Trending R Projects

This page lists the top trending R projects based on the growth of GitHub stars.
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Top 50 Trending R Projects

  1. awesome-computational-social-science

    A list of awesome resources for Computational Social Science

  2. gggenomes

    A grammar of graphics for comparative genomics

  3. bibliometrix

    An R-tool for comprehensive science mapping analysis. A package for quantitative research in scientometrics and bibliometrics.

  4. tibble

    A modern re-imagining of the data frame

  5. infercnv

    Inferring CNV from Single-Cell RNA-Seq

  6. gptstudio

    GPT RStudio addins that enable GPT assisted coding, writing & analysis

  7. Intro-to-scRNAseq

  8. r-polars

    Polars R bindings

  9. rlang

    Low-level API for programming with R

  10. box

    Write reusable, composable and modular R code (by klmr)

  11. fasteR

    Fast Lane to Learning R! (by matloff)

  12. brms

    brms R package for Bayesian generalized multivariate non-linear multilevel models using Stan

  13. targets

    Function-oriented Make-like declarative workflows for R

  14. pointblank

    Data quality assessment and metadata reporting for data frames and database tables

  15. mlr3

    mlr3: Machine Learning in R - next generation

  16. swirl

    :cyclone: Learn R, in R.

  17. awesome-network-analysis

    A curated list of awesome network analysis resources.

  18. seurat

    R toolkit for single cell genomics

  19. clusterProfiler

    :bar_chart: A universal enrichment tool for interpreting omics data

  20. ComplexHeatmap

    Make Complex Heatmaps

  21. worldfootballR

    A wrapper for extracting world football (soccer) data from FBref, Transfermark, Understat

  22. languageserver

    An implementation of the Language Server Protocol for R

  23. UpSetR

    An R implementation of the UpSet set visualization technique published by Lex, Gehlenborg, et al..

  24. MetBrewer

    Color palette package in R inspired by works at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York

  25. datasets

    A collection of datasets of ML problem solving (by selva86)

  26. r-color-palettes

    Comprehensive list of color palettes available in R ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

  27. workflowr

    Organize your project into a research website

  28. renv

    renv: Project environments for R.

  29. r4ds

    R for data science: a book

  30. DrWhy

    DrWhy is the collection of tools for eXplainable AI (XAI). It's based on shared principles and simple grammar for exploration, explanation and visualisation of predictive models.

  31. easystats

    :milky_way: The R easystats-project

  32. stringr

    A fresh approach to string manipulation in R

  33. literature-clock

    Clock using time quotes from the literature, based on the work of Jaap Meijers

  34. wesanderson

    A Wes Anderson color palette for R

  35. lintr

    Static Code Analysis for R

  36. fuzzyjoin

    Join tables together on inexact matching

  37. esquisse

    RStudio add-in to make plots interactively with ggplot2

  38. ggsci

    🦄 Scientific journal and sci-fi themed color palettes for ggplot2

  39. report

    :scroll: :tada: Automated reporting of objects in R

  40. pkgdown

    Generate static html documentation for an R package

  41. tinytex

    A lightweight, cross-platform, portable, and easy-to-maintain LaTeX distribution based on TeX Live

  42. ganttrify

    Create beautiful Gantt charts with ggplot2

  43. quantmod

    Quantitative Financial Modelling Framework

  44. ProgrammingAssignment2

    Repository for Programming Assignment 2 for R Programming on Coursera

  45. kableExtra

    Construct Complex Table with knitr::kable() + pipe.

  46. recipes

    Pipeable steps for feature engineering and data preprocessing to prepare for modeling (by tidymodels)

  47. ggeffects

    Estimated Marginal Means and Marginal Effects from Regression Models for ggplot2

  48. FriendsDontLetFriends

    Friends don't let friends make certain types of data visualization - What are they and why are they bad.

  49. patchwork

    The Composer of ggplots (by thomasp85)

ABOUT: The growth percentage is calculated as the increase in the number of stars compared to the previous month. We list only projects that have at least 500 stars and a GitHub organization logo set.

Index

What are some of the trending open-source R projects? This list will help you:

Project Growth
1 awesome-computational-social-science 4.5%
2 rayshader_portraits 3.8%
3 gggenomes 2.4%
4 bibliometrix 2.3%
5 tibble 2.3%
6 infercnv 2.0%
7 gptstudio 1.9%
8 Intro-to-scRNAseq 1.9%
9 r-polars 1.8%
10 rlang 1.7%
11 box 1.6%
12 fasteR 1.5%
13 brms 1.5%
14 targets 1.5%
15 pointblank 1.5%
16 mlr3 1.4%
17 swirl 1.4%
18 awesome-network-analysis 1.3%
19 seurat 1.3%
20 clusterProfiler 1.2%
21 ComplexHeatmap 1.2%
22 worldfootballR 1.2%
23 languageserver 1.1%
24 UpSetR 1.1%
25 MetBrewer 1.1%
26 datasets 1.1%
27 r-color-palettes 1.1%
28 workflowr 1.1%
29 renv 1.0%
30 r4ds 1.0%
31 DrWhy 1.0%
32 easystats 1.0%
33 stringr 0.9%
34 literature-clock 0.9%
35 wesanderson 0.9%
36 lintr 0.9%
37 fuzzyjoin 0.9%
38 esquisse 0.9%
39 ggsci 0.9%
40 report 0.9%
41 pkgdown 0.8%
42 tinytex 0.8%
43 ganttrify 0.7%
44 quantmod 0.7%
45 ProgrammingAssignment2 0.7%
46 kableExtra 0.7%
47 recipes 0.7%
48 ggeffects 0.7%
49 FriendsDontLetFriends 0.7%
50 patchwork 0.7%