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Aravis

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Aravis is a GLib/GObject library for capturing video from GenICam industrial cameras over gigabit Ethernet and USB3. It also includes a camera simulator and a simple video viewer.

Made by Aravis Project.

Source on GitHub: github.com/AravisProject/aravis (opens in a new tab). Facts read at commit 45bea40 (opens in a new tab).

Licenses

Code
LGPL-2.1-only (opens in a new tab)

Read by Robotheca from COPYING (opens in a new tab) (LGPL-2.1-only) at commit 45bea40 (opens in a new tab), on 16 Oct 2026.

Commercial use
Yes

Copyleft: Modified source must be published.

What it does

  • Acquires video from GenICam industrial cameras.
  • Implements the gigabit Ethernet and USB3 protocols used by industrial cameras.
  • Provides a basic Ethernet camera simulator.
  • Includes a simple video viewer.
  • Offers a GStreamer plugin on top of the library.
  • Has API documentation and guides for installing on Linux, macOS and Windows.

Written by Robotheca from the project's README (opens in a new tab) at commit 45bea40.

Getting started

Difficulty
Intermediate
Hardware it needs, as the project states it
The library depends on zlib, libxml2 and glib2, with optional USB support via libusb1. The GStreamer plugin needs GStreamer1, and the viewer also needs Gtk+3.

Maintenance

Status
Active: a commit in the last 90 days
Newest commit
12 Oct 2026 on main
Latest release
Aravis 0.8.36 (26 Apr 2026)

Checked on GitHub on 16 Oct 2026.

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