Software and middleware

Foxglove

Name: Foxglove
Brand: Foxglove Technologies Inc.

United States

Foxglove is the reference tool for inspecting, debugging and replaying robot data. It matters here as a cautionary tale as much as a tool: it was open source under MPL-2.0 and went closed-source on 11 March 2024. Its file format MCAP stayed open, and became the default rosbag2 format in ROS 2.

Updated 2026-08-27 · Last verified 2026-08-27

OrganizationFoxglove Technologies Inc.

Categoryobservability

LicenseMPL-2.0 jusqu'à Foxglove 2.0 ; propriétaire depuis son annonce le 11 mars 2024

Open sourceno

ROSyes

First release2,021

GovernanceEntreprise unique (société du Delaware, siège à San Francisco) ; aucun comité externe.

Current version3.0.0 (18 août 2026)

Used by{'name': 'Wayve (conduite autonome)', 'evidence': 'declare'}, {'name': 'Breaker Industries (orchestration multi-robots air, terre et mer)', 'evidence': 'declare'}

Sources : Foxglove Technologies Inc. (blog officiel) (2024-03-11)Foxglove (annonce relayée sur Open Robotics Discourse) (2024-03-11)Foxglove Technologies Inc. (blog officiel) (2026-05-25)Foxglove Technologies Inc. (document légal officiel) (2026-08-27)Foxglove (blog officiel) (2021-01-01)Foxglove Technologies Inc. (documentation officielle) (2026-08-18)Foxglove Technologies Inc. (documentation officielle) (2026-08-27)Foxglove Technologies Inc. (site officiel) (2026-08-27)Foxglove Technologies Inc. (site officiel) (2026-08-27)

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