PiCar-X
- Software
- Cars
- Framework
A Python library for controlling the PiCar-X, a small robot car built on Raspberry Pi, with SunFounder's Robot Hat board and vilib camera support.
Made by SunFounder, China (checked on github.com/sunfounder (opens in a new tab)).
Source on GitHub: github.com/sunfounder/picar-x (opens in a new tab). Facts read at commit 897698d (opens in a new tab).
Licenses
- Code
- GPL-2.0-only (opens in a new tab)
Read by Robotheca from LICENSE (opens in a new tab) (GPL-2.0-only) at commit 897698d (opens in a new tab), on 16 Oct 2026.
- Commercial use
- Yes
Copyleft: Modified source must be published.
What it does
- Provides Python control of the PiCar-X robot car on Raspberry Pi.
- Depends on the separate robot_hat and vilib libraries, which must be installed first.
- Includes example scripts, including one for voice-activated control using GPT.
- Installed from source with pip3 after cloning the repository.
Written by Robotheca from the project's README (opens in a new tab) at commit 897698d.
Getting started
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- How to start
- The project's README (opens in a new tab)
Maintenance
- Status
- Active: a commit in the last 90 days
- Newest commit
- 13 Aug 2026 on 2.1.x
- Latest release
- None published on GitHub
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.
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