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Awesome R

A curated list of awesome R frameworks, packages and software. Inspired by awesome-machine-learning.

Integrated Development Environment

Integrated Development Environment

  • RStudio - A powerful and productive user interface for R. Works great on Windows, Mac, and Linux.
  • JGR - JGR (speak 'Jaguar') is a Java Gui for R.
  • Emacs + ESS - Emacs Speaks Statistics is an add-on package for emacs text editors.
  • StatET - An Eclipse based IDE (integrated development environment) for R.
  • Revolution R Enterprise - Revolution R would be offered free to academic users and commercial software would focus on big data, large scale multiprocessor functionality.
  • R Commander - A package that provides a basic graphical user interface.
  • IPython - An interactive Python interpreter,and it supports execution of R code while capturing both output and figures.
  • Deducer - A Menu driven data analysis GUI with a spreadsheet like data editor.
  • Radiant - A platform-independent browser-based interface for business analytics in R, based on the Shiny package.

Syntax

Packages change the way you use R.

  • magrittr - Let's pipe it.
  • pipeR - Multi-paradigm Pipeline Implementation.
  • lambda.r - Functional programming and simple pattern matching in R.

Data Manipulation

Packages for cooking data.

  • dplyr - Blazing fast data frames manipulation and database query.
  • data.table - Fast data manipulation in a short and flexible syntax.
  • reshape2 - Flexible rearrange, reshape and aggregate data.
  • readr - A fast and friendly way to read tabular data into R.
  • tidyr - Easily tidy data with spread and gather functions.
  • broom - Convert statistical analysis objects into tidy data frames.
  • rlist - A toolbox for non-tabular data manipulation with lists.
  • ff - Data structures designed to store large datasets.
  • lubridate - A set of functions to work with dates and times.
  • stringi - ICU based string processing package.
  • stringr - Consistent API for string processing.

Graphic Displays

Packages for showing data.

  • ggplot2 - An implementation of the Grammar of Graphics.
  • ggvis - Interactive grammar of graphics for R.
  • rCharts - Interactive JS Charts from R.
  • lattice - A powerful and elegant high-level data visualization system.
  • rgl - 3D visualization device system for R.
  • Cairo - R graphics device using cairo graphics library for creating high-quality display output.
  • extrafont - Tools for using fonts in R graphics.
  • showtext - Enable R graphics device to show text using system fonts.
  • dygraphs - Charting time-series data in R.
  • rbokeh - R Interface to Bokeh.

Reproducible Research

Packages for literate programming.

  • knitr - Easy dynamic report generation in R.
  • xtable - Export tables to LaTeX or HTML.
  • rapport - An R templating system.
  • rmarkdown - Dynamic documents for R.
  • slidify - Generate reproducible html5 slides from R markdown.
  • Sweave - A package designed to write LaTeX reports using R.
  • texreg - Formatting statistical models in LaTex and HTML.

Web Technologies and Services

Packages to surf the web.

  • shiny - Easy interactive web applications with R.
  • RCurl - General network (HTTP/FTP/...) client interface for R.
  • httpuv - HTTP and WebSocket server library.
  • XML - Tools for parsing and generating XML within R.
  • rvest - Simple web scraping for R.
  • OpenCPU - HTTP API for R.

Parallel Computing

Packages for parallel computing.

  • parallel - R started with release 2.14.0 which includes a new package parallel incorporating (slightly revised) copies of packages multicore and snow.
  • Rmpi - Rmpi provides an interface (wrapper) to MPI APIs. It also provides interactive R slave environment.
  • foreach - Executing the loop in parallel.
  • SparkR - R frontend for Spark.

High Performance

Packages for making R faster.

  • Rcpp - Rcpp provides a powerful API on top of R, make function in R extremely faster.
  • Rcpp11 - Rcpp11 is a complete redesign of Rcpp, targetting C++11.
  • compiler - speeding up your R code using the JIT

Language API

Packages for other languages.

  • rJava - Low-level R to Java interface.
  • jvmr - Integration of R, Java, and Scala.
  • rJython - R interface to Python via Jython.
  • rPython - Package allowing R to call Python.
  • runr - Run Julia and Bash from R.
  • RJulia - R package Call Julia.
  • RinRuby - a Ruby library that integrates the R interpreter in Ruby.
  • R.matlab - Read and write of MAT files together with R-to-MATLAB connectivity.
  • RcppOctave - Seamless Interface to Octave and Matlab.
  • RSPerl - A bidirectional interface for calling R from Perl and Perl from R.
  • V8 - Embedded JavaScript Engine.
  • htmlwidgets - Bring the best of JavaScript data visualization to R.
  • rpy2 - Python interface for R.

Database Management

Packages for managing data.

  • RODBC - ODBC database access for R.
  • DBI - Defines a common interface between the R and database management systems.
  • RMySQL - R interface to the MySQL database.
  • ROracle - OCI based Oracle database interface for R.
  • RPostgreSQL - R interface to the PostgreSQL database system.
  • RSQLite - SQLite interface for R
  • RJDBC - Provides access to databases through the JDBC interface.
  • rmongodb - R driver for MongoDB.
  • rredis - Redis client for R.
  • RCassandra - Direct interface (not Java) to the most basic functionality of Apache Cassanda.
  • RHive - R extension facilitating distributed computing via Apache Hive.
  • RNeo4j - Neo4j graph database driver.

