Parse Data of 'R' Code as an 'XML' Tree

Convert the output of 'utils::getParseData()' to an 'XML' tree, that one can search via 'XPath', and easier to manipulate in general.

Show an Image on an 'R' Graphics Device

Sometimes it is handy to be able to view an image file on an 'R' graphics device. This package just does that. Currently it supports 'PNG' files.

Create 'Ascii' Screen Casts from R Scripts

Record 'asciicast' screen casts from R scripts. Convert them to animated SVG images, to be used in 'README' files, or blog posts. Includes 'asciinema-player' as an 'HTML' widget, and an 'asciicast' 'knitr' engine, to embed 'ascii' screen casts in 'Rmarkdown' documents.

Cache 'CRAN'-Like Metadata and R Packages

Metadata and package cache for CRAN-like repositories. This is a utility package to be used by package management tools that want to take advantage of caching.

Query 'R' Versions, Including 'r-release' and 'r-oldrel'

Query the main 'R' 'SVN' repository to find the versions 'r-release' and 'r-oldrel' refer to, and also all previous 'R' versions and their release dates.

Open System Files, 'URLs', Anything

Cross platform solution to open files, directories or 'URLs' with their associated programs.

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.

Praise Users

Build friendly R packages that praise their users if they have done something good, or they just need it to feel better.

Share Sensitive Information in R Packages

Allow sharing sensitive information, for example passwords, 'API' keys, etc., in R packages, using public key cryptography.

Package Dependency Resolution and Downloads

Find recursive dependencies of 'R' packages from various sources. Solve the dependencies to obtain a consistent set of packages to install. Download packages, and install them. It supports packages on 'CRAN', 'Bioconductor' and other 'CRAN-like' repositories, 'GitHub', package 'URLs', and local package trees and files. It caches metadata and package files via the 'pkgcache' package, and performs all 'HTTP' requests, downloads, builds and installations in parallel. 'pkgdepends' is the workhorse of the 'pak' package.