install.html (fetched 2026-08-29T09:00:54.505500+00:00, sha 4e8e7df1ee19)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.