Launch and monitor all processes in a ROS 2 robot project from a single terminal.
Write a script that connects to a running session to check process status and restart crashed nodes.
Let an AI coding assistant inspect and control robot software via the MCP server.
Group robot nodes by namespace and see live counts of which are running versus dead.
| gibsonhu/rosmon2 | 1ncendium/aibuster | aaronmayeux/ha-hurricane-tracker | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stars | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Language | Python | Python | Python |
| Setup difficulty | moderate | moderate | easy |
| Complexity | 3/5 | 3/5 | 2/5 |
| Audience | developer | ops devops | general |
Figures from each repo's GitHub metadata at analysis time.
Requires building inside an existing ROS 2 workspace, which means ROS 2 must already be installed and configured on your system.
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A tool for launching and monitoring robot programs built with ROS 2. It provides a terminal dashboard, a JSON API, and an AI assistant server to control and watch running robot processes.
Mainly Python. The stack also includes Python, ROS 2, Unix sockets.
Setup difficulty is rated moderate, with roughly 30min to a first successful run.
Mainly developer.
This repo across BitVibe Labs
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