Home Projects cartographer
cartographer
C++

cartographer

Cartographer is a system that provides real-time simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) in 2D and 3D across multiple platforms and sensor configurations.

by cartographer-project · GitHub
Stars
Forks
License
Created
Last commit
Category
Language
Likely
Self-hostable
localizationmappingroboticsApache-2.0C++Self-hostable
View on GitHub
In plain words

Map and track locations in real-time for robotics and self-driving applications using this advanced system.

You maintain this project?

Claim its page: indexed whatever its rank, translated into six languages, and enriched with what you write yourself.

Claim this page →
cartographer — GitHub preview card
📈 Star history
7.92k7.91k
2026-07-152026-08-31
📈 Track cartographer

Get an email alert on its next release or when it starts trending — never miss the moment.

Free · no card · unsubscribe anytime
Get email alerts →
📄 About

Cartographer is a system that provides real-time simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) in 2D and 3D across multiple platforms and sensor configurations.

cartographer has 7.9k stars on GitHub. It has been forked 2.3k times. cartographer is written mainly in C++. It has been in active development since 2016. cartographer is available under the Apache-2.0 license. Its main topics are localization, mapping, robotics, self-driving.

Frequently asked questions

What is cartographer?

Cartographer is a system that provides real-time simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) in 2D and 3D across multiple platforms and sensor configurations.

Is cartographer open source?

cartographer is an open-source project. It is released under the Apache-2.0 license.

Is cartographer free?

Yes. cartographer is free and open source — you can use, modify and self-host it.

What license does cartographer use?

cartographer is available under the Apache-2.0 license.

What language is cartographer written in?

cartographer is written mainly in C++.

🏅 Maintainer of this project?
olud.ai badge — cartographer

Add this live badge to your README — your GitHub stars and directory rank, refreshed daily.

[![olud.ai](https://olud.ai/badge.php?tool=cartographer-project-cartographer)](https://olud.ai/project/cartographer-project-cartographer.html)
More badge options →
🧬 Shares DNA with🧬 View the DNA map →

Measured from GitHub topics shared by both projects, weighted by how rare each topic is.