rstudio/bookdown
Authoring Books and Technical Documents with R Markdown observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
87/100
- Activity 98
- Release rhythm 65
- Longevity 100
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: 90.5
- age_days: 3962
- days_rel: 78
- days_push: 16
- n_releases_24m: 7
Adoption not part of the score
4069 stars · 1281 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
bookdown is an open-source R package for authoring books and long-form technical documents with R Markdown. It renders Markdown sources into multiple output formats including HTML (gitbook), PDF, LaTeX, EPUB, and Word, with support for dynamic graphics, cross-references, citations, and equations.
Use cases
- write a technical book with R Markdown and export to PDF and EPUB
- publish reproducible research reports online as HTML
- author course materials with code examples in R, Python, and SQL
- generate a gitbook-style website from Markdown chapters
- include LaTeX equations, theorems, and figures in a long-form document
- build a book with dynamic graphics and Shiny apps embedded
When to choose
- you write in R Markdown and want multi-format book output
- you need reproducible documents weaving code, narrative, figures, and citations
- you want an easier markup than raw LaTeX for books
- you use the RStudio IDE and want integrated build and publishing
When to avoid
- you need a general static site generator without R/Markdown tooling
- your book has no code or reproducibility requirements and a plain LaTeX or Word workflow suffices
- you need a WYSIWYG writing environment
Facets
library · maturity active
documentation static-site-generator templating pdf markdown documentation data-science education developer-tools python cross-platform cli r-package rmarkdown book-authoring gitbook epub latex reproducible-research rstudio
6 sources
- readme: https://github.com/rstudio/bookdown · fetched 2026-08-28 · 0f44446b462f
- homepage: https://pkgs.rstudio.com/bookdown/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 7079e1c09ea0
- site_page: https://pkgs.rstudio.com/bookdown/articles/publish.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · 8a38cd78e1a8
- site_page: https://pkgs.rstudio.com/bookdown/news/index.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · 982a235df151
- site_page: https://rmarkdown.rstudio.com · fetched 2026-08-29 · b56145f84fe9
- site_page: https://pkgs.rstudio.com/bookdown/authors.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · 17ac24b0283e
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| rstudio/bookdown | main | 87 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="rstudio/bookdown")
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