ROS 2 Distributions¶

What is a Distribution?¶

List of Distributions¶

Distro	Release date	EOL date
Crystal Clemmys	December 14th, 2018	Dec 2019
Bouncy Bolson	July 2nd, 2018	Jul 2019
Ardent Apalone	December 8th, 2017	Dec 2018
beta3	September 13th, 2017	Dec 2017
beta2	July 5th, 2017	Sep 2017
beta1	December 19th, 2016	Jul 2017
alpha1 - alpha8	August 31th, 2015	Dec 2016

Distribution Details¶

For details on the distributions see each releases page. For the supported platforms and versions of common dependencies and other considerations, see the official ROS 2 Target Platforms REP 2000.

Future Distributions¶

For details on upcoming features see the roadmap.

Currently there is a new ROS 2 distribution roughly every 6 months. The following information are best estimates and are subject to change.

Distro	Release date	Supported for	Planned changes
Dashing Diademata	May 31st, 2019	2 years
<E-turtle>	November 22nd, 2019	1 year
<F-turtle>	May 2020	3+ years	Target Ubuntu 20.04

After F-turtle the expectations is to release new ROS 2 distributions once per year.