# swirl

:cyclone: Learn R, in R.

Repository: https://github.com/swirldev/swirl
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/swirl
Homepage: http://swirlstats.com
Language: R
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: r
Last push: 2023-10-27T18:00:31+00:00
Link (homepage): http://swirlstats.com
Link (site_page): https://swirlstats.com/faq.html

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4708, "days_push": 1041, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- 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 1217, forks 596 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:01.440888+00:00)

## What it is
A collection of interactive courses for the swirl R package, which teaches R programming and data science directly inside the R console. Courses range from beginner R programming to regression models, data cleaning, and statistical inference.

## Use cases
- learn R programming interactively in the R console
- practice regression modeling in R
- learn data cleaning with dplyr and tidyr
- study statistical inference concepts like hypothesis testing and confidence intervals
- teach an R class with self-paced lessons
- author custom interactive R courses

## When to choose
- you want to learn R or data science hands-on without leaving the R console
- you are a beginner seeking self-paced, feedback-driven R lessons
- you are an instructor wanting interactive in-class R exercises
- you want free open-source course content for statistics and R

## When to avoid
- you need to learn languages other than R
- you want video-based or GUI-driven courses rather than console interaction
- you need a full learning management system with instructor dashboards
- you are not willing to install R (and ideally RStudio) first

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: developer-tools, data-science
- domain: education, data-science, programming-languages, tutorials
- platform: cross-platform, cli
- tags: r-language, interactive-learning, r-console, statistics, self-paced-courses, data-science-education, education

## Member repositories
- swirldev/swirl (main) score 23
- swirldev/swirl_courses (examples) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:01.440888+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 2026-08-29T18:19:51.065652+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/swirldev/swirl (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:01.440888+00:00, sha 8f4a2d609c47)
  - homepage: http://swirlstats.com (fetched 2026-08-29T09:05:02.368945+00:00, sha fdfcf1117811)
  - site_page: https://swirlstats.com/faq.html (fetched 2026-08-29T09:05:02.378282+00:00, sha 9e831d70bbf3)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.