Crazyflie client (cfclient)
- Software
- Drones and boats
- Tool
Host applications for the Crazyflie drone, offering a graphical PC client, headless client, firmware loader and ZMQ interface. Built on the cflib library.
Made by Bitcraze, Sweden (checked on github.com/bitcraze (opens in a new tab)).
Source on GitHub: github.com/bitcraze/crazyflie-clients-python (opens in a new tab). Facts read at commit f22b07d (opens in a new tab).
Licenses
- Code
- GPL-2.0-only (opens in a new tab)
Read by Robotheca from LICENSE.txt (opens in a new tab) (GPL-2.0-only) at commit f22b07d (opens in a new tab), on 16 Oct 2026.
- Commercial use
- Yes
Copyleft: Modified source must be published.
What it does
- Provides a graphical PC client (cfclient) for flight control, parameter configuration and real-time data logging and visualization.
- Offers a headless command-line client (cfheadless) for running without a graphical interface.
- Includes a firmware loader (cfloader) for flashing firmware onto the Crazyflie.
- Includes a ZMQ interface (cfzmq) for communicating with the Crazyflie through ZeroMQ.
- All applications are built on the cflib library, and official documentation is provided on the Bitcraze website.
Written by Robotheca from the project's README (opens in a new tab) at commit f22b07d.
Getting started
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- How to start
- The project's README (opens in a new tab)
Maintenance
- Status
- Active: a commit in the last 90 days
- Newest commit
- 12 Oct 2026 on master
- Latest release
- 2026.8.1 (30 Sept 2026)
Checked on GitHub on 16 Oct 2026.
Links
Robots that can run 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.
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