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About XCSoar
XCSoar is a tactical glide computer for glider and paraglider pilots. It shows a moving map with terrain, topography and airspace from worldwide databases including OpenAIP, runs real-time navigation calculations, and helps with finding and centering thermals. Traffic from FLARM, OGN and SkyLines appears on the map and radar.
It handles task planning for AAT, racing and cross-country flights, contest scoring with WeGlide integration, weather overlays, NOTAMs with airspace warnings, and flight analysis with barograms. It runs on Linux, Android, iOS, macOS, Windows and Kobo e-readers, and supports simulators including Condor 3.
Strengths
- Thermal assistance, task planning and contest scoring in one app
- FLARM, OGN and SkyLines traffic on the map
- Airspace and NOTAM warnings with background updates
- Runs on phones, desktops and Kobo e-readers
Limitations
- Specialised for gliding and paragliding rather than general navigation
- Many features to learn before relying on it in flight
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree and open source, released as software libre.
- License
- Open source, license not stated
- Developer
- The XCSoar contributors
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Account
- Not required
- Best suited for
- Glider and paraglider pilots flying cross-country or in competitions
- Categories
- Maps & navigation
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
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LK8000
Open-source flight navigation software for glider pilots and paraglider pilots, developed in the open on GitHub.
LK8000 is also open-source soaring and paragliding navigation software, running on Windows, Linux and Android, while its website is temporarily offline during a migration.
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