There are several autopilot suites available for control-boards for aerial vehicles. This page mostly have an overview of all of those including some comparison factors in them as well.
| Autopilot suite | startup year | latest version | OS licence | ROS support | supported vehicles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ardupilot (GitHub) | 2009 | 4.5.2 (05/24) | GPL 3.0 | yes | Copters, Fixed wings, VTOL |
| Betaflight (GitHub) | 2015 | 4.5.0 (04/24) | GPL 3.0 | no | Copters |
| crazyflie-firmware (GitHub) | 2011 | 2024.2 | GPL 3.0 | yes* | Quadcopters, Flapping wings |
| DJI autopilot (GitHub) | 2006 | 2023.9 | closed | yes | Copters, VTOLS |
| Paparazzi (GitHub) | 2003 | 6.3.0 (12/23) | GPL 2.0 | no | Copters, Fixed wings, VTOL |
| PX4 (GitHub) | 2009 | 1.14.0 (10/23) | BSD 3-Clause | yes | Copters, Fixed wings, VTOL |
| ROSflight (GitHub) | 2019 | 2.2.0 beta (09/23) | BSD 3-Clause | yes | Copters, fixed wings |
*community provided support
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