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bitcraze/crazyflie-firmware
Flight Stack Tier A flight_control GPL-3.0
The main firmware for the Crazyflie Nano Quadcopter, Crazyflie Bolt Quadcopter and Roadrunner Positioning Tag.
Engineering Snapshot
Use cases & tasks 5
- Best suited for
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- Crazyflie Nano Quadcopter
- Crazyflie Bolt Quadcopter
- Roadrunner Positioning Tag
- Primary tasks
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- UAV flight control
- indoor autonomous flight
Stack & ecosystem
- Resource type
- Flight Stack
- Ecosystem
- flight_control
License & compliance
- License
-
GPL-3.0(Inferred)
Lifecycle & freshness Show
- Maintenance
- Active
- Latest version
- Not recorded
- Last activity
- 2026-08-13
- Last checked
- 2026-08-13
- Verification
- Official confirmed
What It Solves
Provides flight control firmware for Bitcraze Crazyflie platforms.
Primary use cases
- UAV flight control
- indoor autonomous flight
Secondary use cases
- research and education
- swarm experimentation
When to Use
Consider when
- need open-source GPL-3.0 firmware
- targeting Bitcraze hardware
Verify before adopting
- compatibility with specific Crazyflie hardware revision
- required sensor drivers
Start Here
Adoption Checklist
- Needs verification compatibility with specific Crazyflie hardware revision
- Needs verification required sensor drivers
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
- latest_release_at
Alternatives & Related Tools
Related tools
- crazyflie-lib-python — Integrates with
- crazyswarm — compatible with
How is it used?
Start from the recorded entry points below, then validate against the technical checklist.
- Official site https://github.com/bitcraze/crazyflie-firmware
- Repository https://github.com/bitcraze/crazyflie-firmware
- Documentation https://github.com/bitcraze/crazyflie-firmware
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 | 2026-08-13 |
| Last checked | 2026-08-13 |
| First seen | Not recorded |
Dataset facts
Facts above come from the official dataset card only; unconfirmed fields stay unknown.
Related Resources & Dependencies
- crazyflie-lib-python — integrates with (confirmed)
- crazyswarm — compatible with (verified)
Recent Activity
New resource: bitcraze/crazyflie-firmware
New repository resource added by the sprint promote pipeline.
Related Knowledge
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- Open-Source Flight Control Stacks — Open-source autopilot firmware repositories for building or evaluating a flight stack.
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- Evaluating Open-Source Flight Stacks — A structured path for comparing candidate open-source flight stacks on evidence, not marketing.