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Gazebo Classic

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Gazebo Classic is an older 3D simulator for running several robots in an environment with dynamic interaction between objects. It is scheduled to reach end-of-life in January 2025.

  • Discontinued
  • Moved

Source on GitHub: github.com/gazebosim/gazebo-classic (opens in a new tab). Facts read at commit b22c6e1 (opens in a new tab).

Licenses

Code
Apache-2.0 (opens in a new tab)

Read by Robotheca from COPYING (opens in a new tab) (Apache-2.0) and LICENSE (opens in a new tab) at commit b22c6e1 (opens in a new tab), on 16 Oct 2026. A license text Robotheca's reader does not know: a person at Robotheca set it on 5 Nov 2026.

Commercial use
Yes

Labels

  • DiscontinuedEnded on 3 Feb 2025: Gazebo Classic reached its end of life: no more updates, bug fixes or security fixes. Its repository is archived.
  • MovedMoved to Gazebo (gz-sim).

What it does: Robotheca's summary

  • Simulates multiple robots in a 3D environment.
  • Supports extensive dynamic interaction between objects.
  • Will reach End-Of-Life in January 2025; users are encouraged to migrate to the new Gazebo.
  • Migration guides for moving to the new Gazebo are provided by the project.
  • Documentation and getting-started tutorials are available on the Gazebo Classic website.

Written by Robotheca from the project's README (opens in a new tab) at commit b22c6e1.

Getting started

Difficulty
Intermediate

Maintenance

Status
Discontinued: its makers have ended it
Newest commit
3 Dec 2024 on gazebo11
Latest release
None published on GitHub
Archived
The repository is archived on GitHub (read-only).
Discontinued
Ended on 3 Feb 2025: Gazebo Classic reached its end of life: no more updates, bug fixes or security fixes. Its repository is archived. Source: discourse.openrobotics.org/t/gazebo-classic-11-has-reached-… (opens in a new tab)
Moved
Its successor or new home: Gazebo (gz-sim).

Checked on GitHub on 30 Oct 2026.

Links

Robots that can run it

No robot on Robotheca is linked to it yet. Links come from a robot's robot.yaml, from its dependency files read as text, or from Robotheca's editors.

Robotheca lists software as a reference: nothing is hosted or run here, and every fact links to where it was read.