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knmcguire/best-of-robot-simulators resource

A Best-of-list of Robot Simulators, re-generated weekly on Wednesdays observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/knmcguire/best-of-robot-simulators · CC-BY-SA-4.0 (other) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

81/100

  • Activity 99
  • Release rhythm 83
  • Longevity 36
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: 6.0
  • age_days: 511
  • days_rel: 35
  • days_push: 7
  • n_releases_24m: 69

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1446 stars · 113 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A curated, auto-generated ranked list of 180 robotics simulator projects, updated weekly via the best-of framework. It ranks projects by quality scores computed from GitHub and package manager metrics.

Use cases

  • find a robotics simulator for my project
  • compare robot simulation software like Gazebo and Webots
  • discover open-source physics and sensor simulation tools for robotics
  • choose a simulator for testing robot algorithms before hardware
  • find simulators for reinforcement learning robot training
  • browse ranked lists of robotics simulation frameworks

When to choose

  • you want a broad, ranked overview of the robotics simulator ecosystem
  • you are evaluating which simulator fits your robot design, evaluation, or data-generation needs
  • you want quality signals like stars and maintenance status at a glance

When to avoid

  • you need detailed documentation or tutorials for a specific simulator
  • you need the list to be actively updated - updates are currently paused pending an upstream fix
  • you need simulation software itself rather than a directory of options

Facets

learning-resource · maturity maintenance

simulation robotics documentation robotics simulation awesome-lists tutorials cross-platform awesome-list curated-list robot-simulators best-of auto-generated

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Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
knmcguire/best-of-robot-simulatorsmain81

For agents

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