Foxglove alternatives: 2 apps ranked by verified data

Facts checked Nov 1, 2026AppBreakup editorialHow we rank

Common reasons people leave Foxglove: larger teams pay per developer seat, device and usage, and desktop Linux build needs a Debian-based system. We ranked 2 alternatives by how directly each one replaces Foxglove, then by reviews, real visits and how recently each app's facts were checked against its own website. Rerun currently ranks first.

Quick comparison

#	App	Pricing	Open source	Platforms	Verified facts	Score
1	Rerun	Open source	Yes	Web, Windows, macOS +1	4 of 4	62.6
2	PlotJuggler	Open source	Yes	Linux, Windows	4 of 4	59.6

1. RerunTop pick
Best for: Robotics and vision developers who want to log and inspect multimodal data from their own code
Open sourceWeb, Windows, macOS, Linux
62.6
score / 100
Why switch from Foxglove
Open-source SDK and viewer for multimodal robotics data, strong for logging straight from Python, C++ or Rust code.
Pros
SDK and viewer are free under Apache-2.0 and MIT
Python, C++ and Rust APIs with a time-synced viewer
Viewer runs on desktop and in the browser
Cons
Needs code to log data rather than opening any file out of the box
Hosted Hub pricing is not published
Uses its own .rrd recording format
Visit Rerun Details and reviews
How this score is calculated
Editorial fit ×0.387
Reviews ×0.363
Clicks (90 days) ×0.150
Freshness ×0.1585
Votes ×0.150
0 counted reviews, 0 up and 0 down votes. Full formula
Is Rerun a good Foxglove alternative?
Verified facts
4 of 4 verified
License
Apache-2.0 / MIT
Checked Oct 30, 2026rerun.io(opens source in a new tab)
APIs
Python, Rust, C++
Checked Oct 30, 2026rerun.io(opens source in a new tab)
Viewer
Desktop and web
Checked Oct 30, 2026rerun.io(opens source in a new tab)
Hub pricing
Per deployment, on request
Checked Oct 30, 2026rerun.io(opens source in a new tab)
2. PlotJuggler
Best for: ROS and drone developers who need fast, free plotting of signals from logs or live topics
Open sourceLinux, Windows
59.6
score / 100
Why switch from Foxglove
Free, fast time-series plotting for ROS and log files when you mainly need signal graphs.
Pros
Free and open source under MPL-2.0
Reads MCAP, ROS, CSV, Parquet and ULog files
Streams live data over ROS 2, MQTT, WebSocket and ZeroMQ
Cons
Version 4 with 2D/3D views is still in beta
No cloud storage or team sharing
Mainly built and tested for Linux
Visit PlotJuggler Details and reviews
How this score is calculated
Editorial fit ×0.377
Reviews ×0.363
Clicks (90 days) ×0.150
Freshness ×0.1585
Votes ×0.150
0 counted reviews, 0 up and 0 down votes. Full formula
Is PlotJuggler a good Foxglove alternative?
Verified facts
4 of 4 verified
License
MPL-2.0
Checked Nov 1, 2026github.com(opens source in a new tab)
File formats
MCAP, LeRobot, Parquet, CSV, ULog
Checked Nov 1, 2026plotjuggler.io(opens source in a new tab)
Live streaming
ROS 2, MQTT, WebSocket, ZeroMQ, WebRTC
Checked Nov 1, 2026plotjuggler.io(opens source in a new tab)
Price
Free
Checked Nov 1, 2026plotjuggler.io(opens source in a new tab)