QGroundControl (QGC) is a Ground Control Station (GCS) for UAVs, providing full flight control and mission planning for any MAVLink-enabled drone, including PX4 and ArduPilot platforms.
- Mission planning — plan, edit, and fly autonomous waypoint, survey, and structure-scan missions.
- Live Fly View — real-time flight display with map, instruments, and full vehicle telemetry.
- Vehicle setup — guided wizards for sensor calibration, radio, flight modes, and power.
- Parameter tuning — inspect and edit every vehicle parameter through the Fact System.
- Video streaming — GStreamer-based UDP RTP / RTSP video with recording in the Flight Display.
- Multi-vehicle — connect to and monitor multiple vehicles simultaneously.
- MAVLink tooling — built-in MAVLink Inspector, console, and log download/analysis.
- Cross-platform — Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS from a single codebase.
Grab the latest stable build for your platform, or see all assets on the releases page:
- Official Website
- User Manual
- Developer Guide / Build Instructions
- Discussion & Support
- Dronecode Discord
- Security Policy
- Code of Conduct
- License
QGC is open source and welcomes contributions. See AGENTS.md for build/test/lint commands and coding conventions, and .github/CONTRIBUTING.md for architecture patterns and the contribution workflow.
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