ros2-helper
- Software
- Middleware
- Tool
A terminal-based helper for ROS 2 that adds a graphic viewer for common sensor topics and an interactive helper shell.
Source on GitHub: github.com/codevilot/ros2-helper (opens in a new tab). Facts read at commit 4f7e6ce (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 4f7e6ce (opens in a new tab), on 22 Oct 2026.
- Commercial use
- Yes
What it does
- Adds a `ros2 topic graphic` command that renders sensor topics in the terminal.
- Supports raw and compressed images, laser scans, and joint states.
- Provides an interactive `ros2 tui` shell that routes short commands to the ROS 2 CLI.
- Includes built-in mock publishers for local testing without real hardware.
- Waits for a topic to become active instead of exiting when it is not yet publishing.
- Plot, explain, and tf doctor features are planned but not yet available.
Written by Robotheca from the project's README (opens in a new tab) at commit 4f7e6ce.
Getting started
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Hardware it needs, as the project states it
- A ROS 2 Jazzy installation; it requires the chafa package for terminal image rendering.
- How to start
- The project's README (opens in a new tab)
Maintenance
- Status
- Maintained: a commit in the last 12 months
- Newest commit
- 16 Jul 2026 on main
- Latest release
- v0.1.3 (16 Jul 2026)
Checked on GitHub on 22 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.
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