MoveIt (ROS 1)

MoveIt is an open-source motion planning framework for ROS 1 used to build, prototype, and benchmark robot manipulation applications.

Licenses

Code: BSD-3-Clause (opens in a new tab)
Read by Robotheca from LICENSE.txt (opens in a new tab) (BSD-3-Clause) at commit fdb79ac (opens in a new tab), on 16 Oct 2026.
Commercial use: Yes

DiscontinuedEnded on 31 May 2025: MoveIt for ROS 1 runs only on ROS 1, whose last release (Noetic) reached its end of life on 2025-05-31. Its repository still receives occasional changes (the last on 2026-07-20).
MovedMoved to MoveIt 2.

Provides a platform for developing manipulation applications on robot arms within ROS 1.
Supports prototyping robot designs and benchmarking motion planning algorithms.
Development of new features happens on the master branch, while the *-devel branches hold stable releases for specific ROS distributions.
Bug fixes are occasionally backported to the released *-devel branches.
The ROS 2 counterpart is maintained separately as MoveIt 2.

Written by Robotheca from the project's README (opens in a new tab) at commit fdb79ac.

Status: Discontinued: its makers have ended it
Newest commit: 20 Jul 2026 on master
Latest release: 1.1.11 (9 Jan 2023)
Discontinued: Ended on 31 May 2025: MoveIt for ROS 1 runs only on ROS 1, whose last release (Noetic) reached its end of life on 2025-05-31. Its repository still receives occasional changes (the last on 2026-07-20). Source: discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ros-noetic-end-of-life-may-31-… (opens in a new tab)
Moved: Its successor or new home: MoveIt 2.

Checked on GitHub on 16 Oct 2026.

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