MAVProxy
- Software
- Drones and boats
- Tool
MAVProxy is a Python ground station for controlling MAVLink-based vehicles such as drones. It was developed as part of the CanberraUAV OBC team entry.
Made by ArduPilot.
Source on GitHub: github.com/ArduPilot/MAVProxy (opens in a new tab). Facts read at commit 93ef555 (opens in a new tab).
Licenses
- Code
- GPL-3.0-only (opens in a new tab)
Read by Robotheca from COPYING.txt (opens in a new tab) (GPL-3.0-only) at commit 93ef555 (opens in a new tab), on 16 Oct 2026.
- Commercial use
- Yes
Copyleft: Modified source must be published.
What it does
- Acts as a MAVLink ground station, written in Python.
- More information is available on the ArduPilot MAVProxy documentation site.
- Maintained by Andrew Tridgell and Peter Barker, with Windows and macOS maintainers listed.
- Discussion with maintainers takes place in the mavproxy channel on the ArduPilot Discord.
Written by Robotheca from the project's README (opens in a new tab) at commit 93ef555.
Getting started
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- How to start
- The project's README (opens in a new tab)
Maintenance
- Status
- Active: a commit in the last 90 days
- Newest commit
- 9 Oct 2026 on master
- Latest release
- v1.8.75 (24 Sept 2026)
Checked on GitHub on 16 Oct 2026.
Links
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