Top 17 Aircraft Open-Source Projects

• jsbsim

  3 1,208 8.3 C++

  An open source flight dynamics & control software library

  

• tar1090

  42 1,139 7.7 JavaScript

  Provides an improved webinterface for use with ADS-B decoders readsb / dump1090-fa

Project mention: My Toddler Loves Planes, So I Built Her a Radar | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-11-27

This is cool in concept, but FlightRadar24 has a built-in Augmented Reality feature that works really well.

https://www.flightradar24.com/blog/show-us-your-best-augment...

Also, if I were to build my own local copy, I'd use an RTLSDR to get the ADSB packets direct and base my app on tar1090. https://github.com/wiedehopf/tar1090

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• AeroSandbox

  6 651 9.7 Jupyter Notebook

  Aircraft design optimization made fast through modern automatic differentiation. Composable analysis tools for aerodynamics, propulsion, structures, trajectory design, and much more.

• inav-configurator

  1 544 9.2 JavaScript
  

• FlightAirMap

  1 493 0.0 TSQL

  Open source project displaying live aircrafts, ships or trackers on 2D/3D map. Browse through the data based on a particular aircraft, airline, airport, tracker or vessel to search through the database or see extensive statistics. Can use ADS-B in SBS1 format (dump1090, Radarcape,...), VRS, VA (VATSIM, IVAO whazzup.txt, phpvms,...), ACARS (acarsdec, acarsdeco2), APRS, AIS as datasource.

• readsb

  22 293 8.8 C

  ADS-B decoder swiss knife

Project mention: ADS-B setup | /r/RTLSDR | 2023-05-30

• skytrack

  5 291 8.7 Python

  skytrack is a planespotting and aircraft OSINT tool made using Python 🛩🔍

Project mention: FLaNK Weekly 31 December 2023 | dev.to | 2023-12-31

• WorkOS

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  The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

  

• adsbdb

  4 104 9.0 Rust

  public api for aircraft, airlines, & flightroutes

• rosplane

  0 92 0.0 C++

  A basic fixed-wing autopilot for ROS - based on the textbook "Small Unmanned Aircraft: Theory and Practice" by Randy Beard and Tim McLain

  

• dump1090_rs

  10 89 7.2 Rust

  Multi-SDR supported Rust translation of the popular dump1090 project for ADS-B demodulation

  

• docker-acarshub

  3 52 9.6 TypeScript

  Docker container to utilize RTLSDR dongle(s) to view/stream ACARS/VDLM2 aircraft data transmissions

  

• boeing-777

  1 47 1.9 C

  A freeware hobby project simulation for X-Plane of the Boeing 777-300ER

• descent-app

  2 36 0.0 JavaScript

  Top of descent path calculator. Let's calculate your descent!

• huracan

  2 32 0.0 Python

  Open source, 0-dimensional, object-oriented airbreathing engine modelling package for preliminary analysis and design of airbreathing engines, divulgation and educational purposes.

• il2

  2 12 4.1

  IL-2: Sturmovik Great Battles: Aircraft, Tanks & Other Vehicles Specifications

• adsb-stats-logger

  2 6 0.0 Python

  ADS-B Stats Logger from Dump1090

• the-bootstrap-approach

  1 0 4.3 Jupyter Notebook

  Python library and tooling for modeling the performance of light aircraft 🛩️🏔.

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• Do I need to download ADSB# or is it included in SDR Sharp?
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