Ceres Solver
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Ceres Solver is an open source C++ library for modeling and solving large, complicated optimization problems, mainly nonlinear least squares and general unconstrained optimization.
Made by Google.
Source on GitHub: github.com/ceres-solver/ceres-solver (opens in a new tab). Facts read at commit ac7b33d (opens in a new tab).
Licenses
- Code
- BSD-3-Clause (opens in a new tab)
Read by Robotheca from LICENSE (opens in a new tab) (BSD-3-Clause) at commit ac7b33d (opens in a new tab), on 16 Oct 2026.
- Commercial use
- Yes
What it does
- Solves nonlinear least squares problems with bounds constraints.
- Solves general unconstrained optimization problems.
- Described as feature rich, mature and performant, and used in production at Google since 2010.
Written by Robotheca from the project's README (opens in a new tab) at commit ac7b33d.
Getting started
- Difficulty
- Advanced
- How to start
- The project's README (opens in a new tab)
Maintenance
- Status
- Active: a commit in the last 90 days
- Newest commit
- 16 Oct 2026 on master
- Latest release
- None published on GitHub
Checked on GitHub on 16 Oct 2026.
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