rstudio/reticulate

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1757 stars · 348 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

reticulate is an R package that embeds a Python session inside an R session, enabling seamless interoperability between the two languages. It supports calling Python from R, translating objects like Pandas data frames and NumPy arrays, and binding to virtual or Conda environments.

Use cases

• call python code from r
• use pandas dataframes in r
• run python scripts inside an r session
• use numpy arrays from r
• mix r and python in r markdown notebooks
• manage python virtual environments from r
• use python machine learning libraries in an r workflow

When to choose

• you are an R developer who needs Python libraries or scripts in your workflow
• your data science team uses both R and Python and needs shared objects between them
• you want Python chunks in R Markdown with bi-directional object sharing
• you need to bind R to specific Python versions, virtualenvs, or Conda environments

When to avoid

• you work purely in Python and never touch R
• you need to call R from Python rather than the other way around
• you need a lightweight solution without embedding a full Python interpreter in your R session

Facets

library · maturity stable

sdk interpreter data-science data-science developer-tools cross-platform python cross-platform cli r python-interop r-package language-bridge rmarkdown conda virtualenv

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