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Lichtblick

  • Software
  • Middleware
  • Tool

Lichtblick is an integrated visualization and diagnosis tool for robotics, usable in a browser or as a desktop app. It was forked from Foxglove Studio.

Made by Lichtblick Suite, Germany (checked on github.com/lichtblick-suite (opens in a new tab)).

Source on GitHub: github.com/lichtblick-suite/lichtblick (opens in a new tab). Facts read at commit c5478a3 (opens in a new tab).

Licenses

Code
MPL-2.0 (opens in a new tab)

Read by Robotheca from LICENSE (opens in a new tab) (MPL-2.0) at commit c5478a3 (opens in a new tab), on 16 Oct 2026.

Commercial use
Yes

What it does

  • Runs in the web browser without installation, or as a desktop app on Linux, Windows, and macOS.
  • Packaged as a Docker image that serves the web app on port 8080.
  • Built mainly with TypeScript and ReactJS.
  • Includes an opt-in OpenTelemetry integration that is off unless an OTLP endpoint is compiled in.
  • Telemetry is limited to a fixed set of named UI events and is rate-limited.
  • On Ubuntu, GPU issues can be worked around by setting LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE=1.

Written by Robotheca from the project's README (opens in a new tab) at commit c5478a3.

Getting started

Difficulty
Beginner
Hardware it needs, as the project states it
Node.js v16.10+ is listed as a dependency for running from source.

Maintenance

Status
Active: a commit in the last 90 days
Newest commit
16 Oct 2026 on develop
Latest release
v1.29.1 (8 Sept 2026)

Checked on GitHub on 16 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.