Repositories list

• rosidl

  Public
  Packages which provide the ROS IDL (.msg) definition and code generation.

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  Apache License 2.0

  •157157 forks•104104 stars•7070 issues•2828 pull requests•Updated Apr 24, 2026Apr 24, 2026

• ros2_documentation

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  ROS 2 docs repository

  roshacktoberfest

  roshacktoberfest

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  Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

  •1.3k1.3k forks•887887 stars•109109 issues•5656 pull requests•Updated Apr 24, 2026Apr 24, 2026

• rviz

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  ROS 3D Robot Visualizer

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  BSD 3-Clause Clear License

  •286286 forks•447447 stars•132132 issues•5353 pull requests•Updated Apr 24, 2026Apr 24, 2026

• rclcpp

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  rclcpp (ROS Client Library for C++)

  hacktoberfest

  hacktoberfest

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  Apache License 2.0

  •526526 forks•742742 stars•240240 issues•8383 pull requests•Updated Apr 24, 2026Apr 24, 2026

• rosbag2

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  C++

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  Apache License 2.0

  •312312 forks•404404 stars•9292 issues•2323 pull requests•Updated Apr 24, 2026Apr 24, 2026

• ament_cmake_ros

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  C

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  Apache License 2.0

  •1313 forks•88 stars•00 issues•11 pull request•Updated Apr 23, 2026Apr 23, 2026

• resource_retriever_service

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  A resource retriever service definition and plugin to allow rviz to use remote mesh files for visualization

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  Apache License 2.0

  •00 forks•11 star•00 issues•00 pull requests•Updated Apr 23, 2026Apr 23, 2026

• ros2cli

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  ROS 2 command line interface tools

  Python

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  Apache License 2.0

  •213213 forks•247247 stars•8484 issues•2929 pull requests•Updated Apr 23, 2026Apr 23, 2026

• rcutils

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  Common C functions and data structures used in ROS 2

  hacktoberfest

  hacktoberfest

  C

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  Apache License 2.0

  •121121 forks•7373 stars•1010 issues•77 pull requests•Updated Apr 22, 2026Apr 22, 2026

• launch

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  Tools for launching multiple processes and for writing tests involving multiple processes.

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  Apache License 2.0

  •166166 forks•154154 stars•106106 issues•3030 pull requests•Updated Apr 22, 2026Apr 22, 2026

• rcpputils

  Public
  hacktoberfest

  hacktoberfest

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  Apache License 2.0

  •5757 forks•3636 stars•11 issue•44 pull requests•Updated Apr 22, 2026Apr 22, 2026

• ros_buildfarm_config

  Public
  Python

  •114114 forks•44 stars•22 issues•33 pull requests•Updated Apr 21, 2026Apr 21, 2026

• rclpy

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  rclpy (ROS Client Library for Python)

  hacktoberfest

  hacktoberfest

  Python

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  Apache License 2.0

  •281281 forks•444444 stars•123123 issues•2121 pull requests•Updated Apr 21, 2026Apr 21, 2026

• ci

  Public
  ROS 2 CI Infrastructure

  Python

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  Apache License 2.0

  •3636 forks•5353 stars•2222 issues•1010 pull requests•Updated Apr 21, 2026Apr 21, 2026

• system_tests

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  C++

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  Apache License 2.0

  •5353 forks•4343 stars•2525 issues•66 pull requests•Updated Apr 21, 2026Apr 21, 2026

• ros2

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  The Robot Operating System, is a meta operating system for robots.

  892892 forks•5.4k5.4k stars•158158 issues•22 pull requests•Updated Apr 21, 2026Apr 21, 2026

• rmw_zenoh

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  RMW for ROS 2 using Zenoh as the middleware

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  Apache License 2.0

  •8888 forks•459459 stars•4747 issues•99 pull requests•Updated Apr 21, 2026Apr 21, 2026

• realtime_support

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  Minimal real-time testing utility for measuring jitter and latency.

  C++

  •3434 forks•7474 stars•55 issues•33 pull requests•Updated Apr 20, 2026Apr 20, 2026

• rosidl_core

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  CMake

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  Apache License 2.0

  •66 forks•22 stars•00 issues•00 pull requests•Updated Apr 20, 2026Apr 20, 2026

• rmw_connextdds

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  ROS 2 RMW layer for RTI Connext DDS Professional and RTI Connext DDS Micro.

  rosrti-connext-ddsrmw

  rosrti-connext-ddsrmw

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  Apache License 2.0

  •3737 forks•6363 stars•2323 issues•55 pull requests•Updated Apr 20, 2026Apr 20, 2026

• demos

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  Apache License 2.0

  •357357 forks•633633 stars•2929 issues•1919 pull requests•Updated Apr 20, 2026Apr 20, 2026

• rcl

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  Library to support implementation of language specific ROS Client Libraries.

  hacktoberfest

  hacktoberfest

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  Apache License 2.0

  •193193 forks•158158 stars•4949 issues•2222 pull requests•Updated Apr 20, 2026Apr 20, 2026

• launch_ros

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  Tools for launching ROS nodes and for writing tests involving ROS nodes.

  Python

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  Apache License 2.0

  •9898 forks•7979 stars•5151 issues•2424 pull requests•Updated Apr 20, 2026Apr 20, 2026

• ros2_tracing

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  Tracing tools for ROS 2.

  toolsinstrumentationros+ 4

  toolsinstrumentationrostracingperformance-analysisros2ros2-tracing

  Python

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  Apache License 2.0

  •7171 forks•246246 stars•1717 issues•44 pull requests•Updated Apr 17, 2026Apr 17, 2026

• message_filters

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  BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License

  •9090 forks•111111 stars•2121 issues•55 pull requests•Updated Apr 17, 2026Apr 17, 2026

• rosidl_typesupport_fastrtps

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  rosidl typesupport for eProsima's FastRTPS

  EmberScript

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  Apache License 2.0

  •3737 forks•55 stars•22 issues•77 pull requests•Updated Apr 16, 2026Apr 16, 2026

• common_interfaces

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  A set of packages which contain common interface files (.msg and .srv).

  C++

  •150150 forks•350350 stars•3434 issues•1818 pull requests•Updated Apr 14, 2026Apr 14, 2026

• libyaml_vendor

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  CMake wrapper downloading and building libyaml

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  Apache License 2.0

  •1717 forks•33 stars•00 issues•00 pull requests•Updated Apr 14, 2026Apr 14, 2026

• rcl_interfaces

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  A repository for messages and services used by the ROS client libraries

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  Apache License 2.0

  •5858 forks•5959 stars•1212 issues•88 pull requests•Updated Apr 14, 2026Apr 14, 2026

• rmw_cyclonedds

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  ROS 2 RMW layer for Eclipse Cyclone DDS

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  Apache License 2.0

  •115115 forks•170170 stars•7171 issues•1212 pull requests•Updated Apr 14, 2026Apr 14, 2026