# REditorSupport/vscode-R

R Extension for Visual Studio Code

Repository: https://github.com/REditorSupport/vscode-R
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/vscode-r
Homepage: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=REditorSupport.r
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: vscode, r, snippets, rmarkdown, gitignore, vscode-extension
Last push: 2026-06-30T00:06:23+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 83/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 90, release rhythm 64, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3460, "days_push": 65, "days_rel": 162, "gap_med": 51, "n_releases_24m": 4}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1179, forks 140 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:53.163381+00:00)

## What it is
A Visual Studio Code extension providing R language support, including a language service (completion, diagnostics, formatting), R terminal interaction, data/plot/workspace viewers, package management, and R Markdown support. It communicates with R sessions via a WebSocket-based JSON-RPC protocol using the 'sess' R package.

## Use cases
- write and edit R code in VS Code with autocomplete and diagnostics
- view R data frames and workspace variables in the editor
- preview R plots inside VS Code
- work with R Markdown documents in VS Code
- run R code interactively from the editor terminal
- manage R packages from VS Code

## When to choose
- you use R and prefer VS Code over RStudio
- you want R development integrated with VS Code remote/WSL/container workflows
- you need lightweight R editing with language server features

## When to avoid
- you need a full R IDE with built-in debugging and plotting out of the box (use RStudio)
- you don't use Visual Studio Code
- you need debugging without installing the separate VSCode-R-Debugger extension

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: active
- function: editor, developer-tools, documentation
- domain: data-science, developer-tools, programming-languages
- platform: editor-plugin, cross-platform, windows
- tags: r-language, vscode-extension, rmarkdown, language-server, data-viewer, plot-viewer, snippets, macos, linux

## Member repositories
- REditorSupport/vscode-R (main) score 83

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:53.163381+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 2026-08-30T06:25:26.570844+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/REditorSupport/vscode-R (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:53.163381+00:00, sha d0641bdb1c20)
  - homepage: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=REditorSupport.r (fetched 2026-08-29T12:32:24.954969+00:00, sha 62beab51e890)
  - site_page: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/remote/remote-overview (fetched 2026-08-29T12:32:24.964288+00:00, sha 5cb538ec9623)
  - site_page: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/remote/ssh (fetched 2026-08-29T12:32:24.966177+00:00, sha 1b051972bc50)
  - site_page: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/remote/containers (fetched 2026-08-29T12:32:24.968634+00:00, sha 4c6b61ca692d)
  - site_page: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/remote/wsl (fetched 2026-08-29T12:32:24.971481+00:00, sha f87b4e593551)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.