RSL (ROS Support Library)
- Software
- Middleware
- Library
RSL is a collection of C++17 utilities for ROS projects, offering helpers such as thread-safe queues, static containers, and randomness tools.
Made by PickNik Robotics, United States (checked on github.com/PickNikRobotics (opens in a new tab)).
Source on GitHub: github.com/PickNikRobotics/RSL (opens in a new tab). Facts read at commit a678382 (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 a678382 (opens in a new tab), on 16 Oct 2026.
- Commercial use
- Yes
What it does
- Provides functions for inspecting collections (algorithm.hpp).
- Includes functions and operators for monadic expressions (monad.hpp).
- Offers a class template for easily visiting variants (overload.hpp).
- Includes functions for validating rclcpp::Parameter (parameter_validators.hpp).
- Provides a thread-safe queue (queue.hpp) and a static capacity string and vector class.
- Includes a strong typedef class, a [[nodiscard]] helper for lambdas, and a macro emulating Rust-style early return (try.hpp).
Written by Robotheca from the project's README (opens in a new tab) at commit a678382.
Getting started
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- How to start
- The project's website (opens in a new tab)
Maintenance
- Status
- Active: a commit in the last 90 days
- Newest commit
- 25 Jul 2026 on main
- 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.