betaflight-configurator
Betaflight Configurator is a cross-platform configuration tool for the Betaflight flight control system, used by drone hobbyists and professionals to tune and configure quadcopters, hexacopters, octocopters and fixed-wing aircraft. It provides a graphical interface for adjusting firmware settings, PID tuning, channel mapping, sensor calibration, and backup/restore of flight controller configurations. The tool was originally developed as a Chrome Web Store app but is now available as a standalone desktop application built on NW.js, with the standalone version being the recommended installation method as Chrome Apps are being phased out.
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1 suggestionBetaflight Configurator is built on NW.js, a framework that bundles Chromium alongside your application code. The current release (version 10.10.0) is compiled for Intel-only, and the project does not yet ship a native Apple Silicon build. Because NW.js itself must be recompiled for ARM64 architecture, this requires action from the Betaflight project maintainers rather than a simple update path. The search results show active ongoing development with recent stable releases, but no mention of Apple Silicon support being implemented. Given that the September 2028 deadline for Rosetta 2 removal is approximately 28 months away, you have time to monitor the project, but should check the official GitHub releases page periodically for news of a native build. If native Apple Silicon support becomes available, you will see it announced in the release notes or a new universal binary in the downloads. In the meantime, the Intel build continues to run under Rosetta 2 on your Mac. If you need an alternative in the interim, SpeedyBee is a competitor configurator tool that also supports Betaflight, though you would need to verify its Apple Silicon status separately.
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