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Autoware

  • Software
  • Cars
  • Framework
  • Reference stack

Autoware is an open-source software stack for autonomous driving, meant to speed up commercial deployment of self-driving vehicles across different platforms and use cases.

Made by The Autoware Foundation.

Source on GitHub: github.com/autowarefoundation/autoware (opens in a new tab). Facts read at commit d434113 (opens in a new tab).

Licenses

Code
Apache-2.0 (opens in a new tab)

Read by Robotheca from LICENSE (opens in a new tab) (Apache-2.0) at commit d434113 (opens in a new tab), on 16 Oct 2026.

Commercial use
Yes

What it does

  • Provides a comprehensive, production-ready software stack for autonomous vehicles.
  • Aimed at accelerating commercial deployment of autonomous driving across diverse platforms and use cases.
  • Includes installation instructions for building the stack from source, and a quick-start demo that drives a simulated vehicle.
  • Documentation is hosted on a separate documentation site, with its source in a separate repository.
  • Development is organized through contribution guidelines, working groups, and a Q&A discussion category.

Written by Robotheca from the project's README (opens in a new tab) at commit d434113.

Getting started

Difficulty
Reference stack: not buildable at home

Maintenance

Status
Active: a commit in the last 90 days
Newest commit
16 Oct 2026 on main
Latest release
1.9.0 (16 Jul 2026)

Checked on GitHub on 16 Oct 2026.

Links

Robots on Robotheca that use it

No robot on Robotheca is linked to it yet. Links come from a robot's robot.yaml, from its dependency files read as text, or from Robotheca's editors.

Robotheca lists software as a reference: nothing is hosted or run here, and every fact links to where it was read.