web_video_server
- Software
- Middleware
- Tool
A ROS node that streams ROS image topics over HTTP in several formats so robot camera feeds can be viewed in a web browser without plugins.
Made by Robot Web Tools.
Source on GitHub: github.com/RobotWebTools/web_video_server (opens in a new tab). Facts read at commit 5c60fad (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 5c60fad (opens in a new tab), on 16 Oct 2026.
- Commercial use
- Yes
What it does
- Streams ROS image topics over HTTP as MJPEG, VP8, VP9, H264, PNG, or ROS compressed images.
- Provides JPEG, PNG, and ROS compressed snapshots of image topics.
- Includes a web page to browse available image topics and open them in each format.
- Stream quality, size, bitrate, inversion, and QoS profile are adjustable through URL parameters.
- Offers a /shutdown endpoint to stop active streams for a topic, optionally scoped by client_id.
- Uses a plugin-based architecture so new subscribers or streamer formats can be added.
Written by Robotheca from the project's README (opens in a new tab) at commit 5c60fad.
Getting started
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- How to start
- The project's README (opens in a new tab)
Maintenance
- Status
- Active: a commit in the last 90 days
- Newest commit
- 9 Sept 2026 on ros2
- Latest release
- None published on GitHub
Checked on GitHub on 16 Oct 2026.
Links
Robots on Robotheca that use 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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