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**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](https://github.com/mavlink/QGroundControl/releases/latest):

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## Links - [Official Website](http://qgroundcontrol.com) - [User Manual](https://docs.qgroundcontrol.com/en/) - [Developer Guide](https://dev.qgroundcontrol.com/en/) / [Build Instructions](https://dev.qgroundcontrol.com/en/getting_started/) - [Discussion & Support](https://docs.qgroundcontrol.com/en/Support/Support.html) - [Dronecode Discord](https://discord.com/channels/1022170275984457759/1022185820683255908) - [Security Policy](.github/SECURITY.md) - [Code of Conduct](.github/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md) - [License](https://github.com/mavlink/qgroundcontrol/blob/master/.github/COPYING.md) ## Contributing QGC is open source and welcomes contributions. See [AGENTS.md](AGENTS.md) for build/test/lint commands and coding conventions, and [.github/CONTRIBUTING.md](.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](https://crowdin.com/project/qgroundcontrol). ## Star history [![Star History Chart](https://api.star-history.com/svg?repos=mavlink/qgroundcontrol&type=Date)](https://star-history.com/#mavlink/qgroundcontrol&Date)