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Ubuntu (Semaphore)
Ubuntu ROS (Travis)

PlotJuggler 2.2.0

QT5 based application to display time series in plots, using an intuitive "drag and drop" interface.

It can be used either to:

• load static data from file or
• connect to live streaming of data.

Its functionality can be easily extended through plugins.

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

Supported formats

• CSV
• Rosbags / ROS topics
• ULog (PX4)
• Your custom format... contact me to know more.

New in version 2.X

It is now possible to create custom timeseries! Simply write your own JavaScript function and apply it to one of more existing timeseries.

Many thanks to @1r0b1n0, who developed the initial version of this feature, and to our first sponsor, a robotics company that made a donation, but prefers to remain anonymous for the time being.

Watch this video to learn how to use it.

Windows Installer (experimental)

PlotJugglerInstaller-2.1.5.exe

"Download and Run" (Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial or later)

For those of you that can't wait to get your hands dirty, just download this AppImage:

PlotJuggler-2.1.10-x86_64.AppImage.

Do not forget to make it executable with the command

chmod +x ./PlotJuggler-2.1.10-x86_64.AppImage

How to build (without ROS plugins)

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 qtdeclarative5-dev qtmultimedia5-dev libqt5multimedia5-plugins

On Fedora:

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

If you like PlotJuggler...

PlotJuggler required a lot of work to be developed; my goal is to build the most intuitive and powerfull tool to visualize data and timeseries.

If you find PlotJuggler useful, consider making a donation on any of these platforms: BuyMeACoffe, PayPal or LiveraPay.

If you use PlotJuggler at work, your company can become a sponsor and support the development of those specific features they need.

Contact me for more details.

Changelog for package plotjuggler

Forthcoming

• minor change in Plot Legend
• Fix memory leak reported in #179
• missing return (this very strange with optimisation...)
• Corretly delete all requested curves
• avoid change the link_plot from interface if plot data did not exist yet (load from layout + streaming)
• refactor of Streaming plugin. Fix issue #176 (save to rosbag)
• It is now possible to open multiple datafiles at once
• refactoring of the layout and plugin system
• load layout seems to work
• quick reload temporary removed
• removed prefix from ROS plugins
• Merge branch \'parsers\'
• reload policies
• Remember multiple recent layouts and files
• splashscreen updated
• relax the XY consitions as suggested in #177
• fixed bug reported in issue #177
• added the ability to move a PlotWidget into a new tab with CTRL + RIGHT_MOUSE
• faster pal statistics parser
• added odometry parser
• files renamed and pal_statistics added
• add playback speed and loop
• fiveai diagnostic added
• fix compilation on travis
• Read out of array: access invalid data with back on empty vector (#173) This could be triggered when used custom function in layout and stream.
• Infinite size buffer for streaming : (#174) When spinbox value is maximum use infinite buffer size and change color to red to remember possible memory limits issue.
• add option to autostart StatePublishers (issue #130)
• Merge branch \'parsers\' of https://github.com/facontidavide/PlotJuggler into parsers
• bug fix. Remove QTableView header resize during streaming A lot of CPU was wasted during the streaming process
• IntrospectionParser added to ROS Streamer Plugin
• adding diagnostic parser
• plugin refactoring
• virtual function to add schema
• added new type of plugin: MessageParser
• Fixed small typos in README.md (#172)
• seems to work
• plugin refactoring
• virtual function to add schema
• added new type of plugin: MessageParser
• Merge branch \'master\' of https://github.com/facontidavide/PlotJuggler
• added Dots only style
• advanced legend
• Contributors: Alexandre Eudes, Davide Faconti, Juan Francisco Rasc