INAV
- Software
- Drones and boats
- Firmware
INAV is open-source flight controller firmware for multirotors, fixed-wing aircraft and other vehicles, adding navigation features like position hold and return to home.
Made by INAVFlight.
Source on GitHub: github.com/iNavFlight/inav (opens in a new tab). Facts read at commit 5927460 (opens in a new tab).
Licenses
- Code
- GPL-3.0-only (opens in a new tab)
Read by Robotheca from LICENSE (opens in a new tab) (GPL-3.0-only) at commit 5927460 (opens in a new tab), on 16 Oct 2026.
- Commercial use
- Yes
Copyleft: Modified source must be published.
What it does
- Runs on popular F4, AT32, F7 and H7 flight controllers.
- Provides position hold, altitude hold, return to home and waypoint missions.
- Supports fixed-wing aircraft such as airplanes and flying wings, plus a configurable mixer for rovers, boats and other devices.
- Reads GPS, pitot tube, sonar, lidar, temperature and BlHeli_32 ESC telemetry sensors.
- Offers On Screen Display in character and pixel styles, including DJI OSD integration.
- Configured through the INAV Configurator desktop application for Windows, macOS and Linux.
Written by Robotheca from the project's README (opens in a new tab) at commit 5927460.
Getting started
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- How to start
- The project's website (opens in a new tab)
Maintenance
- Status
- Active: a commit in the last 90 days
- Newest commit
- 15 Oct 2026 on maintenance-10.x
- Latest release
- INAV 9.1.0 (9 Jul 2026)
Checked on GitHub on 16 Oct 2026.
Links
Robots on Robotheca that use it
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