Foxglove’s initial product, Foxglove Studio, originated as a fork of Cruise’s open-source project, Webviz, with the goal of enhancing robotics visualization, debugging, and development.
In March 2024, Foxglove announced version 2.0, marking a pivotal shift in the product strategy. This update unified Foxglove Studio and the Foxglove Data Platform into a single, cohesive product aimed at setting a new standard in robotics observability. Alongside this integration, Foxglove introduced a new pricing model and made the decision to discontinue the open-source edition of Foxglove Studio.
The move to close-source Foxglove 2.0 was driven by the desire to provide a more integrated and robust solution for robotics developers, addressing the unique challenges associated with multimodal robotics data. By consolidating offerings, Foxglove enhances developer experience and delivers a comprehensive development platform tailored to the needs of the robotics community. Leading up to, and since, the launch of 2.0, the codebase has undergone significant transformations, including the addition of numerous panels, support for various data sources, improved layout management, increases in performance, and new features.
Despite this transition, Foxglove remains committed to supporting open formats and continues to maintain and release other open-source projects, most notably MCAP.
“The lift on building custom robotics development tooling, specifically visualization, is so high that it detracts from the goal of building features and autonomy for the robots.”
Vibhav Altekar, Co-founder & VP of Software, Saronic
The last update to Foxglove (open source) was in February 2024. Since then, there have been over ~2000 commits to Foxglove’s commercial platform.
Foxglove empowers over 10,000 robotics and embodied AI developers and supports hundreds of robotics companies in accelerating and scaling their development. From data collection and ingestion to visualizing, debugging, and managing robotic data, Foxglove streamlines every step of the development process, enabling teams to innovate faster and more effectively.
“Adopting Foxglove had an immediate positive impact.”
Mirza A. Shah, CTO and Co-founder, Simbe
Foxglove is a team of diverse, highly skilled, and experienced professionals committed to transforming the robotics developer experience. Built on insights from hundreds of customers who push the boundaries of robotics development daily, Foxglove’s platform is designed to deliver an unparalleled developer experience. By leveraging these insights, Foxglove aims to empower developers, streamline innovation, and contribute to increasing the global impact of robotics.
Try Foxglove for yourself to see if it helps you and your team. We have a couple ways to get started, both of which will enable you to evaluate at your own pace and gain the confidence you need to build better robots, faster.
Step 1
It's completely free and only takes a few minutes to start visualising your own data.
Our team is always happy to help and learn about your projects.
Step 2
Make sure your team is comfortable and key stakeholders understand the benefits of Foxglove.
Step 3
Teams typically use the free version of Foxglove alongside their existing processes for a week or two before they make the full switch.
"The integration was surprisingly straightforward, enabling us to quickly transition from using multiple disjointed tools to a unified workflow. This significantly reduced the barriers for team members to engage with the data."
Scott Butters, Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Aescape
Step 4
