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ros2_snapshot

  • Software
  • Middleware
  • Tool

Python tools for ROS 2 that capture a specification model of a workspace's packages and a deployment model of a running ROS system, for documentation and model-based engineering.

Made by Christopher Newport University Robotics, United States (checked on github.com/CNURobotics (opens in a new tab)).

Source on GitHub: github.com/CNURobotics/ros2_snapshot (opens in a new tab). Facts read at commit b09cd1a (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 b09cd1a (opens in a new tab), on 16 Oct 2026.

Commercial use
Yes

What it does

  • Captures a specification model of the ROS 2 packages available in a workspace.
  • Captures a deployment model of a currently running ROS 2 system.
  • Models can be loaded, manipulated and exported for documentation and interface control documents.
  • Writes yaml and pickle outputs by default; the -a option adds json, text and DOT graph output.
  • Multi-machine mode uses lightweight remote snapshot services on other machines to associate nodes with hosts.
  • Tested under ROS Jazzy, Kilted and Rolling on Ubuntu 24.04.

Written by Robotheca from the project's README (opens in a new tab) at commit b09cd1a.

Getting started

Difficulty
Intermediate

Maintenance

Status
Maintained: a commit in the last 12 months
Newest commit
30 Apr 2026 on main
Latest release
None published on GitHub

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.