# knmcguire/best-of-robot-simulators

A Best-of-list of Robot Simulators, re-generated weekly on Wednesdays

Repository: https://github.com/knmcguire/best-of-robot-simulators
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/best-of-robot-simulators
License: CC-BY-SA-4.0
License Family: other
Last push: 2026-08-26T10:38:19+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 81/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 83, longevity 36
- inputs: {"age_days": 511, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 35, "gap_med": 6.0, "n_releases_24m": 69}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1446, forks 113 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:45.254612+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: maintenance
- function: simulation, robotics, documentation
- domain: robotics, simulation, awesome-lists, tutorials
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: awesome-list, curated-list, robot-simulators, best-of, auto-generated

## Member repositories
- knmcguire/best-of-robot-simulators (main) score 81

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:45.254612+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 2026-08-30T04:36:10.314620+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/knmcguire/best-of-robot-simulators (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:45.254612+00:00, sha 36f432b0a8c1)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.