The Warehouse

Function-first R package discovery

Find R packages by what they do, not what they're called.

Live site: rwarehouse.netlify.app

Features

• Semantic search - Describe what you want to do, find relevant packages
• 23,000+ packages - CRAN, Bioconductor, and GitHub packages indexed
• AI-powered search - Uses Claude for intelligent query understanding
• Quality scores - R-Universe quality metrics for every package
• Browse by category - Epidemiology, machine learning, visualization, AI/LLMs, and more
• Community reviews - Share experiences and tips for packages

Tech Stack

• Frontend: Quarto static site
• Search: Fuse.js + Claude API
• Hosting: Netlify (with serverless functions)
• Data: R-Universe API, CRAN, Bioconductor

Local Development

Prerequisites

• Quarto
• Node.js 18+
• R with packages: tidyverse, jsonlite, httr

Setup

# Clone repository
git clone https://github.com/kylieainslie/warehouse.git
cd warehouse/website

# Install function dependencies
cd netlify/functions && npm install && cd ../..

# Preview website
quarto preview

Environment Variables

For AI search to work locally, set in Netlify dashboard or .env:

ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=your_key_here

Project Structure

warehouse/
├── website/
│   ├── _quarto.yml           # Site config
│   ├── index.qmd             # Homepage
│   ├── categories/           # Category pages
│   ├── data/                 # Package JSON data
│   ├── js/search.js          # Search logic
│   ├── netlify/functions/    # Serverless API
│   └── styles.css
├── scripts/                  # Data pipeline scripts
└── README.md

Contributing

Contributions welcome! You can:

• Submit packages - Add a package
• Write reviews - Share your experience
• Report issues - GitHub Issues
• Contribute code - PRs welcome

License

MIT License

Credits

• Data from R-Universe, CRAN, Bioconductor
• Built with Quarto and Claude Code