rstudio/blogdown

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1792 stars · 326 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

blogdown is an R package that turns R Markdown documents into blogs and websites, using Hugo (or Jekyll/Hexo) as the static site generator. It supports live-reload previews, embedded code output, and technical writing features like citations and LaTeX math.

Use cases

• create a blog with R Markdown posts
• build a personal academic website with reproducible code
• publish data science tutorials with rendered plots and tables
• generate a static website from Rmd files with Hugo
• write technical articles with LaTeX math and citations
• set up a course website for statistics or programming

When to choose

• you write content in R Markdown and want code, plots, and results rendered automatically
• you want a fast Hugo-based static site with live reload while writing
• you need reproducible, code-driven blog posts or educational sites

When to avoid

• you don't use R or R Markdown and just want a plain Hugo/Jekyll site
• you need a dynamic web application with server-side logic
• you want a no-code website builder

Facets

library · maturity active

static-site-generator templating markdown web-development data-science documentation developer-tools cross-platform cli hugo rmarkdown blogging reproducible-research r-package knitr academic-websites r

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