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openpilot

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openpilot is an open-source operating system for robotics that upgrades the driver assistance system in 300+ supported cars. It runs on the comma four device with a car harness.

Made by comma.ai, United States (checked on github.com/commaai (opens in a new tab)).

Source on GitHub: github.com/commaai/openpilot (opens in a new tab). Facts read at commit 90932d9 (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 90932d9 (opens in a new tab), on 16 Oct 2026.

Commercial use
Yes

What it does

  • Upgrades the driver assistance system in more than 300 supported cars.
  • Offers prebuilt release, staging, and nightly branches, with running master and other branches supported as well.
  • Follows ISO 26262 guidelines, with safety-model code living in panda and written in C.
  • Runs software-in-the-loop tests on every commit, plus hardware-in-the-loop tests and continuous replay of routes on 10 comma devices.
  • By default uploads driving data to comma's servers; users can disable data collection, and the driver-facing camera and microphone are logged only if opted in.

Written by Robotheca from the project's README (opens in a new tab) at commit 90932d9.

Getting started

Difficulty
Reference stack: not buildable at home
Hardware it needs, as the project states it
A comma four device and a car harness, connecting to one of the 300+ supported cars.

Maintenance

Status
Active: a commit in the last 90 days
Newest commit
16 Oct 2026 on master
Latest release
0.11.1 Release (5 Jun 2026)

Checked on GitHub on 16 Oct 2026.

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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.

Robotheca lists software as a reference: nothing is hosted or run here, and every fact links to where it was read.