Ros2 GitHub Repositories (2026) · Open Source Tools

A Flexible Framework for Robot visualization and programming in Python

MOLA LiDAR Inertial Odometry (LIO) and localization

llama.cpp (GGUF LLMs) and llava.cpp (GGUF VLMs) for ROS 2

Vehicle and mobile robotics simulator. C++ & Python API. Use it as a standalone application or via ROS 1 or ROS 2

An open harness to simulate and deploy PX4/ArduPilot/Betaflight perception-based drone swarms with ROS2, YOLO, NVIDIA Jetson

Integration between ROS (1 and 2) and Gazebo simulation

ROS 2 client library for Node.js, with browser integration

Fastest Robotics Runtime System. If phones have Android, robots deserve HORUS.

MIGHTY: Hermite spline-based real-time trajectory planner for single- and multi-agent UAVs and ground robots (ROS 2). Accepted to IEEE RA-L.

Aerostack2 is a ROS 2 framework developed to create autonomous multi-aerial-robots systems in an easy and powerful way.

ROS 2 wrapper for the ZED SDK

A general implementation of Monte Carlo Localization (MCL) algorithms written in C++17, and a ROS package that can be used in ROS 1 and ROS 2.

Tracing tools for ROS 2.

A rclcpp-compatible true zero-copy IPC middleware that supports all ROS message types, including message structs already generated by rosidl.

Georeferencing of Point Cloud Maps

A universal LiDAR and radar driver for ROS 2, supporting Hesai, Velodyne, Robosense and Continental sensors.

Inspect, compare and align multiple grid maps in an intuitive & fast GUI

VLink is a high-performance C++ communication middleware for autonomous driving and embodied intelligence, positioned as a full-scenario alternative to ROS 2.

Modern C++ frontier exploration package for autonomous mobile robots, with a core C++ library for custom integrations alongside ROS 2 Jazzy & Humble, Nav2 support.

Use a android phone as the controller for a LeRobot mobile robot instead of a Raspberry Pi. It costs less and already has a screen, a USB camera, GPS, Wi-Fi, 5G, and an NPU.