The latest articles on DEV Community by Flora-Suite (@flora-suite). https://dev.to/flora-suite https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F2335973%2F1ba390f8-a554-4811-8b88-49faa28f238c.png https://dev.to/flora-suite en Flora-Suite Sun, 03 Nov 2024 17:32:02 +0000 https://dev.to/flora-suite/continuing-the-journey-flora-a-fork-of-foxglove-3pd3 https://dev.to/flora-suite/continuing-the-journey-flora-a-fork-of-foxglove-3pd3 <p><a href="https://flora.fan" rel="noopener noreferrer">Flora</a> is a robot visualization software based on Foxglove, designed to help users gain a more intuitive understanding of a robot's operational status and to facilitate debugging and control. Initially, Flora was a branch of Foxglove, but after <a href="https://foxglove.dev/blog/foxglove-2-0-unifying-robotics-observability" rel="noopener noreferrer">Foxglove announced it would no longer be open-source</a>, I decided to continue maintaining this branch and named it Flora. Since my work primarily revolves around this software, I aim to maintain it to meet my own needs.</p> <p><a href="https://flora.fan" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fw0e7iryobqxqrznt8f4o.png" alt="Image description" width="800" height="614"></a><br> <a href="https://flora.fan" rel="noopener noreferrer">Flora</a> will inherit the already open-source features of Foxglove and will develop new functionalities on that foundation to meet more user needs. In the future, I may develop the following features:</p> <p>Fix some bugs in Foxglove to enhance software stability and performance.<br> Improve Flora's documentation to help users utilize the software more effectively.<br> Data resource management functionality to support local visualization management of mcap and bag resource files.<br> Flora-agent, which supports running an agent on the robot to facilitate remote debugging. Users can connect directly to the agent via a client to manipulate array information on ROS.<br> A simple data management server to facilitate internal data sharing within the team.<br> User-customizable panels, allowing users to create their own panels using TypeScript and React.<br> Although I have many ideas, there is still a lot of work to be done, so I may not be able to complete all feature development in the short term. I will strive to make Flora more powerful, but I cannot guarantee specific completion timelines.</p> <p>This is my first time maintaining an open-source project on GitHub, so there may be some shortcomings. I hope everyone can be understanding. If you have any suggestions or ideas, please feel free to submit an issue on GitHub, and I will respond as soon as possible. Additionally, I welcome everyone to participate in the development of Flora so we can create a better robot visualization software together.</p>