qgroundcontrol Drones & UAV Software
Cross-platform ground control station for drones (Android, iOS, Mac OS, Linux, Windows)
5,023GitHub stars
5,113Forks
C++Main language
Apache-2.0Licence
2026-10-14Last commit
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What qgroundcontrol does
Cross-platform ground control station for drones (Android, iOS, Mac OS, Linux, Windows) It is a free, open-source project hosted at mavlink/qgroundcontrol and released under the Apache-2.0 licence.
Download and install
- Get the files. Use Download releases above if the maintainers publish binaries, otherwise grab the source ZIP or
git clone https://github.com/mavlink/qgroundcontrol.git. - Read the README. Build and runtime requirements differ per platform — the repo README is the authoritative guide.
- Check the licence. Apache-2.0 terms apply to redistribution and commercial use.
- Join the community. Issues, discussions and pull requests live in the repository — that is where bugs get fixed.
Project snapshot
- Repositorymavlink/qgroundcontrol
- Stars5,023
- Forks5,113
- LanguageC++
- LicenceApache-2.0
- Last update2026-10-14
- Topicsardupilotdronehacktoberfestmavlinkpixhawkpx4
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