Software and middleware

eProsima Fast DDS

Name: eProsima Fast DDS
Brand: eProsima

Spain

Fast DDS is the default middleware vendor of ROS 2 : the transport most robots running ROS 2 use without ever choosing it. It implements the OMG DDS 1.4 and RTPS 2.2 standards in C++.

Updated 2026-10-11 · Last verified 2026-10-10

OrganizationeProsima

CategoryRealtime transport

LicenseApache-2.0

Open sourceyes

ROSyes

First release2014

GovernanceEntreprise unique (eProsima, PME espagnole fondée en 2004), qui dirige seule le développement ; une offre commerciale distincte, Fast DDS Pro, coexiste avec la version open source.

Current version3.6.2 (2 juillet 2026, version open source)

Used byÉcosystème ROS 2 (fournisseur RMW par défaut)declaredKUKA (automatisation industrielle)declaredClearpath RoboticsdeclarediRobot (robotique grand public)declaredRapyuta Robotics (robotique en nuage)declaredROBOTIS (servomoteurs DYNAMIXEL)declared

Trajectory

The dated, sourced shifts in this project's life: licence, governance, archival, a component opening up. What the brick did, not what it announces.

1 June 2020 Component Neutral

eProsima publishes Fast DDS 2.0.0, which adds the API layer compliant with the OMG DDS standard and deprecates the former Fast RTPS API. The project takes the name Fast DDS on that occasion.

Source: GitHub Releases, official eProsima/Fast-DDS repository

Sources: GitHub, official eProsima repository (2026-08-27)eProsima (2026-08-27)GitHub Releases, official repository (2026-07-02)eProsima (2026-08-27)ROS 2 documentation (official repository) (2026-08-27)GitHub Releases, official eProsima/Fast-DDS repository (2020-06-01)

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