/PX4-Autopilot

PX4 Autopilot Software

Primary LanguageC++BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" LicenseBSD-3-Clause

PX4 Drone Autopilot

Releases DOI

Nuttx Targets SITL Tests

Discord Shield

This repository holds the PX4 flight control solution for drones, with the main applications located in the src/modules directory. It also contains the PX4 Drone Middleware Platform, which provides drivers and middleware to run drones.

PX4 is highly portable, OS-independent and supports Linux, NuttX and MacOS out of the box.

Building a PX4 based drone, rover, boat or robot

The PX4 User Guide explains how to assemble supported vehicles and fly drones with PX4. See the forum and chat if you need help!

Changing code and contributing

This Developer Guide is for software developers who want to modify the flight stack and middleware (e.g. to add new flight modes), hardware integrators who want to support new flight controller boards and peripherals, and anyone who wants to get PX4 working on a new (unsupported) airframe/vehicle.

Developers should read the Guide for Contributions. See the forum and chat if you need help!

Weekly Dev Call

The PX4 Dev Team syncs up on a weekly dev call.

Note The dev call is open to all interested developers (not just the core dev team). This is a great opportunity to meet the team and contribute to the ongoing development of the platform. It includes a QA session for newcomers. All regular calls are listed in the Dronecode calendar.

Maintenance Team

Note: This is the source of truth for the active maintainers of PX4 ecosystem.

Sector Maintainer
Founder Lorenz Meier
Architecture Daniel Agar / Beat Küng
State Estimation Mathieu Bresciani / Paul Riseborough
OS/NuttX David Sidrane
Drivers Daniel Agar
Simulation Jaeyoung Lim
ROS2 Beniamino Pozzan
Community QnA Call Ramon Roche
Documentation Hamish Willee
Vehicle Type Maintainer
Multirotor Matthias Grob
Fixed Wing Thomas Stastny
Hybrid VTOL Silvan Fuhrer
Boat x
Rover x

See also maintainers list (px4.io) and the contributors list (Github). However it may be not up to date.

Supported Hardware

Pixhawk standard boards and proprietary boards are shown below (discontinued boards aren't listed).

For the most up to date information, please visit PX4 user Guide > Autopilot Hardware.

Pixhawk Standard Boards

These boards fully comply with Pixhawk Standard, and are maintained by the PX4-Autopilot maintainers and Dronecode team

Manufacturer supported

These boards are maintained to be compatible with PX4-Autopilot by the Manufacturers.

Community supported

These boards don't fully comply industry standards, and thus is solely maintained by the PX4 public community members.

Experimental

These boards are nor maintained by PX4 team nor Manufacturer, and is not guaranteed to be compatible with up to date PX4 releases.

Project Roadmap

Note: Outdated

A high level project roadmap is available here.

Project Governance

The PX4 Autopilot project including all of its trademarks is hosted under Dronecode, part of the Linux Foundation.

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