See your robot, live.
Drop-in ROS 2 bridge for Rerun. Stream topics to the viewer in seconds — no ROS 2 runtime required.
Two commands. That's it.
Install Rewire, run it against your ROS 2 system, and watch every topic stream into the Rerun viewer in real time.
curl -fsSL https://rewire.run/install.sh | shrewire record -a
Zero ROS 2 runtime
Pure Rust binary. Speaks DDS and Zenoh natively — no colcon, no ament, no sourcing.
56 built-in type mappings
Images, pointclouds, TF, poses, laser scans, odometry, and more — mapped out of the box.
Custom message mappings
Map any ROS 2 type to Rerun archetypes via JSON5 config. No code, no recompilation.
URDF + TF tree
Automatic robot model visualization from /robot_description with full transform tree.
Per-topic diagnostics
Hz, bandwidth, drops, and latency monitoring for every subscribed topic.
WebSocket API
Stream live ROS 2 data to any client. JSON and CDR formats, ZSTD compression, auth, and rate limiting.
Why Rewire
Single binary, minimal setup
No colcon, no workspace. Download a single Rust binary and run it. Rewire is not a ROS 2 node — it observes the network directly, so it never interferes with your ROS graph. Source your workspace only for URDF mesh resolution.
DDS and Zenoh, simultaneously
CycloneDDS, FastDDS, Zenoh — Rewire speaks all of them at the same time. Topics are discovered regardless of the underlying protocol. QoS negotiation, TransientLocal late-joiner data, and BestEffort UDP with large buffer support are handled out of the box.
Automatic subscribe and unsubscribe
Rewire automatically subscribes to new topics as they appear and unsubscribes when they go away, keeping the ROS graph clean. No stale subscriptions, no manual management.
Live diagnostics in the viewer
Per-topic Hz, bandwidth, drops, and latency — streamed as Rerun entities alongside your data. Monitor everything in one place, no extra tooling.
Built for production
Every detail you need for real-world robotics workflows.
Auto-update via rewire upgrade
Shell completions (bash, zsh, fish)
JSON5 config file with CLI overrides
Remote streaming over gRPC
Save recordings to .rrd files
QoS negotiation and large buffer support
IPC control via Unix sockets
rewire doctor environment health check
Multi-instance with PID-based sockets
macOS and Linux (x86_64, aarch64)
Topic filtering with glob patterns
WebSocket auth and rate limiting
56 types, zero config
Every common ROS 2 message type maps to a Rerun archetype automatically.
What's next
Where Rewire is headed.
Edge deployment
Run Rewire on resource-constrained devices like Jetson and Raspberry Pi.
Rerun Data Platform
Stream directly to the cloud for fleet-wide analytics and long-term storage.
More type mappings
Expanding coverage based on community feedback and real-world use cases.
Windows support
Bringing Rewire to Windows for cross-platform development workflows.
Ready to see your robot?
One command to install. One command to visualize.
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