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.
Features
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.
Download
Grab the latest stable build for your platform, or see all assets on the
releases page:
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.
QGC's interface is translated by the community — help translate it into your language on
Crowdin.
