ros_system_fingerprint
- Software
- Middleware
- Tool
A small ROS tool that collects a snapshot of a robot system's configuration into one YAML file, meant to be shared when debugging.
Made by MetroRobots.
Source on GitHub: github.com/MetroRobots/ros_system_fingerprint (opens in a new tab). Facts read at commit ac84bb8 (opens in a new tab).
Licenses
- Code
- BSD-2-Clause (opens in a new tab)
Read by Robotheca from LICENSE (opens in a new tab) (BSD-2-Clause) at commit ac84bb8 (opens in a new tab), on 16 Oct 2026.
- Commercial use
- Yes
What it does
- Running one command generates a fingerprint.yaml file describing the machine and the ROS setup.
- Captures OS and machine details under the system section.
- Records ROS, AMENT, COLCON and RCUTILS environment variables.
- Dumps ROS parameters, the running nodes with their topics and services, and the type of each topic, service and action.
- Saves the TF frames with their geometry, frequency and whether they are static.
- Lists the build tool, workspace location, checked-out repos and their versions.
Written by Robotheca from the project's README (opens in a new tab) at commit ac84bb8.
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
- 7 Apr 2026 on ros2
- 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.