1r0b1n0 / PlotJuggler

The Time Series visualization tool that you deserve

Ubuntu 14.04 build (Semaphore):

ROS Indigo/Kinetic build (Travis):

PlotJuggler 1.8.3

QT5 based application to display time series in plots.

To understand what PlotJuggler can do for you, take a look to the following video PlotJuggler on Vimeo

How to build (non ROS users)

Clone the repository as usual:

  git clone https://github.com/facontidavide/PlotJuggler.git

The only binary dependency that you need installed in your system is Qt5. On Ubuntu the debians can be installed with the command:

sudo apt-get -y install qtbase5-dev libqt5svg5-dev

On Fedora:

sudo dnf install qt5-qtbase-devel qt5-qtsvg-devel

Then compile using cmake (qmake is NOT supported):

 mkdir build; cd build
 cmake ..
 make
 sudo make install

Note: the plugins need to be installed in the same folder of the executable or in /usr/local/lib/PlotJuggler/.

How to build (ROS users)

The following instructions are for ROS Kinetic. Adapt them accordingly if you are using a different version of ROS.

The easiest way to install PlotJuggler is through the command:

sudo apt-get install ros-kinetic-plotjuggler 

Nevertheless, if you want to compile it from source, for instance to try the very latest version on the master branch, you must build PlotJuggler using catkin, otherwise the ROS related plugins will not be included.

Follow these instructions:

sudo apt-get install qtbase5-dev libqt5svg5-dev ros-kinetic-ros-type-introspection 
mkdir -p ws_plotjuggler/src; cd ws_plotjuggler/src
git clone https://github.com/facontidavide/PlotJuggler.git
cd ..
catkin_make
source devel/setup.bash

You should see the following message at the beginning of the compilation step:

"PlotJuggler is being built using CATKIN. ROS plugins will be compiled"

Both the executable and the plugins will be created in ws_plotjuggler/devel/lib/plotjuggler.

To run the application, use the command:

rosrun plotjuggler PlotJuggler 

How you may help

PlotJuggler required many hundreds of man/hours to be developed, with the goal to be the most intuitive tool to visualize data and time series.

If you believe that I achieved this goal, consider making a donation here: Paypal.

If you have any problem, you found a bug or you need help, feel free to submit an issue.