QGroundControl Guide

QGroundControl provides full flight control and vehicle setup for PX4 or ArduPilot powered vehicles. It provides easy and straightforward usage for beginners, while still delivering high end feature support for experienced users.

Key Features:

• Full setup/configuration of ArduPilot and PX4 powered vehicles.
• Mission planning for autonomous flight.
• Flight map display with vehicle position, flight track, waypoints, and instruments.
• Video streaming with instrument display overlays.
• Joystick and gamepad support for direct vehicle control.
• Support for managing multiple vehicles.
• Flight log download, GeoTagging, MAVLink console, and MAVLink traffic inspection.
• Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS.

INFO

These docs cover the daily build (master branch). If you are using the stable release, see the Stable V5.0 docs.

Getting Started

• What's New — Changes since the last stable release.
• Download & Install — Get QGroundControl on your platform.
• UI Overview — A quick tour of the main views.
• First Flight Guide — Connect, verify, and fly.

TIP

Information about QGroundControl development, architecture, contributing, and translating can be found in the Developer Guide.