Cartographer
- Software
- Navigation and mapping
- Library
Cartographer is a system for real-time simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) in 2D and 3D, across multiple platforms and sensor setups. It is no longer actively maintained.
- Stale
Made by Cartographer project.
Source on GitHub: github.com/cartographer-project/cartographer (opens in a new tab). Facts read at commit 877157a (opens in a new tab).
Licenses
- Code
- Apache-2.0 (opens in a new tab)
Read by Robotheca from LICENSE (opens in a new tab) (Apache-2.0) at commit 877157a (opens in a new tab), on 16 Oct 2026.
- Commercial use
- Yes
Labels
- StaleNo commit in 12 months: the newest is from 5 Jan 2024.
What it does
- Provides real-time SLAM in both 2D and 3D.
- Works across multiple platforms and sensor configurations.
- No longer actively maintained; only rare critical pull requests are merged.
- A ROS 1 / ROS 2 binary package installs a fork of the repository, which has limited maintenance.
- Documentation is hosted on Read the Docs, and questions can be raised as GitHub issues.
Written by Robotheca from the project's README (opens in a new tab) at commit 877157a.
Getting started
- Difficulty
- Advanced
- How to start
- The project's README (opens in a new tab)
Maintenance
- Status
- Stale: no commit in 12 months
- Newest commit
- 5 Jan 2024 on master
- Latest release
- 2.0.0 (11 Mar 2021)
Checked on GitHub on 16 Oct 2026.
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