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Development

4 Easy Ways to Access R from a Python Program

July 24, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, Roundup

This roundup picks the finest software which lets you access R from within a Python program.

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3 Easy Ways to Access Python from R

July 23, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, Roundup, Scientific

This roundup picks the finest software which lets you access Python from R.

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rchitect – maps the R API to Python

July 22, 2026 Steve Emms Programming

rchitect maps the R API to Python, enabling Python programs to interact with an embedded R session.

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rpymat – creates and manages an isolated Miniconda and Python environment

July 22, 2026 Steve Emms Scientific

rpymat is an R package that creates and manages an isolated Miniconda and Python environment for reproducible data-processing pipelines.

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Static Site Generators

8 Best Free and Open Source R Static Site Generators

July 1, 2026 Eilidih Parris Internet, Roundup, Web Apps

To provide an insight into the quality of software that is available, we have compiled a list of 3 best R static site generators.

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Static Site Generator

workflowr – R package

July 1, 2026 Steve Emms Web Apps

workflowr is an R package that helps researchers organize analysis projects as reproducible research websites.

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Static Site Generator

sandpaper – R package

July 1, 2026 Steve Emms Web Apps

sandpaper is an R package that provides the user interface for The Carpentries Workbench.

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altdoc – R package

July 1, 2026 Steve Emms Web Apps

altdoc is an R package that helps package authors create, render, preview, and deploy documentation websites without relying on pkgdown.

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pkgdown – R package that generates static HTML documentation websites

June 30, 2026 Steve Emms Web Apps

pkgdown is an R package that generates static HTML documentation websites for R packages.

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TorrentTUI – terminal-based BitTorrent client

June 27, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, TUI

TorrentTUI is a terminal-based BitTorrent client for working with magnet links and .torrent files from a text interface.

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Coding

6 Useful Free and Open Source R Linters

June 27, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, Roundup

This article picks some useful tools to help you fix R code.

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checkglobals – R package that performs static analysis of R source code dependencies

June 26, 2026 Steve Emms Programming

checkglobals is an R package that performs static analysis of R source code dependencies.

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scilintr – collection of scientific linting tools

June 25, 2026 Steve Emms Programming

scilintr is a collection of scientific linting tools for R and Python analysis projects, together with a companion LaTeX report linter.

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Natural Language Processing

TALL (Text Analysis for ALL) is an R Shiny application

June 16, 2026 Steve Emms Scientific

TALL (Text Analysis for ALL) is an R Shiny application for exploring, modelling, and visualizing textual data.

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Development

8 Top Free and Open Source Graphical User Interfaces for R

June 16, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, Scientific

To provide an insight into the quality of software available for Linux, we give our verdict on the best graphical user interfaces for R.

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flowR – sophisticated, static dataflow analyzer

April 5, 2026 Steve Emms Programming

flowR is a sophisticated static analysis framework for the R programming language.

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Statistics

8 Best Free and Open Source Linux Statistical Analysis Tools

March 15, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, Scientific

We recommend the finest software for performing statistical analysis. Open source goodness at its best.

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flir – parse and rewrite R code

December 27, 2025 Eilidih Parris Programming

flir is an R package to detect and rewrite code patterns. It was originally created to be an R linter and an alternative to lintr.

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lintr – provides static code analysis for R

December 22, 2025 Eilidih Parris Programming

lintr provides static code analysis for R. It checks for adherence to a given style, identifying syntax errors and possible semantic issues.

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Jarl – fast linter for R

December 8, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

Jarl is a fast linter for R: it does static code analysis to search for programming errors, bugs, and suspicious patterns of code.

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