layout hero features home name tagline actions MAVLink Guide Lightweight messaging protocol for drones and onboard drone components. theme text link brand Introduction /en/index.md theme text link brand Messages /en/messages/common.md theme text link brand Services /en/services/index.md theme text link brand Guide /en/guide/index.md theme text link brand Contributing /en/contributing/contributing.md theme text link alt Source code (GitHub) https://github.com/mavlink/mavlink title details Efficient MAVLink 2 has just 14 bytes of overhead title details Reliable Works on high latency/noisy channels. Used in many different systems since 2009. title details Multiple languages/platforms Multipole language support generated from XML definitions runs on numerous OS and systems title details Many concurrent systems Up to 255 devices on a network title details Multiple vehicles Manage multiple vehicles and different types of vehicles title details Onboard and offboard support Used for communication between drones, and also for integrating components in drones.