Original author(s) | Remco Treffkorn, Derrick Brashear |
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Developer(s) | Eric S. Raymond |
Stable release | 3.22[1]
/ 9 January 2021 |
Repository | |
Written in | C, Python |
Operating system | Linux, *BSD, Mac OS X, Android |
Platform | Any |
Size | ~120K LOC |
Available in | English |
Type | GPS software |
License | BSD license |
Website | gpsd |
gpsd is a computer software program that collects data from a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver and provides the data via an Internet Protocol (IP) network to potentially multiple client applications in a server-client application architecture. Gpsd may be run as a daemon to operate transparently as a background task of the server. The network interface provides a standardized data format for multiple concurrent client applications, such as Kismet or GPS navigation software.
Gpsd is commonly used on Unix-like operating systems.[2][3][4] It is distributed as free software under the 3-clause BSD license.