generate_parameter_library
- Software
- Middleware
- Library
A ROS 2 tool that generates C++ or Python code for declaring, reading, and validating node parameters from a declarative YAML file.
Made by ROS 2 Tooling Working Groups.
Source on GitHub: github.com/ros-tooling/generate_parameter_library (opens in a new tab). Facts read at commit 3c5a24d (opens in a new tab).
Licenses
- Code
- BSD-3-Clause (opens in a new tab)
Read by Robotheca from LICENSE (opens in a new tab) (BSD-3-Clause) at commit 3c5a24d (opens in a new tab), on 16 Oct 2026.
- Commercial use
- Yes
What it does
- Converts a YAML parameter specification into a C++ struct or Python module with typed parameters.
- Generated code handles declaring, getting, validating and updating parameters.
- Supports dynamic parameters and user-written custom validator functions.
- Provides built-in validators for values, strings and arrays, such as bounds, one_of and unique.
- Supports nested structures and mapped parameters keyed by string arrays.
- Can generate Markdown documentation from the parameter YAML file.
Written by Robotheca from the project's README (opens in a new tab) at commit 3c5a24d.
Getting started
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- How to start
- The project's README (opens in a new tab)
Maintenance
- Status
- Active: a commit in the last 90 days
- Newest commit
- 16 Oct 2026 on main
- Latest release
- 0.4.0 (14 Jan 2025)
Checked on GitHub on 16 Oct 2026.
Links
Robots on Robotheca that use it
No robot on Robotheca is linked to it yet. Links come from a robot's robot.yaml, from its dependency files read as text, or from Robotheca's editors.
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