tidyverse/readr
Read flat files (csv, tsv, fwf) into R observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
71/100
- Activity 76
- Release rhythm 47
- 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: 96
- age_days: 4787
- days_rel: 195
- days_push: 145
- n_releases_24m: 2
Adoption not part of the score
1038 stars · 295 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
readr is an R package from the tidyverse for fast, friendly reading of rectangular data from delimited files such as CSV, TSV, fixed-width, and whitespace-separated formats. It parses messy real-world data types and reports parsing problems informatively.
Use cases
- read a csv file into an R data frame
- parse tab-separated values in R
- import fixed-width text files
- load web log files into R
- write data frames to csv with consistent formatting
- diagnose parsing problems when importing flat files
When to choose
- you work in R and need fast, reliable CSV/TSV/fixed-width file import
- you want informative parsing problem reports instead of silent coercion
- you are already using the tidyverse ecosystem
When to avoid
- you need to read Excel, JSON, or database data (use readxl, lite, DBI)
- you need extremely large-scale out-of-memory processing (consider arrow or vroom-style chunking)
- you are not working in R
Facets
library · maturity stable
parser csv file-system data-science data-science files developer-tools cross-platform tidyverse r-package data-import delimited-files fixed-width-files r
4 sources
- readme: https://github.com/tidyverse/readr · fetched 2026-08-28 · 7c59801c29fb
- homepage: https://readr.tidyverse.org · fetched 2026-08-29 · 766acc6e335c
- site_page: https://readr.tidyverse.org/news/index.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · 5225afa3b3f3
- site_page: https://readr.tidyverse.org/authors.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · bdb306111217
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| tidyverse/readr | main | 71 |
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