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openpilot is an operating system for robotics. Currently, it upgrades the driver assistance system on 300+ supported cars.

157 mentions on Hacker News by 95 people: 15 stories, 142 comments · first 2016-11-30 · latest 2026-08-17

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  1. "Hehe, just hack into your car to get FSD https://github.com/commaai/openpilot ;)"
    comment by tmcnally · 2026-08-17 · in BMW Spider-Man in-car advertising
  2. …much better ADAS experience using hardware that has no subscription and uses open source software( https://github.com/commaai/openpilot ). The site also links(if you click on the detailed support specs btn) to opendbc.com which has other…
    comment by ugtthis · 2026-04-14 · in Show HN: I built a site to find cars compatible with open source ADAS software
  3. …it such that they don't come back again with the same stuff. (I review a lot of PRs for openpilot - https://github.com/commaai/openpilot )
    comment by adeebshihadeh · 2026-02-08 · in Vouch
  4. https://github.com/commaai/openpilot/blob/master/docs/SAFETY... - they will ban your device from the training set if you run an unsafe fork.
    comment by LorenDB · 2026-01-24 · in Comma openpilot – Open source driver-assistance
  5. …I transport my family in. [1]: https://data.consumerreports.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/... [2]: https://github.com/commaai/openpilot/wiki/comma-pedal
    comment by wffurr · 2026-01-24 · in Comma openpilot – Open source driver-assistance
  6. …repo says to use openpilot, you will need to buy a comma device[1], which they sell at $999.[2] [1] https://github.com/commaai/openpilot?tab=readme-ov-file#usin... [2] https://comma.ai/shop/comma-four
    comment by omoikane · 2026-01-24 · in Comma openpilot – Open source driver-assistance
  7. That's not completely true. https://github.com/commaai/openpilot/blob/master/docs/SAFETY... It's an... interesting approach, They essentially reduce the surface area as much as possible. I don't buy that it's enough, but, again,…
    comment by RealityVoid · 2025-12-12 · in Rivian Unveils Custom Silicon, R2 Lidar Roadmap, and Universal Hands Free
  8. …$24/mo with bundled cellular data. Sadly, it does NOT have an equivalent of Tesla Sentry Mode yet, https://github.com/commaai/openpilot/issues/29912 , which is kind of unfortunate, because Tesla's own implementation of Sentry Mode is using…
    comment by cnst · 2025-08-01 · in I couldn't submit a PR, so I got hired and fixed it myself
  9. …his own product, which stops working if it doesn't connect to the internet at least every 14 days. https://github.com/commaai/openpilot/blob/a8ec08e5bbc2be0a32...
    comment by hammond · 2025-07-06 · in Are we the baddies?
  10. …FUD like THIS IS ALPHA QUALITY SOFTWARE FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A PRODUCT. (from https://github.com/commaai/openpilot/blob/master/README.md ) > I might or might not have fallen asleep one night on a long road trip and…
    comment by deng · 2025-03-12 · in Happy 10k Day
  11. Also openpilot is not mentioned: https://github.com/commaai/openpilot
    comment by freefaler · 2024-11-28 · in Every Hands-Free Driving System Available in 2024
  12. …curious, I went sniffing around the PRs and found that, yes, there are two .onnx (via git-lfs) in https://github.com/commaai/openpilot/tree/v0.9.7/selfdrive/m... - one for the forward camera and one for watching the driver. The driver one…
    comment by mdaniel · 2024-09-21 · in Openpilot – Operating system for robotics
  13. …a dedicated #flexray channel[3] so hope springs eternal 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FlexRay 2: https://github.com/commaai/openpilot/issues/44#issuecomment-... 3: https://discord.com/channels/469524606043160576/533838492443...
    comment by mdaniel · 2024-09-20 · in Openpilot – Operating system for robotics
  14. …but the source is MIT and there doesn't appear to be any copyright assignment, so no rug pull https://github.com/commaai/openpilot/blob/v0.9.7/LICENSE https://github.com/commaai/panda/blob/32eecd721129b9215030c5...
    comment by mdaniel · 2024-09-20 · in Openpilot – Operating system for robotics
  15. …commit and have actual hardware devices continually running real routes looking for regressions. https://github.com/commaai/openpilot?tab=readme-ov-file#safe... https://github.com/commaai/panda?tab=readme-ov-file#code-rig...
    comment by AyyEye · 2024-09-20 · in Openpilot – Operating system for robotics
  16. …it to work. Looks like it was added to the supported list before the explicit support I guess https://github.com/commaai/openpilot/commit/e3275e918354945d...
