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ardupilot

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ArduPilot is the autopilot firmware flying a large share of the world's open drones, plus ground rovers, boats and submarines.

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ArduPlane, ArduCopter, ArduRover, ArduSub source

ardupilot has 15.5k stars on GitHub. It has been forked 21.1k times. ardupilot is written mainly in C++. It has been in active development since 2013. ardupilot is available under the GPL-3.0 license. Its main topics are arducopter, ardupilot, arduplane, ardurover.

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What is ardupilot?

ArduPlane, ArduCopter, ArduRover, ArduSub source

Is ardupilot open source?

ardupilot is an open-source project. It is released under the GPL-3.0 license.

Is ardupilot free?

Yes. ardupilot is free and open source — you can use, modify and self-host it. Its GPL-3.0 license is copyleft: if you distribute a modified version, it must remain under the same license.

What license does ardupilot use?

ardupilot is available under the GPL-3.0 license.

What language is ardupilot written in?

ardupilot is written mainly in C++.

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