Run CRAN URL Checks from Older R Versions

Provide the URL checking tools available in R 4.1+ as a package for earlier versions of R. Also uses concurrent requests so can be much faster than the serial versions.

Wait for a Key Press in a Terminal

Wait for a single key press at the 'R' prompt. This works in terminals, but does not currently work in the 'Windows' 'GUI', the 'OS X' 'GUI' ('R.app'), in 'Emacs' 'ESS', in an 'Emacs' shell buffer or in 'R Studio'. In these cases 'keypress' stops with an error message.

Helpers for Developing Command Line Interfaces

A suite of tools to build attractive command line interfaces ('CLIs'), from semantic elements: headings, lists, alerts, paragraphs, etc. Supports custom themes via a 'CSS'-like language. It also contains a number of lower level 'CLI' elements: rules, boxes, trees, and 'Unicode' symbols with 'ASCII' alternatives. It support ANSI colors and text styles as well.

Create Disposable R Packages for Testing

Create disposable R packages for testing. You can create, install and load multiple R packages with a single function call, and then unload, uninstall and destroy them with another function call. This is handy when testing how some R code or an R package behaves with respect to other packages.

Tools for 'CRAN'-Like Repositories

A set of functions to manage 'CRAN'-like repositories efficiently.

Stack Data Type as an 'R6' Class

An extremely simple stack data type, implemented with 'R6' classes. The size of the stack increases as needed, and the amortized time complexity is O(1). The stack may contain arbitrary objects.

Lightweight Portable Message Queue Using 'SQLite'

Temporary and permanent message queues for R. Built on top of 'SQLite' databases. 'SQLite' provides locking, and makes it possible to detect crashed consumers. Crashed jobs can be automatically marked as "failed", or put in the queue again, potentially a limited number of times.

Simple Graph Data Types and Basic Algorithms

Simple classic graph algorithms for simple graph classes. Graphs may possess vertex and edge attributes. 'simplegraph' has no dependencies and it is written entirely in R, so it is easy to install.

Dynamic 'R' Prompt

Set the 'R' prompt dynamically, from a function. The package contains some examples to include various useful dynamic information in the prompt: the status of the last command (success or failure); the amount of memory allocated by the current 'R' process; the name of the R package(s) loaded by 'pkgload' and/or 'devtools'; various 'git' information: the name of the active branch, whether it is dirty, if it needs pushes pulls. You can also create your own prompt if you don't like the predefined examples.

Slick Call Stacks

Better looking call stacks after an error.