Isaac Sim App Selector — Isaac Sim Documentation
Title: Isaac Sim App Selector — Isaac Sim Documentation
URL Source: https://docs.isaacsim.omniverse.nvidia.com/latest/gui/app_selector.html
Published Time: Tue, 21 Oct 2025 19:24:37 GMT
Markdown Content: Isaac Sim App Selector#
The Isaac Sim App Selector allows users to quickly start different Isaac Sim modes and locate file paths.
Note
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The Isaac Sim App Selector is not supported on DGX Spark or aarch64 platforms.
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The Isaac Sim App Selector is deprecated as of Isaac Sim 5.1 and will be removed in a future release.
This table outlines the UI elements of the Isaac Sim App Selector.
| Ref # | Option | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Isaac Sim Full | Selects the main Isaac Sim Application. |
| 2 | Isaac Sim Full Streaming | Selects a headless Isaac Sim with livestreaming via Isaac Sim WebRTC Streaming Client. |
| 3 | Package Utilities | Package Path: Open package directory in the file browser or terminal, or copy the package path. Open In Terminal: This is useful if you want to run the Python Environment or directly execute the launch scripts to run Isaac Sim. Clear Caches: Run script to clear the texture, shader and kit caches. Follow the prompts to clear a specific cache. |
| 4 | Additional Arguments | Starts the selected app with the added command line flags. Some useful commands below: -v for verbose logging in the terminal --reset-user reset user config --reset-user --/app/window/width=1920 set the application window width --reset-user --/app/window/height=1080 set the application window height --reset-user --/app/renderer/resolution/width=1920 set the renderer resolution width --reset-user --/app/renderer/resolution/height=1080 set the renderer resolution height --/renderer/activeGpu=0 to set the GPU used by Isaac Sim to the specified number Note: Run Isaac Sim with the --help flag to see additional command line flags. |
| 5 | ROS Options | ROS Bridge Extension - Select whether to run the ROS 2 Bridge. Leave blank to disable the ROS 2 Bridge. Use Internal ROS 2 Internal Libraries - Select the ROS 2 distro internal library to run Isaac Sim with. Applicable when no local installation is available. |
| 6 | Settings | Other settings. Set selection as new default app - This is useful when use with the next option “Automatically start default app”. - Select the a mode (#1-#4) above then click the checkbox. Click START or CLOSE to save this setting. Automatically start default app - This option will skip running the Isaac Sim App Selector and run the selected default app directly. Keep App Selector window opened - When selected, the Isaac Sim App Selector window will not close when the START button is pressed. Show startup console - When selected, Isaac Sim runs in a terminal window then the START button is pressed. |
| 7 | Start | Press the START button to run the selected mode of Isaac Sim |
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The configuration file for the Isaac Sim App Selector is located at ~/.local/share/ov/data/Kit/Isaac-Sim_App_Selector/<version>/user.config.json
Here is the default config file:
"persistent": { "ext": { "isaacsim.app.selector": { "default_app": "omni.isaac.sim", "auto_start": false, "persistent_selector": false, "show_console": true, "extra_args": "", "ros_bridge_extension": 0, "ros_internal_libs": 0 } } }
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