# jrnold/ggthemes

Additional themes, scales, and geoms for ggplot2

Repository: https://github.com/jrnold/ggthemes
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/ggthemes
Homepage: http://jrnold.github.io/ggthemes/
Language: R
License Family: other
Topics: plot, theme, ggplot2, visualization, data-visualisation, plotting, ggplot2-themes
Last push: 2025-12-01T04:53:55+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 57/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 55, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5109, "days_push": 275, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1352, forks 224 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:28.494666+00:00)

## What it is
An R package providing extra themes, color scales, and geoms for ggplot2, mimicking the visual styles of publications and tools like The Economist, FiveThirtyEight, Excel, Tableau, and Tufte. It extends ggplot2 plots with ready-made styling and palettes.

## Use cases
- style ggplot2 charts like The Economist or Wall Street Journal
- apply a FiveThirtyEight theme to my plots
- make my R plots look like Excel charts
- colorblind-safe color scales for ggplot2
- Tufte-style minimal plots in R
- Tableau color palettes for ggplot2

## When to choose
- you use ggplot2 in R and want publication- or brand-styled themes and palettes with minimal effort

## When to avoid
- you plot outside R/ggplot2
- you need fully custom theming beyond the provided presets

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: data-visualization, ui-components
- domain: data-visualization, data-science
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: ggplot2, r-package, themes, color-scales, plotting

## Member repositories
- jrnold/ggthemes (main) score 57

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:28.494666+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 2026-08-30T04:42:09.870690+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/jrnold/ggthemes (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:28.494666+00:00, sha 4145fa60ff92)
  - homepage: http://jrnold.github.io/ggthemes/ (fetched 2026-08-29T12:00:39.719085+00:00, sha 0f0b472ceafa)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.