    comment by fkyoureadthedoc · 2024-09-20 · in Openpilot – Operating system for robotics
  17. It looks like support was added in February https://github.com/commaai/openpilot/pull/30761
    comment by BitsAndBlobs · 2024-09-20 · in Openpilot – Operating system for robotics
  18. 2023 Forte https://www.reddit.com/r/Comma_ai/comments/197k04q/2023_kia_... https://github.com/commaai/openpilot/issues/30936 You can find a few attempts of people trying to get it to work in their discord with no clear positive outcome,…
    comment by fkyoureadthedoc · 2024-09-20 · in Openpilot – Operating system for robotics
  19. Ah, thanks, I just found more detail here - https://github.com/commaai/openpilot/blob/master/docs%2FSAFE... They say it's required for ISO compliance with Level 2 autonomous driving
    comment by falcor84 · 2024-09-20 · in Openpilot – Operating system for robotics
  20. …lane change after you have confirmed it's safe to do so. [1] Seems they are up-front about it. [1] https://github.com/commaai/openpilot/blob/master/docs/LIMITA...
    comment by kklisura · 2024-08-12 · in Comma.ai: Refactoring for Growth
  21. https://github.com/commaai/openpilot/blob/master/docs/CARS.m...
    comment by throwaway7ahgb · 2024-06-15 · in Tesla's FSD – A Useless Technology Demo
  22. …manufacturers are unlikely to implement this in a local-first way. [1] https://comma.ai [2] https://github.com/commaai/openpilot/blob/master/selfdrive/m... [3] https://github.com/commaai/openpilot/issues/2436
    comment by Confiks · 2023-11-09 · in Thomas Massie failed to stop "kill switch" mandate that could disable vehicles
  23. …like functionality for your Toyota, Honda, and more. See our open source driving agent on GitHub: https://github.com/commaai/openpilot Watch it take us to Taco Bell on YouTube and read our blog post about it:…
    comment by comma_ai · 2023-11-01 · in Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2023)
  24. Related: https://github.com/commaai/openpilot
    comment by peter_d_sherman · 2023-06-21 · in Openpilot – An open source advanced driver assistance system for 250 car models
  25. …maintaining dashcam footage they have a subscription that will store footage in the cloud too, iirc https://github.com/commaai/openpilot
    comment by propogandist · 2023-05-18 · in Google will soon let Pixel phones double as dashcams
  26. …had already introduced message signing for lane-keep inputs, just not for theft protection(?) Ref: https://github.com/commaai/openpilot/discussions/19932
    comment by numpad0 · 2023-04-05 · in CAN Injection: Keyless car theft
  27. …olet.com/support/vehicle/driving-safety/dri... - https://github.com/ApolloAuto/apollo (Baidu based) - https://github.com/commaai/openpilot/blob/master/docs/SAFETY... | https://blog.comma.ai/understanding-the-openpilot-safety-mod... . The…
    comment by verdverm · 2023-01-29 · in Ask HN: What will be the first AI “incident”?
  28. …We write open source ADAS software, and it doesn't have any functionality like that: https://github.com/commaai/openpilot But for the purposes of attempting to extract a settlement, it doesn't matter. It will only matter after a long and…
    comment by georgehotz · 2022-08-24 · in Patent Trolls Inbound: Our First Lawsuit
  29. …for very big projects like Youtube, Instagram, Spotify, e.t.c. Its also used to run Openpilot ( https://github.com/commaai/openpilot ), which has performance on par with Teslas autopilot. Meanwhile in Java world, with strict typing, you…
    comment by ActorNightly · 2022-08-09 · in Ask HN: Is ease in getting started the key for Python's success?
  30. …I guess. comma.ai and OpenPilot uses CAN to perform steering, acceleration and braking (I think). https://github.com/commaai/openpilot/blob/master/selfdrive/c...
    comment by adolph · 2022-07-19 · in I Hacked My Car Guides: Creating Custom Firmware
  31. …car models[1] out of curiosity, and wondered whether "comma body" was a typo. Evidently not! [1] - https://github.com/commaai/openpilot/blob/6965e03c0a1167beec...
    comment by jka · 2022-05-21 · in Ask HN: What’s is the most practical, non toy, programmable robot for under 10k?
