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iNavFlight/inav
Flight Stack Tier A flight_control GPL-3.0
INAV: Navigation-enabled flight control software
Engineering Snapshot
Use cases & tasks 7
- Best suited for
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- airplane
- quadcopter
- fpv
- rc
- Primary tasks
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- fixed-wing navigation
- multirotor stabilization
- FPV flight control
Stack & ecosystem
- Resource type
- Flight Stack
- Ecosystem
- airplane · autopilot · fpv · hacktoberfest · inav · quadcopter
License & compliance
- License
-
GPL-3.0(Inferred)
Lifecycle & freshness Show
- Maintenance
- Active
- Latest version
- Not recorded
- Last activity
- 2026-08-12
- Last checked
- 2026-08-13
- Verification
- Official confirmed
What It Solves
Provides navigation-enabled flight control for fixed-wing and multirotor UAVs.
Primary use cases
- fixed-wing navigation
- multirotor stabilization
- FPV flight control
Secondary use cases
- educational projects
- hobbyist experimentation
When to Use
Consider when
- need open-source GPL-3.0 flight controller
- require built-in navigation features (GPS, waypoints)
- prefer active community maintenance
Verify before adopting
- hardware compatibility with target flight controller
- license compatibility with downstream projects
- latest release status and community support
Where It Fits
Stack layer flight_control
Start Here
Adoption Checklist
- Needs verification hardware compatibility with target flight controller
- Needs verification license compatibility with downstream projects
- Needs verification latest release status and community support
Each check stays "needs verification" until an official source confirms it; unconfirmed items are never marked verified.
Known Limitations & Unknowns
Not publicly verified
- latest_version unspecified
Alternatives & Related Tools
Related tools
- ardupilot — compatible with
- betaflight — compatible with
- mavlink — Integrates with
How is it used?
Start from the recorded entry points below, then validate against the technical checklist.
- Official site https://inavflight.github.io
- Repository https://github.com/iNavFlight/inav
- Documentation https://inavflight.github.io
Technical checklist
- OK License identified Recorded: GPL-3.0
- OK Maintenance signal Active
- OK Verification status Official confirmed
- OK Source evidence attached 1 source record(s)
- NEEDS REVIEW Latest version recorded Not recorded
Official Links
Metadata & Governance
| License | GPL-3.0 — Inferred |
|---|---|
| Commercial model | Unknown |
| Maintenance status | Active |
| Verification status | Official confirmed — Confirmed via the official repository API responses in SourceRefs below. |
| Latest version | Not recorded |
| Latest release | Not recorded |
| Last activity | 2026-08-12 |
| Last checked | 2026-08-13 |
| First seen | Not recorded |
Related Resources & Dependencies
- ardupilot — compatible with (confirmed)
- betaflight — compatible with (confirmed)
- mavlink — integrates with (confirmed)
Recent Activity
New resource: inav
New repository resource added by the sprint promote pipeline.
Related Knowledge
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