spb/tools-spboucher-ai

1{2  "slug": "r-markdown",3  "name": "R Markdown",4  "aliases": ["rmarkdown", "RMarkdown"],5  "vendor": { "name": "Posit Software, PBC", "slug": "posit", "website": "https://posit.co" },6  "homepage_url": "https://rmarkdown.rstudio.com/",7  "docs_url": "https://bookdown.org/yihui/rmarkdown/",8  "repo_url": "https://github.com/rstudio/rmarkdown",9  "license_url": "https://github.com/rstudio/rmarkdown/blob/main/LICENSE.md",10  "product_type": "library",11  "product_status": "maintenance",12  "summary": "R package that turns Markdown documents with embedded R (and Python or SQL) chunks into HTML, PDF, Word, slides, books and dashboards through knitr and Pandoc",13  "description": "R Markdown is the R package (rmarkdown) that established the literate-programming workflow now generalized by Quarto: an .Rmd file combines narrative Markdown with code chunks, knitr executes the chunks, and Pandoc renders the result to HTML, PDF, Word, Beamer or HTML5 slides, Tufte handouts, dashboards (flexdashboard), books (bookdown), blogs (blogdown), scientific article templates (rticles) and Shiny documents. Chunks can also run Python, SQL and other engines, and RStudio provides a notebook-style editor with inline output.\n\nThe package is MIT-licensed and maintained by Posit. Posit now recommends Quarto for new projects, and R Markdown receives maintenance rather than major new features, but the vast existing base of .Rmd documents, packages and templates keeps it relevant, and Quarto renders most .Rmd files unchanged. It requires R, Pandoc (bundled with RStudio) and a TeX distribution for PDF output.",14  "capabilities": ["Executable R, Python and SQL chunks via knitr", "Rendering to HTML, PDF, Word and slide formats through Pandoc", "Extension ecosystem: bookdown, blogdown, flexdashboard, rticles", "Parameterized reports", "Shiny-powered interactive documents", "Notebook editing in RStudio"],15  "workflows": ["Statistical report regenerated when the data change", "Course notes or a book with bookdown", "Journal article from an rticles template"],16  "advantages": ["Mature ecosystem with many templates", "Works inside RStudio out of the box", "MIT licence"],17  "limitations": ["R-centric; multi-language support is weaker than Quarto's", "Posit recommends Quarto for new work", "PDF output needs a TeX distribution"],18  "prerequisites": ["R and the rmarkdown package", "Pandoc (bundled with RStudio)", "TeX distribution for PDF"],19  "audiences": ["R users producing reports and papers", "Maintainers of existing .Rmd projects"],20  "alternatives": ["quarto", "pandoc", "jupyter", "rstudio"],21  "comparison_notes": "Quarto is the direct successor and renders most R Markdown documents; Jupyter offers notebooks for Python-first users. Pandoc is the converter both systems rely on.",22  "categories": [{ "slug": "academic-writing", "primary": true }, { "slug": "reproducibility" }],23  "tags": ["r", "markdown", "notebooks", "open-source", "latex", "reproducibility"],24  "use_cases": ["write-papers", "typeset-documents"],25  "operating_systems": ["macos", "linux", "windows"],26  "execution_modes": ["local"],27  "interfaces": ["library", "ide-extension"],28  "deployment_models": ["embedded"],29  "integrations": ["RStudio", "knitr", "Pandoc", "bookdown", "blogdown", "flexdashboard", "Shiny", "TeX Live"],30  "data_formats": ["R Markdown (.Rmd)", "HTML", "PDF", "DOCX", "Beamer", "ioslides"],31  "languages": ["R", "Python", "SQL"],32  "source_model": "open-source",33  "license_spdx": "MIT",34  "pricing_model": ["free", "open-source"],35  "self_hostable": true,36  "sources": [37    { "url": "https://rmarkdown.rstudio.com/", "type": "official_site", "title": "R Markdown", "supports": ["name", "summary", "capabilities"], "checked_at": "2026-11-02" },38    { "url": "https://bookdown.org/yihui/rmarkdown/", "type": "official_docs", "title": "R Markdown: The Definitive Guide", "supports": ["docs_url", "workflows"], "checked_at": "2026-11-02" },39    { "url": "https://github.com/rstudio/rmarkdown/blob/main/LICENSE.md", "type": "license_page", "title": "rstudio/rmarkdown LICENSE.md", "supports": ["license_spdx", "source_model", "vendor"], "checked_at": "2026-11-02" }40  ],41  "confidence": "high",42  "uncertainty_note": "product_status 'maintenance' reflects Posit's public guidance to prefer Quarto for new projects; the package remains published and updated.",43  "discovery_method": "editorial-research",44  "depth": "standard",45  "editorial_status": "reviewed",46  "visibility": "public",47  "featured": false,48  "author": "batch-E"49}50