  32. …quite reach "no-human-required" autonomous driving; I don't think they're even aiming for that. https://github.com/commaai/openpilot/blob/master/docs/CARS.m...
    comment by jfoster · 2022-03-31 · in Waymo begins driverless rides in San Francisco
  33. It is, the neural network part seems to be here: https://github.com/commaai/openpilot/tree/master/models
    comment by Fronzie · 2022-03-20 · in George Hotz against the institutions
  34. It may interest you to know that's Comma.ai's whole "business model:" https://github.com/commaai/openpilot#what-is-openpilot
    comment by mdaniel · 2022-03-11 · in You don't ever own an electric vehicle
  35. Yes. Example: https://github.com/commaai/openpilot
    comment by rvz · 2022-02-01 · in Framework Raises $18M Series A
  36. https://github.com/commaai/openpilot
    comment by jti107 · 2021-08-05 · in Comma Three [video]
  37. …as well. Edit: I found some more magic-looking bytestrings in the Volkswagen support here[2]. [1]: https://github.com/commaai/openpilot/blob/de0ce142ae51cf9c85... [2]: https://github.com/commaai/openpilot/blob/de0ce142ae51cf9c85...
    comment by woodruffw · 2021-08-01 · in Comma Three Devkit
  38. …bytes. See https://github.com/commaai/opendbc This results in much cleaner car abstraction layers: https://github.com/commaai/openpilot/blob/de0ce142ae51cf9c85...
    comment by pd0wm · 2021-08-01 · in Comma Three Devkit
  39. …unique or commonplace. But it certainly isn't confidence inspiring, particularly as a cyclist. [1]: https://github.com/commaai/openpilot/blob/de0ce142ae51cf9c85...
    comment by woodruffw · 2021-08-01 · in Comma Three Devkit
  40. …wiki entry using it to display the current number of bounty contributors and bounty amount ($8K+!): https://github.com/commaai/openpilot/wiki/Toyota-Lexus#2021-... If you're organizing something for your community using a spreadsheet,…
    comment by crazysim · 2021-07-21 · in Show HN: Cell Shield – shields.io badge from a cell of a public Google sheet
  41. …like functionality for your Toyota, Honda, and more. See our open source driving agent on GitHub: https://github.com/commaai/openpilot Watch it here on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgAbfr42oI8 We’re hiring: Software engineers…
    comment by vivcomma · 2021-05-03 · in Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2021)
  42. …like functionality for your Toyota, Honda, and more. See our open source driving agent on GitHub: https://github.com/commaai/openpilot Watch it here on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgAbfr42oI8 We’re hiring: Software engineers…
    comment by vivcomma · 2021-04-01 · in Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2021)
  43. …you are referring to is about the formatting of the SSIDs in the WiFi network selection menu. https://github.com/commaai/openpilot/commit/34ff2951d4172710...
    comment by commaai · 2021-02-16 · in Autopilot on Cars for $999
  44. …like comma. [0] https://www.cadillac.com/world-of-cadillac/innovation/super-... [1] comma.ai [2] https://github.com/commaai/openpilot/blob/master/SAFETY.md
    comment by bko · 2021-02-16 · in Comma.ai, self-driving cars and indefinite optimism
  45. …cannot or does not. Not to say they are perfect, but Comma is well below any sort of bar. [0] https://github.com/commaai/openpilot/tree/master/selfdrive/c...
    comment by iancarroll · 2021-02-16 · in Autopilot on Cars for $999
  46. …I don't think the opportunity for them is as great as it seems. EDIT: On an additional reading of https://github.com/commaai/openpilot/blob/master/SAFETY.md Comma claim to be ISO 26262 compliant on the premise that there's no real risk…
    comment by bri3d · 2021-02-15 · in Autopilot on Cars for $999
  47. …dependencies[2] have been audited to determine whether they can create cyclic references? [1]: https://github.com/commaai/openpilot/blob/master/common/real... [2]: https://github.com/commaai/openpilot/blob/master/Pipfile
    comment by teraflop · 2021-02-15 · in Autopilot on Cars for $999
  48. …right? So, where does "modelV2" come from here, in the part that plans the lateral steering action? https://github.com/commaai/openpilot/blob/4ace476f14bb73c354... . It's a model. A video frame goes into the model, and somehow the desired…
    comment by bri3d · 2021-02-15 · in Autopilot on Cars for $999
  49. …But try running openpilot release instead of dragonpilot before drawing any conclusions. [0] https://github.com/commaai/openpilot Edit: Formatting.
    comment by coddle-hark · 2021-02-15 · in Autopilot on Cars for $999
  50. …FOR COMPLYING WITH LOCAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS. NO WARRANTY EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED.” SOURCE: https://github.com/commaai/openpilot/blob/devel/README.md#su... — EDIT: Here is the terms of use too, which appears to align to the prior legal…
    comment by delightful · 2021-02-15 · in Autopilot on Cars for $999