Styri

Styri — one offline operator panel for ROS 2 and VDA 5050 robots. See, send and stop a mixed fleet from any browser on site. No cloud, no account. Free for up to 3 robots.

_{Watch the 1-minute demo with sound. Simulated robots and site shown.}

Quickstart

Run it on any Linux box on the robots’ network (amd64 or arm64):

docker run --rm --network host ghcr.io/styri-dev/styri-core:v2.0.1

Open http://<this machine’s IP>:8080. Host networking lets Styri see DDS discovery on your LAN. Open source: read the code before you run it.

A mixed fleet, no hardware? One ROS 2 robot and two VDA 5050 vehicles on one map, all simulated:

cd examples/mixed-fleet && docker compose up

The first run builds the simulated robots, which takes a few minutes. Open http://localhost:8080 and log in with styri-demo. docker compose down -v resets the demo, map edits included.

On a Mac? Run Styri on the robot or any Linux machine on its network, and open the panel from any browser, Mac included. Docker on macOS can’t see a robot on another machine, but the mixed-fleet demo runs there too.

What you get

• Mixed-fleet map — ROS 2 and VDA 5050 robots on one site map, each with its verdict and battery
• Command status — a goal shows Sent, Accepted, Running, Done, or why it failed, from what the robot reports
• Operator stop with confirmation — per robot or Stop all, then “Stopped”, “No reply from robot” or “Stop NOT confirmed”
• Roles — viewer, operator and admin accounts, on the Users screen or with styri users
• Audit log — every command and refusal in a local append-only log
• styri check — tests your config against the live robots and broker, PASS or FAIL per line

Control and safety

Control is off until an admin turns it on. Operator stop is a software stop, not a safety function. Read SAFETY.md before you turn control on.

Compatibility

docs/COMPATIBILITY.md lists what Styri supports. So far it has been tested against simulators only: Nav2’s loopback simulator, Styri’s own ROS 2 sim and vda-5050-lib’s virtual AGV, not a real vendor robot.

Editions

More than three robots? Styri Pilot is the public ghcr.io/styri-dev/styri-pro image plus a license file: docs/PILOT.md.

VDA 5050 bench

Free VDA 5050 bench: styri-vda-bench, an unofficial self-check.

Help

Guides: styri.dev/help. Something not showing up? See docs/TROUBLESHOOTING.md.

Setup

Deploying to a client fleet? We can set it up for you. Styri Setup or talk to us.

License

Apache-2.0. See LICENSE. Bundled third-party software is listed in NOTICE. Styri comes with no warranty and no safety certification: see SAFETY.md.

Nothing phones home

• Every asset is served locally: fonts, icons, scripts. No CDN.
• No telemetry, no license server, no account.
• Unplug the internet and it still works.

Verify it yourself:

sudo tcpdump -i any 'not net 10.0.0.0/8 and not net 172.16.0.0/12 and not net 192.168.0.0/16 and not host 127.0.0.1 and not net 224.0.0.0/4'

Nothing should appear while Styri runs. (DDS discovery uses LAN multicast, 224.0.0.0/4, which never leaves your network.)

How it works

ROS 2 nodes ──DDS──▶ Styri bridge ──local WebSocket──▶ Styri panel ──LAN──▶ any browser
                         │
                         └──▶ local activity log (SQLite)

One container: a small bridge subscribes to your ROS 2 topics and serves a static web panel. Nothing leaves the machine except to browsers on your LAN.

Configuration

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