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Paparazzi UAV

By Paparazzi Autopilot Team, from github.com/paparazzi/paparazzi (opens in a new tab)

  • Drones and boats
  • Firmware
  • GPL-2.0-only

Paparazzi is a free, open-source software system for unmanned air vehicles, used by hobbyists, universities and companies. It covers fixed-wing, rotorcraft, hybrid, flapping and surface vehicles.

Open on GitHub (opens in a new tab)

Facts

GitHub stars
1,722read on 6 Nov 2026
Last update
5 Nov 2026Newest commit on master
Maintenance
Activea commit in the last 90 days
Difficulty
Advanced

Checked on GitHub on 6 Nov 2026.

Licenses

Code
GPL-2.0-only (opens in a new tab)

Read by Robotheca from COPYING (opens in a new tab) and LICENSE (opens in a new tab) (GPL-2.0-only) at commit 377ca98 (opens in a new tab), on 6 Nov 2026. A license text Robotheca's reader does not know: a person at Robotheca set it on 9 Nov 2026.

Commercial use
Yes

Copyleft: Modified source must be published.

Overview

What it does: Robotheca's summary

  • Supports fixed-wing, rotorcraft, hybrid, flapping-wing vehicles, and boats or other surface vehicles.
  • Has been used on vehicles ranging from 11.9 g to 25 kg.
  • Provides a Paparazzi Center application to select aircraft, build firmware and run sessions.
  • Includes a simulator, which can use JSBSim as the flight dynamics model.
  • Lets you build the embedded flight controller software and upload it to the board over USB.
  • Documentation is available on Read the Docs and a community wiki.

Written by Robotheca from the project's README (opens in a new tab) at commit 3590c66, not by its creator.

The README

Read the README on GitHub (opens in a new tab)

Files and versions

Facts read at commit 377ca98

Robotheca read the repository at two versions: the summary at 3590c66 and the facts at 377ca98 (read on 6 Nov 2026).

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Use it

How to install it, in the creator's words: The project's README (opens in a new tab)

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