The latest articles on Forem by Nick (@itssrubberduck). https://forem.com/itssrubberduck https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F3573794%2F343f7885-31db-4ab3-b5b4-8c2db0ee11fa.png https://forem.com/itssrubberduck en Nick Sun, 19 Oct 2025 12:20:59 +0000 https://forem.com/itssrubberduck/im-building-an-open-source-ai-atc-for-flight-sims-and-looking-for-like-minded-devs-2ii5 https://forem.com/itssrubberduck/im-building-an-open-source-ai-atc-for-flight-sims-and-looking-for-like-minded-devs-2ii5 <p>I've been flying and coding for a while, and always wondered why there's no open, offline-capable ATC system for flight simulators. So I started building one.<br> It's called OpenSquawk — an open-source AI air traffic controller for MSFS and X-Plane.<br> <strong>Tech stack:</strong></p> <ul> <li>C#/.NET plugin bridge to read/write sim state</li> <li>Node.js backend for server logic</li> <li>Node/Nuxt web interface for configuration and debug tools</li> <li>ASR + NLP + TTS pipeline (Whisper + custom intent parser + local voice synthesis) It's early stage but already handles standard phraseology and context-aware clearances. I'm posting this because maybe someone else here is into flight simulation and code — the intersection is surprisingly niche. If that's you, I'd love to compare notes, share architecture ideas, or just nerd out about approach vectors and LLM latency. Repo's here: <a href="https://github.com/OpenSquawk/OpenSquawk" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://github.com/OpenSquawk/OpenSquawk</a> </li> </ul> ai opensource csharp node