README

swri_console

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swri_console is an alternative to rqt_console for viewing the ROS console output. swri_console was written to scale well to large systems with heavy console output. It stays responsive under fire and allows users to quickly find information to track down problems.

Build Status

ROS2 Distro

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Build status

Released packages

Humble

humble

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Jazzy

jazzy

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swri-console

Kilted

kilted

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ROS2 Build Farm

swri-console

Lyrical

lyrical

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ROS2 Build Farm

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Rolling

rolling

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ROS2 Build Farm

swri-console

Features

  • High performance; swri_console handles receiving thousands of logs per second and storing millions in memory while staying responsive

  • Ctrl or shift-click to quickly select which nodes you want to monitor

  • Hide or show log messages based on substring matches, or, if you need more power, regular expressions

  • Hide, show, and colorize log messages based on severity

  • Save and load log messages to text files

  • Save and load log messages directly from the /rosout topic in a bag file

  • Right-click on nodes to dynamically set their logger levels

    • Not supported in ROS 2 yet

Supported ROS Distributions

The package currently supports all ROS 2 distributions up to rolling. Branches marked *-eol indicate a distribution that is at end of life status and is no longer updated.