espressif/esp-drone

Mini Drone/Quadcopter Firmware for ESP32 and ESP32-S Series SoCs.

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Introduction

ESP-Drone is an open source solution based on Espressif ESP32/ESP32-S2/ESP32-S3 Wi-Fi chip, which can be controlled by a mobile APP or gamepad over Wi-Fi connection. ESP-Drone comes with simple hardware, clear and extensible code architecture, and therefore this project can be used in STEAM education and other fields. The main code is ported from Crazyflie open source project with GPL3.0 protocol.

Currently support ESP32、ESP32S2、ESP32S3, please using ESP-IDF release/v5.0 branch as your develop environment

ESP-Drone

For more information, please check the sections below:

Features

  1. Stabilize Mode
  2. Height-hold Mode
  3. Position-hold Mode
  4. APP Control
  5. cfclient Supported, refer https://github.com/leeebo/crazyflie-clients-python
  6. ESP-BOX3 Joystick Control (through esp-now)

Note: to implement Height-hold/Position-hold mode, extension boards are needed. For more information, see Hardware Reference.

Third Party Copyrighted Code

Additional third party copyrighted code is included under the following licenses.

ComponentLicenseOriginCommit ID
core/crazyflieGPL3.0Crazyflietag_2021_01 b448553
lib/dsp_libesp32-lin6fa39f4c

Support Policy

From December 2022, we will offer limited support on this project, but Pull Request is still welcomed!

THANKS

  1. Thanks to Bitcraze for the great Crazyflie project.
  2. Thanks to Espressif for the powerful ESP-IDF framework.
  3. Thanks to WhyEngineer for the useful ESP-DSP lib.

Contributors

leeebo

107 commits

skywxFang

6 commits

hellvesper

1 commits

espressif/esp-drone

Mini Drone/Quadcopter Firmware for ESP32 and ESP32-S Series SoCs.

2,167

stars

120

commits

C

primary language

Aug 10, 2026

updated

drone
esp32
quadcopter

README

ESP-Drone

Build project

Introduction

ESP-Drone is an open source solution based on Espressif ESP32/ESP32-S2/ESP32-S3 Wi-Fi chip, which can be controlled by a mobile APP or gamepad over Wi-Fi connection. ESP-Drone comes with simple hardware, clear and extensible code architecture, and therefore this project can be used in STEAM education and other fields. The main code is ported from Crazyflie open source project with GPL3.0 protocol.

Currently support ESP32、ESP32S2、ESP32S3, please using ESP-IDF release/v5.0 branch as your develop environment

ESP-Drone

For more information, please check the sections below:

Features

  1. Stabilize Mode
  2. Height-hold Mode
  3. Position-hold Mode
  4. APP Control
  5. cfclient Supported, refer https://github.com/leeebo/crazyflie-clients-python
  6. ESP-BOX3 Joystick Control (through esp-now)

Note: to implement Height-hold/Position-hold mode, extension boards are needed. For more information, see Hardware Reference.

Third Party Copyrighted Code

Additional third party copyrighted code is included under the following licenses.

ComponentLicenseOriginCommit ID
core/crazyflieGPL3.0Crazyflietag_2021_01 b448553
lib/dsp_libesp32-lin6fa39f4c

Support Policy

From December 2022, we will offer limited support on this project, but Pull Request is still welcomed!

THANKS

  1. Thanks to Bitcraze for the great Crazyflie project.
  2. Thanks to Espressif for the powerful ESP-IDF framework.
  3. Thanks to WhyEngineer for the useful ESP-DSP lib.

Contributors

leeebo

107 commits

skywxFang

6 commits

hellvesper

1 commits

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