foxglove/foxglove-sdk

Log and visualize multimodal data for robotics and physical AI

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Foxglove SDK

The Foxglove SDK allows you to log and visualize multimodal data with Foxglove.

The core SDK is written in Rust, with bindings for Python, and C++. We publish prebuilt libraries and Python wheels, so you don’t need a Rust development environment.

Stream live data to Foxglove over a local WebSocket
Log data to MCAP files for visualization or analysis
Leverage built-in Foxglove message types for common visualizations, or your own custom messages using a supported serialization format
ROS packages are available for all supported distributions (see our ROS 2 tutorial)

Visit Foxglove SDK Docs to get started.

Packages

Package	Version	Description
Python
foxglove-sdk		Foxglove SDK for Python
C++
foxglove		Foxglove SDK for C++
Rust
foxglove		Foxglove SDK for Rust
ROS
foxglove_msgs		Foxglove message types for ROS
foxglove_bridge		Foxglove ROS bridge
TypeScript
@foxglove/schemas		Foxglove schemas for TypeScript
Other
schemas		Raw schema definitions for ROS, Protobuf, Flatbuffer, JSON, and OMG IDL

License

MIT License

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foxglove/foxglove-sdk

Log and visualize multimodal data for robotics and physical AI

305

stars

1,230

commits

Rust

primary language

Sep 11, 2026

updated

docs.foxglove.dev/docs/sdk

cpp

data-visualization

mcap

python

robotics

ros

ros2

rust

visualization

Browse cluster: Rust for Robotics and ROS2 →

README

Foxglove SDK

The Foxglove SDK allows you to log and visualize multimodal data with Foxglove.

The core SDK is written in Rust, with bindings for Python, and C++. We publish prebuilt libraries and Python wheels, so you don’t need a Rust development environment.

Stream live data to Foxglove over a local WebSocket
Log data to MCAP files for visualization or analysis
Leverage built-in Foxglove message types for common visualizations, or your own custom messages using a supported serialization format
ROS packages are available for all supported distributions (see our ROS 2 tutorial)

Visit Foxglove SDK Docs to get started.

Packages

Package	Version	Description
Python
foxglove-sdk		Foxglove SDK for Python
C++
foxglove		Foxglove SDK for C++
Rust
foxglove		Foxglove SDK for Rust
ROS
foxglove_msgs		Foxglove message types for ROS
foxglove_bridge		Foxglove ROS bridge
TypeScript
@foxglove/schemas		Foxglove schemas for TypeScript
Other
schemas		Raw schema definitions for ROS, Protobuf, Flatbuffer, JSON, and OMG IDL