Is ODM still maintained?

Yes, active. Last change 11 days ago. Latest release v3.6.2, 3 months ago.

Widely used. 6.6k stars, 12 years old, by an organization. As with any download, get it from the official repo.

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OpenDroneMap/ODM

A command line toolkit to generate maps, point clouds, 3D models and DEMs from drone, balloon or kite images. 📷

Docker#aerial-imagery#drone#photogrammetry#point-cloud

Difficulty: Easy
Time: about 5 min
Stars: ★ 6,590
Activity: Updated this month

Before you start

Is it free?: YesOpen source (AGPL-3.0).
Still maintained?: Yes, activeLast change 11 days ago. Latest release v3.6.2, 3 months ago.
Can I trust it?: Widely used6.6k stars, 12 years old, by an organization. As with any download, get it from the official repo.

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Will it work on macOS?

Yes, with Docker on macOS

Apps are only published for Windows.
It's a self-hosted app: the README runs it with Docker, and you open it in your browser.
On macOS that means installing Docker Desktop first.

Your system

macOS Windows Linux

Start here

Website ↗opendronemap.orgThe project's own site.

Also: In the browser ↗

Run it with Docker

A self-hosted app: Docker runs it on your computer and you open it in the browser. Needs Docker Desktop (or Docker Engine on Linux). Run docker compose commands inside the cloned repo folder.

Docker

docker pull opendronemap/odm

Docker

docker run -ti --rm -v c:/Users/youruser/datasets:/datasets opendronemap/odm --project-path /datasets project

From the README, exactly as the maintainers wrote it.

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Good to know

The README mentions NVIDIA CUDA. Check its hardware section: some features (or all of them) may need an NVIDIA GPU.
Dockerfile available (base image: ghcr.io/prefix-dev/pixi:latest).
Dev Container config found — you can open it in VS Code Dev Containers or GitHub Codespaces for a zero-setup environment.
Nested projects: SuperBuild/CMakeLists.txt, contrib/resize/requirements.txt

Details

License: AGPL-3.0
Open issues: 128
Branch: master

Files we read (10)

.devcontainer/devcontainer.json

.github/workflows/docker-gpu.yaml

.github/workflows/docker.yaml

.github/workflows/issue-triage.yml

.github/workflows/native-builds.yaml

.github/workflows/publish-windows.yml

.gitmodules

CONTRIBUTING.md

Dockerfile

README.md

229 files in the repo