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ros-planning/navigation

ROS Navigation stack. Code for finding where the robot is and how it can get somewhere else. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/ros-planning/navigation · C++ · archived observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

10/100

  • Activity 25
  • Release rhythm 35
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_releases archived no_license

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: n/a
  • age_days: 5042
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 454
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

2660 stars · 1834 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

The ROS Navigation Stack, a 2D navigation system for mobile robots that consumes odometry, sensor streams, and a goal pose, and outputs safe velocity commands for a mobile base. It provides localization and path planning capabilities as a core component of the Robot Operating System ecosystem.

Use cases

  • navigate a mobile robot to a goal pose
  • localize a robot using odometry and sensor data
  • plan collision-free paths for a wheeled robot
  • send velocity commands to a robot base
  • build a 2D costmap from laser scans
  • autonomous indoor robot navigation

When to choose

  • you are building a mobile robot on ROS and need localization and path planning
  • you want a battle-tested 2D navigation stack with community support
  • your robot uses standard ROS sensor streams like laser scans and odometry

When to avoid

  • you need 3D navigation or aerial/legged robot planning
  • you are not using ROS or the robot runs on non-Linux platforms
  • you need a fully supported commercial license, since the repo has no explicit license

Facets

library · maturity stable

robotics simulation middleware robotics autonomous-vehicles developer-tools cpp ros navigation-stack path-planning localization mobile-robots slam costmap move-base linux

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