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

September 10, 2024
September 24, 2024
June 12, 2024
The rOpenSci Multiverse

Alejandra Bellini, Yanina Bellini Saibene

November 6, 2023
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

September 15, 2023
August 1, 2023
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

June 6, 2023
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

March 30, 2023
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

February 28, 2023
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

November 23, 2022
March 23, 2022
January 31, 2022
November 24, 2021
September 3, 2021
rOpenSci's R-universe Project

Jeroen Ooms, Karthik Ram

May 25, 2021
November 19, 2020

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