A simple and friendly terminal UI for ROS2.

Note: Only ROS 2 Humble is supported.

• View and manage node list and states (with Lifecycle support)
• Inspect topics, services, and parameters
• Built-in log/echo viewer with highlighting and search
• Fast keyboard-driven navigation

• Ubuntu 22.04 + ROS 2 Humble
• Python 3.10+
• Dependencies: rclpy, textual, rich, etc.

• pipx (recommended)

  pipx install lazyros

• pip

  pip install lazyros

• from source

  git clone https://github.com/TechMagicKK/lazyros.git
  cd lazyros
  pip install -r requirements.txt

source /opt/ros/humble/setup.bash
lazyros

1. Run talker demo node

   ros2 run demo_nodes_cpp talker

2. Run listener demo node

   ros2 run demo_nodes_cpp listener
   

3. Run lazyros

   lazyros

You can tell lazyros to ignore specific nodes, topics, or parameters by creating a file:

~/.config/lazyros/ignore.yaml

If this file doesn’t exist, lazyros will just run normally.

Example:

nodes:
  - /lazyros*
topics:
  - /parameter_events
parameters:
  - /lazyros*

• Trouble If you encounter trouble, please feel free to open an issue!

• Request

  Any request is welcome, please feel free to request in issue!

Check How to release.