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Dronecode Foundation

The Dronecode Foundation is a vendor-neutral Linux Foundation project for open source drone projects. It hosts PX4 autopilot flight control software and MAVLink communication protocol used worldwide for unmanned aerial vehicles, providing a complete open source platform for drone development.

Dronecode Foundation publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Drones, Linux Foundation, Robotics, and UAV.

Dronecode Foundation’s developer surface includes documentation, engineering blog, and 3 more developer resources.

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19.9/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 3/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFreemium
1 APIs
DronesLinux FoundationRoboticsUAV

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 19.9/100 · emerging
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 2.2 / 20
Commercial Clarity 7.9 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 5.0 / 10
Agent readiness — 3/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 1

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Dronecode Foundation API

API for accessing Dronecode Foundation resources including PX4 autopilot documentation and MAVLink protocol specifications for drone development.

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Dronecode Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Dronecode Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Dronecode Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Dronecode Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrg
GitHubOrg

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Company 2

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Blog
Blog

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: dronecode
name: Dronecode Foundation
description: The Dronecode Foundation is a vendor-neutral Linux Foundation project for open source drone projects. It hosts
  PX4 autopilot flight control software and MAVLink communication protocol used worldwide for unmanned aerial vehicles, providing
  a complete open source platform for drone development.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
position: Consumer
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/dronecode.png
tags:
- Drones
- Linux Foundation
- Robotics
- UAV
created: '2026-03-16'
modified: '2026-04-28'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/dronecode/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: dronecode:dronecode-api
  name: Dronecode Foundation API
  description: API for accessing Dronecode Foundation resources including PX4 autopilot documentation and MAVLink protocol
    specifications for drone development.
  humanURL: https://docs.px4.io/
  tags:
  - Drones
  - UAV
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.px4.io/
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/dronecode-domain-security.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/dronecode-foundation
- type: Documentation
  name: Dronecode Foundation Documentation
  description: Official documentation for Dronecode Foundation.
  url: https://docs.px4.io/
- type: GitHubOrg
  name: Dronecode Foundation GitHub
  description: Source code and repositories for Dronecode Foundation.
  url: https://github.com/PX4
- type: Blog
  url: https://dronecode.org/feed/
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: info@apievangelist.com