Mission Planner
- Software
- Drones and boats
- Tool
Mission Planner is a Windows ground control station for ArduPilot-based drones and vehicles, used to plan missions, configure and monitor them. It also runs on Linux (via Mono) and Android.
Made by ArduPilot.
Source on GitHub: github.com/ArduPilot/MissionPlanner (opens in a new tab). Facts read at commit 357d597 (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 357d597 (opens in a new tab), on 16 Oct 2026.
- Commercial use
- Yes
Copyleft: Modified source must be published.
What it does
- Plans and manages vehicle missions, with map and elevation data support.
- Connects to and configures ArduPilot-based vehicles, including firmware upload and parameter editing.
- Offers offline use through cached maps, elevation data, parameter metadata and log metadata.
- Can be compiled from source with Visual Studio 2022 on Windows, or built and run on Linux with provided scripts.
- Lists many external services it contacts, such as update servers and map providers, and how each can be disabled.
Written by Robotheca from the project's README (opens in a new tab) at commit 357d597.
Getting started
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Hardware it needs, as the project states it
- On Linux it runs under Mono with some functions unavailable. Android is supported via the Play Store. macOS and iOS support is experimental; Windows via Boot Camp or Parallels is recommended for Mac users.
- How to start
- The project's README (opens in a new tab)
Maintenance
- Status
- Active: a commit in the last 90 days
- Newest commit
- 15 Oct 2026 on master
- Latest release
- Mission Planner 1.3.83 (10 Sept 2025)
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.
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