Machine Learning

Packages for making R cleverer.

  • AnomalyDetection - AnomalyDetection R package from Twitter.
  • h2o - Deeplearning, Random forests, GBM, KMeans, PCA, GLM
  • Clever Algorithms For Machine Learning
  • Machine Learning For Hackers
  • rpart - Recursive Partitioning and Regression Trees
  • randomForest - Breiman and Cutler's random forests for classification and regression
  • lasso2 - L1 constrained estimation aka ‘lasso’
  • gbm - Generalized Boosted Regression Models
  • e1071 - Misc Functions of the Department of Statistics (e1071), TU Wien
  • tgp - Bayesian treed Gaussian process models
  • rgp - R genetic programming framework
  • arules - Mining Association Rules and Frequent Itemsets
  • frbs - Fuzzy Rule-based Systems for Classification and Regression Tasks
  • rattle - Graphical user interface for data mining in R
  • ahaz - Regularization for semiparametric additive hazards regression
  • arules - Mining Association Rules and Frequent Itemsets
  • bigrf - Big Random Forests: Classification and Regression Forests for Large Data Sets
  • bigRR - Generalized Ridge Regression (with special advantage for p >> n cases)
  • bmrm - Bundle Methods for Regularized Risk Minimization Package
  • Boruta - A wrapper algorithm for all-relevant feature selection
  • bst - Gradient Boosting
  • C50 - C5.0 Decision Trees and Rule-Based Models
  • caret - Classification and Regression Training
  • CORElearn - Classification, regression, feature evaluation and ordinal evaluation
  • CoxBoost - Cox models by likelihood based boosting for a single survival endpoint or competing risks
  • Cubist - Rule- and Instance-Based Regression Modeling
  • earth - Multivariate Adaptive Regression Spline Models
  • elasticnet - Elastic-Net for Sparse Estimation and Sparse PCA
  • ElemStatLearn - Data sets, functions and examples from the book: "The Elements of Statistical Learning, Data Mining, Inference, and Prediction" by Trevor Hastie, Robert Tibshirani and Jerome Friedman
  • evtree - Evolutionary Learning of Globally Optimal Trees
  • frbs - Fuzzy Rule-based Systems for Classification and Regression Tasks
  • GAMBoost - Generalized linear and additive models by likelihood based boosting
  • gamboostLSS - Boosting Methods for GAMLSS
  • gbm - Generalized Boosted Regression Models
  • glmnet - Lasso and elastic-net regularized generalized linear models
  • glmpath - L1 Regularization Path for Generalized Linear Models and Cox Proportional Hazards Model
  • GMMBoost - Likelihood-based Boosting for Generalized mixed models
  • grplasso - Fitting user specified models with Group Lasso penalty
  • grpreg - Regularization paths for regression models with grouped covariates
  • hda - Heteroscedastic Discriminant Analysis
  • ipred - Improved Predictors
  • kernlab - kernlab: Kernel-based Machine Learning Lab
  • klaR - Classification and visualization
  • lars - Least Angle Regression, Lasso and Forward Stagewise
  • lasso2 - L1 constrained estimation aka ‘lasso’
  • LiblineaR - Linear Predictive Models Based On The Liblinear C/C++ Library
  • LogicReg - Logic Regression
  • maptree - Mapping, pruning, and graphing tree models
  • mboost - Model-Based Boosting
  • mvpart - Multivariate partitioning
  • ncvreg - Regularization paths for SCAD- and MCP-penalized regression models
  • nnet - eed-forward Neural Networks and Multinomial Log-Linear Models
  • oblique.tree - Oblique Trees for Classification Data
  • pamr - Pam: prediction analysis for microarrays
  • party - A Laboratory for Recursive Partytioning
  • partykit - A Toolkit for Recursive Partytioning
  • penalized - L1 (lasso and fused lasso) and L2 (ridge) penalized estimation in GLMs and in the Cox model
  • penalizedLDA - Penalized classification using Fisher's linear discriminant
  • penalizedSVM - Feature Selection SVM using penalty functions
  • quantregForest - quantregForest: Quantile Regression Forests
  • randomForest - randomForest: Breiman and Cutler's random forests for classification and regression
  • randomForestSRC - randomForestSRC: Random Forests for Survival, Regression and Classification (RF-SRC)
  • rda - Shrunken Centroids Regularized Discriminant Analysis
  • rdetools - Relevant Dimension Estimation (RDE) in Feature Spaces
  • REEMtree - Regression Trees with Random Effects for Longitudinal (Panel) Data
  • relaxo - Relaxed Lasso
  • rgenoud - R version of GENetic Optimization Using Derivatives
  • rgp - R genetic programming framework
  • Rmalschains - Continuous Optimization using Memetic Algorithms with Local Search Chains (MA-LS-Chains) in R
  • rminer - Simpler use of data mining methods (e.g. NN and SVM) in classification and regression
  • ROCR - Visualizing the performance of scoring classifiers
  • RoughSets - Data Analysis Using Rough Set and Fuzzy Rough Set Theories
  • rpart - Recursive Partitioning and Regression Trees
  • RPMM - Recursively Partitioned Mixture Model
  • RSNNS - Neural Networks in R using the Stuttgart Neural Network Simulator (SNNS)
  • RWeka - R/Weka interface
  • RXshrink - RXshrink: Maximum Likelihood Shrinkage via Generalized Ridge or Least Angle Regression
  • sda - Shrinkage Discriminant Analysis and CAT Score Variable Selection
  • SDDA - Stepwise Diagonal Discriminant Analysis
  • svmpath - svmpath: the SVM Path algorithm
  • tgp - Bayesian treed Gaussian process models
  • tree - Classification and regression trees
  • varSelRF - Variable selection using random forests
  • xgboost - eXtreme Gradient Boosting Tree model, well known for its speed and performance.
  • SuperLearner and subsemble - Multi-algorithm ensemble learning packages.
  • Introduction to Statistical Learning
  • BreakoutDetection - Breakout Detection via Robust E-Statistics from Twitter.
  • igraph - A collection of network analysis tools.

