# ros/rosdistro

This repo maintains a lists of repositories for each ROS distribution

Repository: https://github.com/ros/rosdistro
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/rosdistro
Language: Python
License: BSD-3-Clause
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-09-02T22:43:39+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 77/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 100, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5349, "days_push": 0, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1090, forks 2831 (observed 2026-09-03T02:15:17.495992+00:00)

## What it is
The canonical metadata repository for ROS (Robot Operating System) distributions, maintaining the index of repositories for each ROS release and the rosdep rules mapping package.xml names to system packages. Every ROS package release generates a pull request against its distribution files here.

## Use cases
- add a new ROS package to a ROS distribution release
- look up rosdep keys to resolve system dependencies for a ROS package
- query which repositories are included in a ROS distribution
- release a ROS package and update the distribution index
- resolve package.xml dependencies to apt package names

## When to choose
- you are releasing or maintaining ROS packages and need them indexed in a distribution
- you need rosdep dependency resolution data for ROS builds
- you are building tooling around the ROS release ecosystem

## When to avoid
- you want the ROS runtime or build tools themselves rather than metadata
- you are not working with the ROS ecosystem

## Facets
- artifact type: dataset
- maturity: active
- function: package-manager, configuration-management, developer-tools
- domain: robotics, developer-tools
- platform: python, cross-platform
- tags: ros, rosdistro, rosdep, package-metadata, robot-operating-system, distribution-index, automation, linux

## Member repositories
- ros/rosdistro (main) score 77

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-09-03T02:15:17.495992+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 2026-08-30T06:49:22.986149+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ros/rosdistro (fetched 2026-09-03T02:15:17.495992+00:00, sha b782d5ca0101)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.