CRAN: Contributed Packages (original) (raw)

Available Packages

Currently, the CRAN package repository features 22356 available packages.

Table of available packages, sorted by date of publication

Table of available packages, sorted by name

CRAN Task Views aim to provide some guidance which packages on CRAN are relevant for tasks related to a certain topic. They provide tools to automatically install all packages from each view. Currently, 48 views are available.

Installation of Packages

Please typehelp("INSTALL")orhelp("install.packages")in R for information on how to install packages from this repository. The manual R Installation and Administration(also contained in the R base sources) explains the process in detail.

Package Check Results

All packages are tested regularly on machines runningDebian GNU/Linux,Fedora, macOS (formerly OS X) and Windows.

The results are summarized in thecheck summary (sometimings are also available).

Linking to Packages

Please use the canonical formhttps://CRAN.R-project.org/package=_PKG_\to link to the CRAN web page of package PKG.

In the rare case a link to a specific (and hence likely outdated) version of the package's sources in needed, one can usehttps://CRAN.R-project.org/package=_PKG_&version=_VER_\for version VER of package PKG.

Writing Your Own Packages

The manualWriting R Extensions(also contained in the R base sources) explains how to write new packages and how to contribute them to CRAN.

Repository Policies

The manualCRAN Repository Policy [PDF]describes the policies in place for the CRAN package repository.