xacro
- Software
- Middleware
- Tool
Xacro is an XML macro language that expands macros into larger XML, making XML files shorter and easier to read.
Made by ROS core stacks.
Source on GitHub: github.com/ros/xacro (opens in a new tab). Facts read at commit da4b384 (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 da4b384 (opens in a new tab), on 16 Oct 2026.
- Commercial use
- Yes
What it does
- Lets you write shorter, more readable XML by defining macros that expand to larger XML expressions.
- Documentation for current releases is kept in the project's wiki, with older release docs on the ROS wiki.
Written by Robotheca from the project's README (opens in a new tab) at commit da4b384.
Getting started
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- How to start
- The project's website (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 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.
Robotheca lists software as a reference: nothing is hosted or run here, and every fact links to where it was read.