Natural Language Processing

Packages for Natural Language Processing.

  • tm - A comprehensive text mining framework for R.
  • openNLP - Apache OpenNLP Tools Interface.
  • koRpus - An R Package for Text Analysis.
  • zipfR - Statistical models for word frequency distributions.
  • tmcn - A Text mining toolkit for international characters especially for Chinese.
  • rmmseg4j - R interface to the Java Chinese word segmentation system of mmseg4j.
  • Rwordseg - Chinese word segmentation.

Bayesian

Packages for Bayesian Inference.

  • coda - Output analysis and diagnostics for MCMC.
  • mcmc - Markov Chain Monte Carlo.
  • MCMCpack - Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) Package.
  • R2WinBUGS - Running WinBUGS and OpenBUGS from R / S-PLUS.
  • BRugs - R interface to the OpenBUGS MCMC software.
  • rjags - R interface to the JAGS MCMC library.
  • rstan - R interface to the Stan MCMC software.

Finance

Packages for dealing with money.

  • quantmod - Quantitative Financial Modelling & Trading Framework for R.
  • TTR - Functions and data to construct technical trading rules with R.
  • PerformanceAnalytics - Econometric tools for performance and risk analysis.
  • zoo - S3 Infrastructure for Regular and Irregular Time Series.
  • xts - eXtensible Time Series.
  • tseries - Time series analysis and computational finance.
  • fAssets - Analysing and Modelling Financial Assets.

Bioinformatics

Packages for processing biological datasets.

  • Bioconductor - Tools for the analysis and comprehension of high-throughput genomic data.
  • genetics - Classes and methods for handling genetic data.
  • gap - An integrated package for genetic data analysis of both population and family data.
  • ape - Analyses of Phylogenetics and Evolution.
  • pheatmap - Pretty heatmaps made easy.

R Development

Packages for packages.

  • devtools - Tools to make an R developer's life easier.
  • testthat - An R package to make testing fun.
  • R6 - simpler, faster, lighter-weight alternative to R's built-in classes.
  • pryr - Make it easier to understand what's going on in R.
  • roxygen - Describe your functions in comments next to their definitions.
  • lineprof - Visualise line profiling results in R.
  • packrat - Make your R projects more isolated, portable, and reproducible.
  • installr - Functions for installing softwares from within R.
  • Rocker - R configurations for Docker.

Other Interpreter

Alternative R engines.

  • renjin - a JVM-based interpreter for R.
  • pqR - a "pretty quick" implementation of R
  • fastR - FastR is an implementation of the R Language in Java atop Truffle and Graal.
  • riposte - a fast interpreter and JIT for R.
  • TERR - TIBCO Enterprise Runtime for R.
  • RRE - Revolution R Enterprise.
  • CXXR - Refactorising R into C++.

Resources

Where to discover new R-esources.

Websites

  • R-project - The R Project for Statistical Computing.
  • R Bloggers - There are people scattered across the Web who blog about R. This is simply an aggregator of many of those feeds.
  • DataCamp - Learn R data analytics online.
  • Quick-R - An excellent quick reference.
  • Advanced R - An in-progress book site for Advanced R.
  • CRAN Task Views - Task Views for CRAN packages.
  • The R Programming Wikibook - A collaborative handbook for R.

Books

  • The Art of R Programming - It's a good resource for systematically learning fundamentals such as types of objects, control statements, variable scope, classes and debugging in R.
  • R in Action - This book aims at all levels of users, with sections for beginning, intermediate and advanced R ranging from "Exploring R data structures" to running regressions and conducting factor analyses.
  • Use R! - This series of inexpensive and focused books from Springer publish shorter books aimed at practitioners. Books can discuss the use of R in a particular subject area, such as bayesian networks, ggplot2 and Rcpp.

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