github.com• Jul 16, 2026• 1 min read
Show HN: Fly a nano-drone from your terminal (Rust TUI)in action video: https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/f349595d-bece-4ac...I wanted a Rust learning project and for this I created a TUI to control a crazyflie from the terminal. Besides free flight with wasd + arrow keys it can record while flying and play that back. Missions can also be planned in advance and just executed (with different flying modes). The crazyflie only has a flow deck, a downwards pointing camera and distance sensor, for its position - so there can be quite some drift.It was also very fun to explore how well the TEA[1] (Elm architecture) fits with ratatui[2]!Next I'll add: - visual mission planner - trajectory upload to the crazyflie for execution without connection - maybe obstacle avoidance with the AI deck[1]: https://guide.elm-lang.org/architecture/ [2]: https://ratatui.rs/
