rOpenSci | The R-universe platform

The R-universe platform

R-universe is rOpenSci’s platform for improving publication and discovery of research software in R.

R-universe allows users and developers of R packages to…

  • Discover: R-universe provides a searchable catalogue for R software, articles, datasets, anywhere in the ecosystem. That catalogue is indexed and ranked using R specific features.

  • Learn: R-universe serves rendered material and extensive background information to learn about a package and get started using it.

  • Publish: R-universe is an open platform for running personal cran-like package repositories to make your work visible and accessible to a big audience, with or without CRAN.

  • Develop: R-universe provides a zero config development environment for continuous integration (identify upcoming breakage before the release), experimental R features, new platforms such as WebAssembly, etc.

Articles about r-universe

Better documentation for R-universe!

Maëlle Salmon, Jeroen Ooms, Noam Ross

2025-02-25
The rOpenSci Multiverse

Alejandra Bellini, Yanina Bellini Saibene

2023-11-23
Meeting the Stars of the R-Universe: The R-Universe Against Diseases.

Yanina Bellini Saibene, Alejandra Bellini, Lucio Casalla, Steffi LaZerte, Rich FitzJohn, Rob Ashton

2023-09-23
2023-08-23
Meeting the Stars of the R-Universe: PEcAn, an Open Source Project to Take Care of the Planet

Yanina Bellini Saibene, Alejandra Bellini, Lucio Casalla, Steffi LaZerte, Rob Kooper, Chris Black, Eric Scott, Michael Dietze, David LeBauer

2023-06-23
Meeting the Stars of the R-Universe: Researching Our Brain with the Magic of the R-Universe

Yanina Bellini Saibene, Alejandra Bellini, Lucio Casalla, Steffi LaZerte, Athanasia Mo Mowinckel

2023-03-23
Meeting the Stars of the R-universe: ThinkR's Approach to Contributing to a Growing and Friendly R Community

Yanina Bellini Saibene, Sébastien Rochette, Alejandra Bellini, Lucio Casalla, Steffi LaZerte

2023-02-23
Meeting the stars of the R-universe: R Community, Exchange and Learn

Yanina Bellini Saibene, Alejandra Bellini, Lucio Casalla, Steffi LaZerte, Juan Pablo Ruiz Nicolini, Pablo Tiscornia

2022-11-22
2022-01-22
rOpenSci's R-universe Project

Jeroen Ooms, Karthik Ram

2021-05-21
2020-11-20

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