madflight
- Software
- Drones and boats
- Firmware
- Runs on hardware you can build
A toolbox for building flight controllers for multicopters and airplanes on ESP32, RP2040/RP2350 and STM32 boards, using PlatformIO or the Arduino IDE.
Source on GitHub: github.com/qqqlab/madflight (opens in a new tab). Facts read at commit 1d5efa7 (opens in a new tab).
Licenses
- Code
- MIT (opens in a new tab)
Read by Robotheca from LICENSE (opens in a new tab) (MIT) at commit 1d5efa7 (opens in a new tab), on 16 Oct 2026.
- Commercial use
- Yes
What it does
- Builds a working flight controller from low-cost development boards and sensor breakout boards.
- Can be programmed with PlatformIO or the Arduino IDE, with a getting-started guide on the project site.
- The development branch is untested and may not compile; release versions are the flight-tested option.
- Community help is available through the project's GitHub Discussions.
Written by Robotheca from the project's README (opens in a new tab) at commit 1d5efa7.
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
- 3 Sept 2026 on main
- Latest release
- madflight v2.4.2 (18 Aug 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.
Robotheca lists software as a reference: nothing is hosted or run here, and every fact links to where it was read.