PackageBrowser

Browse list of R Packages:

• Downloads list of active packages from CRAN;
• Enables searches using regular expressions;
• Advanced searching possible using the Search tab: enables searches using multiple expressions & negation of the individual expressions in the list of expressions;

Installation

Install the package directly from GitHub or download the source files.

Example

Load the package and start the app:

### Load library

# if installed;
library(PackageBrowser)

# otherwise:
path = "..."
devtools::document(path)
devtools::load_all(path)


### Start App
runApp()

In the Data tab click the All button: this will download the list of all active packages from the CRAN server.

The packages are displayed in a DataTable. It is possible to filter the list of packages using various filters, including regular expressions. More advanced filters are available in the Search tab.

The Open button opens the specific CRAN web page for the currently selected package.

The Reverse button loads the list of reverse dependencies for the current package.

The Archived tab displays the list of packages that were archived on CRAN. The list is loaded automatically.

Note: it may take 5-10 s to load the data.

Other Packages

• Package pkgdepR: Statically Determine Function Dependencies Between Packages

  https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/pkgdepR/index.html

• CRAN incoming dashboard

  https://r-hub.github.io/cransays/articles/dashboard.html

• Package ciw: Watch the CRAN Incoming Directories

  https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/ciw/index.html

• Package foghorn: Summarize CRAN Check Results in the Terminal

  https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/foghorn/index.html