_{Open-source software for autonomous driving}

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.

_{Obstacle avoidance demo by TIER IV. Watch the video on the documentation site.}

Get started

Install Autoware Set up Autoware from source or with Docker.

Simulation Run Autoware in a planning, rosbag replay, scenario, or digital twin simulation.

Tutorials Follow step-by-step guides, from simulation to your own vehicle.

Architecture design Learn how Autoware is built: its components and interfaces.

Support Find out where to ask questions, report problems, and talk with the community.

Contribute Help improve Autoware and its documentation.

Capabilities

Autoware handles the full autonomous driving stack, from sensing to control.

AI and learning End-to-end (E2E) driving models, ML-based perception, and data-driven trajectory prediction.

Perception Multi-sensor fusion (lidar, camera, radar), traffic light recognition, and dynamic object tracking.

Localization NDT matching combined with GNSS/IMU odometry for positioning in mapped environments.

Planning Behavior planning for intersections and lane changes, plus real-time dynamic obstacle avoidance.

Control Trajectory following and standardized vehicle interfaces for drive-by-wire platforms.

Simulation Digital twin simulation (AWSIM), rosbag replay, and scenario simulation for validation.

Autoware runs on many vehicle platforms. Its validated use cases are:

Documentation

The Autoware documentation site is the starting point for users and developers. Its source is in autowarefoundation/autoware-documentation.

Each main repository also has its own documentation:

• Autoware Core: the core packages of Autoware.
• Autoware Universe: community packages that extend Autoware Core.
• Autoware Tools: tools to develop and evaluate Autoware.
• Autoware Index: community packages that live in their own repositories.

Contributing

• Read the contribution guidelines before you open a pull request.
• See the working groups to learn about the work in progress and how the projects are managed.
• If you have a technical question, start a discussion in the Q&A category. You can also ask there if a problem is a bug.

Useful resources

• Autoware Foundation homepage
• Vision, mission, and core values
• Multi-year roadmap
• Media kit: the logos, the colors, and the fonts of Autoware.
• Support guidelines
• CI metrics

_{The Autoware Foundation manages the development of Autoware.}