# AimRT/AimRT

A high-performance runtime framework for modern robotics.

Repository: https://github.com/AimRT/AimRT
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/aimrt
Homepage: https://aimrt.org
Language: C++
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: cpp20, robotics
Last push: 2026-08-25T05:48:37+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 82/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 77, longevity 50
- inputs: {"age_days": 709, "days_push": 8, "days_rel": 152, "gap_med": 16.5, "n_releases_24m": 27}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1390, forks 205 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:35.553603+00:00)

## What it is
AimRT is a high-performance runtime framework for modern robotics built on modern C++20, covering robot end-side, edge, and cloud deployment scenarios. It provides asynchronous execution, plugin-based extensibility, observability tooling, and compatibility with ROS2, HTTP, and gRPC ecosystems.

## Use cases
- build a runtime framework for robot applications
- integrate ROS2 with cloud services like gRPC and HTTP
- deploy robotics software across edge and cloud
- add logging, tracing, and performance analysis to a robot stack
- develop plugins for a robotics middleware
- migrate an existing robot system progressively to a modern runtime

## When to choose
- you need a lightweight, modern C++ runtime for robot software spanning edge and cloud
- you want ROS2 compatibility plus cloud ecosystem integration (gRPC, HTTP)
- you need strong observability, debugging, and performance analysis tooling
- you want a highly extensible plugin architecture for robotics

## When to avoid
- you need a simple ROS2-only project without a custom runtime
- your stack is Python-first and doesn't involve C++ robotics development
- you need a turnkey robot application rather than a development framework

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: active
- function: middleware, rpc, plugin-system, logging, tracing, configuration-management, concurrency
- domain: robotics, developer-tools, microservices
- platform: cpp, cross-platform
- tags: robotics-runtime, ros2-compatibility, edge-cloud, c++20, observability, high-performance, real-time, linux, docker

## Member repositories
- AimRT/AimRT (main) score 82

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:35.553603+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:39:37.712059+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/AimRT/AimRT (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:35.553603+00:00, sha 8cf2889a7cbe)
  - homepage: https://aimrt.org (fetched 2026-08-29T11:54:41.410529+00:00, sha 0a0110fd015c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.