Space ROS
- Software
- Middleware
- Framework
Space ROS is a Docker-based build of the Robot Operating System (ROS) intended for space robotics applications. The repository contains the scripts used to build its base and dev container images.
- Licensed per package
Made by Space ROS project.
Source on GitHub: github.com/space-ros/space-ros (opens in a new tab). Facts read at commit b734c36 (opens in a new tab).
Licenses
- Code
- Licensed per package
No license at the repository's root: each package carries its own. Read the license of each package you use.
No license file at the repository's root at commit b734c36 (opens in a new tab), on 24 Oct 2026.
- Commercial use
- Yes
No single license: each package carries its own. The core packages read (rclcpp, rcl, rmw at Space ROS's pinned versions, and process_sarif) are Apache-2.0, which allows commercial use.
Labels
- Licensed per packageNo license at the repository's root: each of its packages carries its own license.
What it does: Robotheca's summary
- Provides build scripts that produce a base Space ROS Docker image and a dev variant of it.
- Builds are run with Docker Buildx, using ./build.sh with an optional SPACE_ROS_VARIANT=dev setting.
- Uses pre-commit hooks for code checks, as shown by the pre-commit badge.
Written by Robotheca from the project's README (opens in a new tab) at commit ceb16d1.
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
- 20 Oct 2026 on main
- Latest release
- jazzy-2026.07.0 (1 Aug 2026)
Checked on GitHub on 31 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.