rclpy_message_converter
- Software
- Middleware
- Library
A lightweight ROS package and Python library that converts between Python dictionaries or JSON and ROS messages, in both directions.
Made by DFKI Niedersachsen, Germany (checked on github.com/DFKI-NI (opens in a new tab)).
Source on GitHub: github.com/DFKI-NI/rospy_message_converter (opens in a new tab). Facts read at commit 6d907be (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 6d907be (opens in a new tab), on 16 Oct 2026.
- Commercial use
- Yes
What it does
- Converts a Python dictionary into a ROS message of a given type, such as std_msgs/String.
- Converts a ROS message back into a Python dictionary.
- Converts JSON strings to ROS messages and ROS messages to JSON.
- The master branch targets ROS 1; ROS 2 users pick the branch matching their distro (foxy, galactic, humble, rolling, and others).
- Includes a test suite run with catkin_make test and pre-commit formatting checks.
Written by Robotheca from the project's README (opens in a new tab) at commit 6d907be.
Getting started
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- How to start
- The project's README (opens in a new tab)
Maintenance
- Status
- Maintained: a commit in the last 12 months
- Newest commit
- 27 Apr 2026 on master
- 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.
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