Repositories list

• ros2_tracing

  Public
  Tracing tools for ROS 2.

  toolsinstrumentationros+ 4

  toolsinstrumentationrostracingperformance-analysisros2ros2-tracing

  Python

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  Apache License 2.0

  •7070 forks•253253 stars•1818 issues•55 pull requests•Updated May 21, 2026May 21, 2026

• ros2

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

  907907 forks•5.5k5.5k stars•160160 issues•33 pull requests•Updated May 21, 2026May 21, 2026

• rclpy

  Public
  rclpy (ROS Client Library for Python)

  hacktoberfest

  hacktoberfest

  Python

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  Apache License 2.0

  •282282 forks•450450 stars•126126 issues•2626 pull requests•Updated May 21, 2026May 21, 2026

• rcutils

  Public
  Common C functions and data structures used in ROS 2

  hacktoberfest

  hacktoberfest

  C

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  Apache License 2.0

  •124124 forks•7474 stars•1010 issues•99 pull requests•Updated May 21, 2026May 21, 2026

• message_filters

  Public
  C++

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

  •9090 forks•115115 stars•2020 issues•55 pull requests•Updated May 21, 2026May 21, 2026

• ros2_documentation

  Public
  ROS 2 docs repository

  roshacktoberfest

  roshacktoberfest

  Python

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  Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

  •1.3k1.3k forks•904904 stars•116116 issues•5555 pull requests•Updated May 21, 2026May 21, 2026

• rmw_zenoh

  Public
  RMW for ROS 2 using Zenoh as the middleware

  C++

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  Apache License 2.0

  •9393 forks•468468 stars•4848 issues•99 pull requests•Updated May 21, 2026May 21, 2026

• rcl

  Public
  Library to support implementation of language specific ROS Client Libraries.

  hacktoberfest

  hacktoberfest

  C++

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  Apache License 2.0

  •192192 forks•159159 stars•5050 issues•2222 pull requests•Updated May 21, 2026May 21, 2026

• rclcpp

  Public
  rclcpp (ROS Client Library for C++)

  hacktoberfest

  hacktoberfest

  C++

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  Apache License 2.0

  •531531 forks•756756 stars•243243 issues•8484 pull requests•Updated May 21, 2026May 21, 2026

• ci

  Public
  ROS 2 CI Infrastructure

  Python

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  Apache License 2.0

  •3636 forks•5353 stars•2121 issues•99 pull requests•Updated May 21, 2026May 21, 2026

• lyrical_tutorial_party

  Public
  Tutorials and issues that need to be validated ahead of the ROS 2 Lyrical Luth release.

  roboticsrosros2+ 2

  roboticsrosros2lyricalphysical-ai

  44 forks•1010 stars•1.1k1.1k issues•00 pull requests•Updated May 21, 2026May 21, 2026

• rviz

  Public
  ROS 3D Robot Visualizer

  C++

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  BSD 3-Clause Clear License

  •296296 forks•453453 stars•137137 issues•5656 pull requests•Updated May 19, 2026May 19, 2026

• rosidl

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

  C++

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  Apache License 2.0

  •159159 forks•107107 stars•7272 issues•3232 pull requests•Updated May 19, 2026May 19, 2026

• rosidl_buffer_backends

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  Backend implementations for ROSIDL buffer types

  C++

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  Apache License 2.0

  •11 fork•33 stars•00 issues•00 pull requests•Updated May 19, 2026May 19, 2026

• rosbag2

  Public
  C++

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  Apache License 2.0

  •316316 forks•408408 stars•9191 issues•1717 pull requests•Updated May 18, 2026May 18, 2026

• realtime_support

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

  C++

  •3535 forks•7575 stars•55 issues•22 pull requests•Updated May 15, 2026May 15, 2026

• ros2cli

  Public
  ROS 2 command line interface tools

  Python

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  Apache License 2.0

  •214214 forks•251251 stars•8585 issues•2828 pull requests•Updated May 15, 2026May 15, 2026

• geometry2

  Public
  A set of ROS packages for keeping track of coordinate transforms.

  C++

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

  •243243 forks•147147 stars•6565 issues•2424 pull requests•Updated May 15, 2026May 15, 2026

• rcl_interfaces

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

  C++

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  Apache License 2.0

  •5858 forks•5959 stars•1313 issues•77 pull requests•Updated May 14, 2026May 14, 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

  C++

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  Apache License 2.0

  •00 forks•11 star•00 issues•00 pull requests•Updated May 14, 2026May 14, 2026

• rmw

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  The ROS Middleware (rmw) Interface.

  hacktoberfest

  hacktoberfest

  C

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  Apache License 2.0

  •8181 forks•115115 stars•2323 issues•33 pull requests•Updated May 14, 2026May 14, 2026

• launch_ros

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

  Python

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  Apache License 2.0

  •100100 forks•7979 stars•5252 issues•2424 pull requests•Updated May 14, 2026May 14, 2026

• rosidl_buffer_backends_tutorials

  Public
  Tutorials for the rosidl_buffer_backends

  C++

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  Apache License 2.0

  •11 fork•33 stars•00 issues•00 pull requests•Updated May 14, 2026May 14, 2026

• ros_buildfarm_config

  Public
  Python

  •116116 forks•55 stars•11 issue•22 pull requests•Updated May 13, 2026May 13, 2026

• system_tests

  Public
  C++

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  Apache License 2.0

  •5353 forks•4444 stars•2525 issues•55 pull requests•Updated May 13, 2026May 13, 2026

• rmw_fastrtps

  Public
  Implementation of the ROS Middleware (rmw) Interface using eProsima's Fast RTPS.

  C++

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  Apache License 2.0

  •142142 forks•197197 stars•5959 issues•1111 pull requests•Updated May 12, 2026May 12, 2026

• rosidl_typesupport_fastrtps

  Public
  rosidl typesupport for eProsima's FastRTPS

  EmberScript

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  Apache License 2.0

  •3737 forks•66 stars•22 issues•88 pull requests•Updated May 12, 2026May 12, 2026

• sros2

  Public
  tools to generate and distribute keys for SROS 2

  Python

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  Apache License 2.0

  •5454 forks•110110 stars•3333 issues•88 pull requests•Updated May 12, 2026May 12, 2026

• rmw_connextdds

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

  rosrti-connext-ddsrmw

  rosrti-connext-ddsrmw

  C++

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  Apache License 2.0

  •3838 forks•6363 stars•2323 issues•66 pull requests•Updated May 12, 2026May 12, 2026

• rosbag2_bag_v2

  Public
  rosbag2 plugin for replaying ros1 version2 bag files

  C++

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  Apache License 2.0

  •77 forks•4747 stars•66 issues•11 pull request•Updated May 10, 2026May 10, 2026