RTAB-Map
- Software
- Navigation and mapping
- Framework
RTAB-Map is a library and standalone application for real-time appearance-based mapping and localization, used to build and reuse 3D maps from sensor data.
Source on GitHub: github.com/introlab/rtabmap (opens in a new tab). Facts read at commit af1ced2 (opens in a new tab).
Licenses
- Code
- BSD-3-Clause (opens in a new tab)
Read by Robotheca from LICENSE (opens in a new tab) (BSD-3-Clause) at commit af1ced2 (opens in a new tab), on 16 Oct 2026.
- Commercial use
- Yes
What it does
- Provides a library and a standalone application for real-time appearance-based mapping.
- Builds maps from sensor data and reuses them for localization.
- Offers a C++ API documented with its parameters and command-line tools.
- Runs under ROS 1 and ROS 2 through packages distributed for several distributions.
- Ships as Docker images and as builds for Linux, Windows, macOS, Android and iOS.
Written by Robotheca from the project's README (opens in a new tab) at commit af1ced2.
Getting started
- Difficulty
- Advanced
- How to start
- The project's website (opens in a new tab)
Maintenance
- Status
- Active: a commit in the last 90 days
- Newest commit
- 14 Oct 2026 on master
- Latest release
- v0.23.8 (5 Jul 2026)
Checked on GitHub on 16 Oct 2026.
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