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alireza787b/mavsdk_drone_show
SDK / API Tier A communication_links
Open-source MAVLink fleet operations for PX4: SITL, drone shows, search and rescue, cooperative autonomy, and field validation
Engineering Snapshot
Use cases & tasks 8
- Best suited for
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- UAV swarm researchers
- Drone show operators
- PX4 fleet developers
- Primary tasks
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- Drone shows
- Search and rescue coordination
- Cooperative autonomy experiments
- SITL fleet simulation
- Field validation of multi-drone ops
Stack & ecosystem
- Resource type
- SDK / API
- Ecosystem
- ai-agents · autonomous-drones · drone-show · drone-swarm · fleet-management · ground-control-station
License & compliance
- License
- Unknown
Lifecycle & freshness Show
- Maintenance
- Active
- Latest version
- Not recorded
- Last activity
- 2026-08-09
- Last checked
- 2026-08-13
- Verification
- Official confirmed
What It Solves
Need open-source fleet coordination and mission scripting for PX4-based drones via MAVLink/MAVSDK.
Primary use cases
- Drone shows
- Search and rescue coordination
- Cooperative autonomy experiments
- SITL fleet simulation
- Field validation of multi-drone ops
Secondary use cases
- Ground control station prototyping
- AI agent integration
- Swarm mission planning
When to Use
Consider when
- Need multi-drone coordination on PX4
- Want MAVSDK-based fleet management
- Require SITL before field deployment
Verify before adopting
- License unknown - confirm before commercial use
- Hardware targets not specified
- PX4 version compatibility unverified
Where It Fits
Stack layer communication_gcs
Upstream / depends on
Downstream / used by
Start Here
Adoption Checklist
- Needs verification License unknown - confirm before commercial use
- Needs verification Hardware targets not specified
- Needs verification PX4 version compatibility unverified
Each check stays "needs verification" until an official source confirms it; unconfirmed items are never marked verified.
Known Limitations & Unknowns
Known limitations
- License unknown
- No specified hardware targets
- No released version info
Not publicly verified
- Exact language/bindings
- Production maturity
- Specific PX4 version compatibility
Alternatives & Related Tools
Related tools
- mavsdk — Built on
- px4-autopilot — depends on
- mavlink — Integrates with
- mavsdk — depends on
- mavlink — depends on
- px4-autopilot — Integrates with
How is it used?
Start from the recorded entry points below, then validate against the technical checklist.
- Official site https://github.com/alireza787b/mavsdk_drone_show
- Repository https://github.com/alireza787b/mavsdk_drone_show
- Documentation https://github.com/alireza787b/mavsdk_drone_show
Technical checklist
- NEEDS REVIEW License identified No license field in any source response
- 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 | License: Unknown — No license field in any source response. |
|---|---|
| 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 | 2026-08-09 |
| Last checked | 2026-08-13 |
| First seen | Not recorded |
Related Resources & Dependencies
- mavsdk — built on (verified)
- px4-autopilot — depends on (verified)
- mavlink — integrates with (verified)
- mavsdk — depends on (confirmed)
- mavlink — depends on (confirmed)
- px4-autopilot — integrates with (confirmed)
Recent Activity
New resource: mavsdk-drone-show
New repository resource added by the sprint promote pipeline.
Related Knowledge
Collections
- GCS and Telemetry Protocols — Ground control software and telemetry protocol repositories for command, monitoring and integration work.
- Ground Control and Mission Planning — Open components for mission planning, telemetry and ground control around MAVLink-based vehicles.
- MAVLink Ecosystem — The protocol and its reference consumers for building or evaluating MAVLink-based UAV integrations.