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Advanced R: a book observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/hadley/adv-r · homepage · TeX · NOASSERTION (other) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

28/100

  • Activity 11
  • Release rhythm 8
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_license

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 4761
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 539
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

2457 stars · 1691 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

The source for 'Advanced R', an open-access book by Hadley Wickham teaching advanced R programming concepts, built with bookdown. It covers language internals like environments, closures, metaprogramming, and performance for R users and programmers coming from other languages.

Use cases

  • learn advanced R programming
  • understand R environments and closures
  • learn R metaprogramming
  • improve R coding skills
  • understand why R works the way it does
  • free online R book for experienced programmers

When to choose

  • you already know R basics and want deeper language understanding
  • you want a free, authoritative reference on R internals
  • you're transitioning to R from another language

When to avoid

  • you're a complete beginner learning R from scratch
  • you need a data science workflow tutorial rather than language internals
  • you need a printed reference with no internet access

Facets

learning-resource · maturity active

documentation developer-tools programming-languages tutorials data-science r-language bookdown open-textbook advanced-programming r

2 sources

Member repositories

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