ArduPilot Project

Ardupilot is the most advanced, full-featured and reliable open source autopilot software available. It has been under development since 2010 by a team of diverse professional engineers and computer scientists. It is the only autopilot software capable of controlling almost any vehicle system imaginable, from conventional airplanes, quadplanes, multirotors, and helicopters, to rovers, boats,balancebots and even submarines. It is now being expanded to provide support for new emerging vehicle types such as compound helicopters.

The ArduPilot project is made up of:

• ArduCopter (or APM:Copter) : code, wiki

• ArduPlane (or APM:Plane) : code, wiki

• ArduRover (or Rover) : code, wiki

• ArduSub (or APM:Sub) : code, wiki

• Antenna Tracker : code, wiki

User Support & Discussion Forums

• Support Forum: https://discuss.ardupilot.org/

• Community Site: https://ardupilot.org

Developer Information

• Github repository: https://github.com/ArduPilot/ardupilot

• Main developer wiki: https://ardupilot.org/dev/

• Developer discussion: https://discuss.ardupilot.org

• Developer chat: https://gitter.im/ArduPilot/ardupilot

Top Contributors

• Flight code contributors
• Wiki contributors
• Most active support forum users
• Partners who contribute financially

How To Get Involved

• The ArduPilot project is open source and we encourage participation and code contributions: guidelines for contributors to the ardupilot codebase

• We have an active group of Beta Testers especially for ArduCopter to help us find bugs: release procedures

• Desired Enhancements and Bugs can be posted to the issues list.

• Help other users with log analysis in the support forums

• Improve the wiki and chat with other wiki editors on Gitter

• Contact the developers on one of the communication channels

License

The ArduPilot project is licensed under the GNU General Public License, version 3.

• Overview of license

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Maintainers

Ardupilot is comprised of several parts, vehicles and boards. The list below contains the people that regularly contribute to the project and are responsible for reviewing patches on their specific area.

• Andrew Tridgell:
  • Vehicle: Plane, AntennaTracker
  • Board: APM1, APM2, Pixhawk, Pixhawk2, PixRacer
• Francisco Ferreira:
  • Bug Master
• Grant Morphett:
  • Vehicle: Rover
• Jacob Walser:
  • Vehicle: Sub
• Lucas De Marchi:
  • Subsystem: Linux
• Michael du Breuil:
  • Subsystem: Batteries
  • Subsystem: GPS
  • Subsystem: Scripting
• Peter Barker:
  • Subsystem: DataFlash, Tools
• Randy Mackay:
  • Vehicle: Copter, Rover, AntennaTracker
• Tom Pittenger:
  • Vehicle: Plane
• Bill Geyer:
  • Vehicle: TradHeli
• Chris Olson:
  • Vehicle: TradHeli
• Emile Castelnuovo:
  • Board: VRBrain
• Eugene Shamaev:
  • Subsystem: CAN bus
  • Subsystem: UAVCAN
• Georgii Staroselskii:
  • Board: NavIO
• Gustavo José de Sousa:
  • Subsystem: Build system
• Julien Beraud:
  • Board: Bebop & Bebop 2
• Leonard Hall:
  • Subsystem: Copter attitude control and navigation
• Matt Lawrence:
  • Vehicle: 3DR Solo & Solo based vehicles
• Matthias Badaire:
  • Subsystem: FRSky
• Mirko Denecke:
  • Board: BBBmini, BeagleBone Blue, PocketPilot
• Paul Riseborough:
  • Subsystem: AP_NavEKF2
  • Subsystem: AP_NavEKF3
• Pierre Kancir:
  • Subsystem: Copter SITL, Rover SITL
• Víctor Mayoral Vilches:
  • Board: PXF, Erle-Brain 2, PXFmini
• Amilcar Lucas:
  • Subsystem: Marvelmind
• Samuel Tabor:
  • Subsystem: Soaring/Gliding