Freeware

A new free tool fills empty gates with cold-and-dark static aircraft during VATSIM sessions, and it clears them automatically when a real pilot needs the stand.

A forum thread, a Canadian pilot, a flight instructor, and dozens of community contributors later, a classic steam-gauge freeware Skyhawk is here.

New users can now get started with AI traffic in a single download, no complex installer setup required.

A simpler setup process, faster livery updates, and a data source completely unaffected by the FR24 shutdown.

Local Legend 02 is available at no cost until May 12, tying the trimotor's Australian legacy to the biggest world update the sim has seen.

The update makes the FR24 removal permanent for now, but the team says the door to live injection isn't closed forever.

From free schedule-based tools to AI-powered ATC with built-in injection, the alternatives are better than you might think.

The free tool reads live simulator data to trigger boarding music, PA announcements and arrival sounds at exactly the right moment.

Plan2Sim generates optimised IFR routes, fuel loads, and live weather briefings for MSFS pilots, with export support for VATSIM, IVAO, and over 60 file formats.

FlightRadar24 is shutting down the free API that powers FSLTL's live traffic injection, leaving the team searching for alternatives with less than two weeks to go.

Built from the POH up, the Savannah S arrives with 20 liveries, selectable avionics, and a feature set that rivals many paid releases.

Version 5.1 is the first stable release since 2022, with a complete rebuild of the model, avionics, and systems from the ground up — and it's free!

Real airline schedules, historical routes back to 1954, and a private jet ops mode, all in one new companion app.

After two years of quiet development, the open-source Blackhawk project for MSFS is back with a fully reworked model and a glass cockpit.

From student pilot exams to labor union negotiations and real-world disaster routing, this new freeware tool goes further than anything else in the space.

From enabling the right addons to syncing your SimBrief plan and launching your services, everything runs in sequence before the simulator opens.

A free community-built tool lets you paste a FlightRadar24 link and have your SimBrief flight plan generated automatically.

A free community tool that scores your MSFS landings on more than just FPM, and posts them to global leaderboards.