Community

An Open Repository for R Packages

Packages are available for installation from the repository at https://community.r-multiverse.org.

A traditional software version cycle begins with the development phase, where bugs are identified and fixed, and ends with the production phase, which promises a seamless user experience.

Community aims at a space just before production, commonly referred to as Quality Assurance (QA). This means that:

1. Each package release has the full endorsement of its own maintainer. R-multiverse always provides a version that its developer chose to distribute for general use.
2. The user is still responsible for judging whether a package is appropriate to use. Some releases may still have issues, as indicated by their check results, publicly available at https://community.r-multiverse.org.

Continuous maintainer-driven deployment

Anyone can contribute packages to Community via GitHub. Each package only needs to be registered once.

Every new release then automatically deploys to the repository without needing to go through R-multiverse again. In other words, the package maintainer is in complete control.

This frictionless, maintainer-driven experience was made possible by the incredible infrastructure of rOpenSci’s R-universe system.

What about my personal R-universe?

R-multiverse perfectly complements your existing personal or organization R-universe.

This can continue to hold either development or release versions for yourself and your colleagues. At the same time, R-multiverse deploys the latest package releases directly to the wider community.