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VESC Tool

  • Software
  • Robot arms and industry
  • Tool

VESC Tool is the desktop and mobile configuration program for VESC motor controllers, used to tune and manage them. It is built with Qt and offers binaries for several platforms.

Source on GitHub: github.com/vedderb/vesc_tool (opens in a new tab). Facts read at commit f1e15cb (opens in a new tab).

Licenses

Code
GPL-3.0-only (opens in a new tab)

Read by Robotheca from LICENSE (opens in a new tab) (GPL-3.0-only) at commit f1e15cb (opens in a new tab), on 16 Oct 2026.

Commercial use
Yes

Copyleft: Modified source must be published.

What it does

  • Provides the official configuration application for VESC motor controllers, available as stable and development builds.
  • Binaries are offered for Linux, Windows, MacOS, Android and iOS, with the development build for Linux, Windows and Android.
  • Explains how custom hardware can be added to the official release by contributing to the bldc firmware repository.
  • Describes a Qt build on Linux, with an alternative Nix-based build and run method.
  • Its trademark and fork guidelines explain how derived projects should handle the VESC name and branding.

Written by Robotheca from the project's README (opens in a new tab) at commit f1e15cb.

Getting started

Difficulty
Intermediate

Maintenance

Status
Active: a commit in the last 90 days
Newest commit
15 Oct 2026 on master
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.

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