ros_gz
Integration between ROS (1 and 2) and Gazebo simulation (by gazebosim)
sumo
Eclipse SUMO is an open source, highly portable, microscopic and continuous traffic simulation package designed to handle large networks. It allows for intermodal simulation including pedestrians and comes with a large set of tools for scenario creation. (by eclipse-sumo)
| ros_gz | sumo | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | |
| 518 | 4,022 | |
| 2.3% | 1.0% | |
| 8.0 | 10.0 | |
| 5 days ago | 6 days ago | |
| C++ | Python | |
| Apache License 2.0 | Eclipse Public License 2.0 |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
ros_gz
Posts with mentions or reviews of ros_gz.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-04-01.
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Ignition Gazebo Edifice Released! Tons of New Features.
ROS integration : Edifice can be used with ROS Noetic and ROS Foxy, and it will be the official Ignition version for the upcoming ROS Galactic.
sumo
Posts with mentions or reviews of sumo.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2025-07-28.
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Sumo – Simulation of Urban MObility
You can use it headless, apparently: https://github.com/eclipse-sumo/sumo/blob/53cdfa4b595500047e...
- Eclipse Sumo – Simulation of Urban MObility
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Traffic Simulation in Python
Nice! Check out SUMO as well. It is similar and Python-based as well: https://github.com/eclipse/sumo
What are some alternatives?
When comparing ros_gz and sumo you can also consider the following projects:
tello-ros2 - ROS2 node for DJI Tello and Visual SLAM for mapping of indoor environments.
trafficSimulator - A microscopic traffic simulation in Python
gz-sim - Open source robotics simulator. The latest version of Gazebo.
OpenLoco - An open source re-implementation of Chris Sawyer's Locomotion
Fast-DDS - The most complete DDS - Proven: Plenty of success cases. Looking for commercial support? Contact info@eprosima.com
srt - Secure, Reliable, Transport