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layout: home

hero:
  name: "MAVLink Guide"
  tagline: Lightweight messaging protocol for drones and onboard drone components.
  actions:
    - theme: brand
      text: Introduction
      link: /en/index.md
    - theme: brand
      text: Messages
      link: /en/messages/common.md
    - theme: brand
      text: Services
      link: /en/services/index.md
    - theme: brand
      text: Guide
      link: /en/guide/index.md
    - theme: brand
      text: Contributing
      link: /en/contributing/contributing.md
    - theme: alt
      text: Source code (GitHub)
      link: https://github.com/mavlink/mavlink


features:
  - title: Efficient
    details: MAVLink 2 has just 14 bytes of overhead
  - title: Reliable
    details: Works on high latency/noisy channels. Used in many different systems since 2009.
  - title: Multiple languages/platforms
    details: Multiple language support generated from XML definitions runs on numerous OS and systems
  - title: Many concurrent systems
    details: Up to 255 devices on a network
  - title: Multiple vehicles
    details: Manage multiple vehicles and different types of vehicles
  - title: Onboard and offboard support
    details: Used for communication between drones, and also for integrating components in drones.
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