# rstudio/blogdown

Create Blogs and Websites with R Markdown

Repository: https://github.com/rstudio/blogdown
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/blogdown
Homepage: https://pkgs.rstudio.com/blogdown/
Language: R
License Family: other
Topics: hugo, blogdown, rstudio, rmarkdown, r, blog-engine, website-generation
Last push: 2026-06-19T19:22:36+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 82/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 88, release rhythm 65, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3591, "days_push": 75, "days_rel": 75, "gap_med": 116.5, "n_releases_24m": 5}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1792, forks 326 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:37.115332+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: static-site-generator, templating, markdown
- domain: web-development, data-science, documentation, developer-tools
- platform: cross-platform, cli
- tags: hugo, rmarkdown, blogging, reproducible-research, r-package, knitr, academic-websites, r

## Member repositories
- rstudio/blogdown (main) score 82

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:37.115332+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:22:59.274498+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/rstudio/blogdown (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:37.115332+00:00, sha 8801c8256d23)
  - homepage: https://pkgs.rstudio.com/blogdown/ (fetched 2026-08-29T11:01:59.065597+00:00, sha 8936bc8df5a5)
  - site_page: https://pkgs.rstudio.com/blogdown/news/index.html (fetched 2026-08-29T11:01:59.075245+00:00, sha 635afb17b81e)
  - site_page: https://rmarkdown.rstudio.com (fetched 2026-08-29T11:01:59.078513+00:00, sha b56145f84fe9)
  - site_page: https://pkgs.rstudio.com/blogdown/authors.html (fetched 2026-08-29T11:01:59.080078+00:00, sha de1d48e4c275)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.