keyboard_handler
- Software
- Middleware
- Library
A lightweight, cross-platform library for handling keyboard input, with integration into ROS.
Made by ROS 2 Tooling Working Groups.
Source on GitHub: github.com/ros-tooling/keyboard_handler (opens in a new tab). Facts read at commit fc046de (opens in a new tab).
Licenses
- Code
- Apache-2.0 (opens in a new tab)
Read by Robotheca from LICENSE (opens in a new tab) (Apache-2.0) at commit fc046de (opens in a new tab), on 16 Oct 2026.
- Commercial use
- Yes
What it does
- Reads keyboard input across different operating systems.
- Integrates with ROS, the Robot Operating System.
- Is described as a lightweight library.
Written by Robotheca from the project's README (opens in a new tab) at commit fc046de.
Getting started
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- How to start
- The project's README (opens in a new tab)
Maintenance
- Status
- Maintained: a commit in the last 12 months
- Newest commit
- 19 Jun 2026 on rolling
- Latest release
- None published on GitHub
Checked on GitHub on 16 Oct 2026.
Links
Robots that can run 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.
Robotheca lists software as a reference: nothing is hosted or run here, and every fact links to where it was read.