Turtle Nest
- Software
- Middleware
- Tool
A graphical tool for creating new ROS 2 packages and adding nodes to existing ones, so developers can skip manual setup and build errors.
Source on GitHub: github.com/Jannkar/turtle_nest (opens in a new tab). Facts read at commit 74a5584 (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 74a5584 (opens in a new tab), on 16 Oct 2026.
- Commercial use
- Yes
What it does
- Creates ROS 2 packages in C++, Python, mixed C++ and Python, or custom message interfaces.
- Adds regular, lifecycle, and composable nodes to new or existing packages.
- Generates nodes, launch files and parameter files, ready to build and run.
- Updates CMakeLists.txt, setup.py and package.xml with needed configuration and dependencies.
- Lists existing packages in the workspace with type, executables, launch and parameter files, and description.
- Enforces ROS 2 naming conventions and best practices.
Written by Robotheca from the project's README (opens in a new tab) at commit 74a5584.
Getting started
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Hardware it needs, as the project states it
- Ubuntu 22 or 24, Python 3.9+, and one of the ROS 2 distributions Humble, Jazzy, Kilted or Rolling.
- 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 Nov 2025 on main
- Latest release
- v1.2.0 (2 Oct 2025)
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.