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Autoware - the world's leading open-source software project for autonomous driving

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Autoware - the world's leading open-source software project for autonomous driving

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Autoware is the world's leading open-source autonomous driving framework. Autoware provides a comprehensive, production-ready software stack designed to accelerate the commercial deployment of autonomous vehicles across diverse platforms and use cases.

🚀 Get Started

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New to Autoware?

  1. Install Autoware → Set up your environment and build the stack from source.
  2. Run the Quick Start demo → Drive a simulated vehicle in just a few minutes.

Documentation

To learn more about using or developing Autoware, refer to the Autoware documentation site. You can find the source for the documentation in autowarefoundation/autoware-documentation.

Contributing

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  • Make sure to follow the Contribution Guidelines.
  • Take a look at Autoware's various working groups to gain an understanding of any work in progress and to see how projects are managed.
  • If you have any technical questions, you can start a discussion in the Q&A category to request help and confirm if a potential issue is a bug or not.

Useful resources

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