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rextendr

Build 'Rust' Powered 'R' Packages

v0.5.0 · Apr 18, 2026 · MIT + file LICENSE

Description

Provides a framework for creating high-performance 'R' packages powered by the 'Rust' programming language using the 'extendr' Rust crate. It offers 'usethis'-like functions to scaffold and develop 'Rust' powered 'R' packages, including utilities for publishing to CRAN, managing dependencies, configuring development environments, and rendering 'Rust' code in 'knitr' documents. Additionally, it provides functions to compile and evaluate 'Rust' code directly from 'R' for interactive development.

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r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-clang OK
r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc OK
r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-clang OK
r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-gcc OK
r-devel-windows-x86_64 OK
r-oldrel-macos-arm64 OK
r-oldrel-macos-x86_64 OK
r-oldrel-windows-x86_64 OK
r-patched-linux-x86_64 OK
r-release-linux-x86_64 OK
r-release-macos-arm64 OK
r-release-macos-x86_64 OK
r-release-windows-x86_64 OK

Check History

OK 14 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Mar 10, 2026

Reverse Dependencies (4)

Dependency Network

Dependencies Reverse dependencies brio cli desc dplyr glue jsonlite lifecycle pkgbuild processx rlang rprojroot stringi vctrs withr SQLFormatteR caugi libipldr tergo rextendr

Version History

updated 0.5.0 ← 0.4.2 diff Apr 18, 2026
new 0.4.2 Mar 10, 2026
updated 0.4.2 ← 0.4.1 diff Aug 25, 2025
updated 0.4.1 ← 0.4.0 diff Jun 18, 2025
updated 0.4.0 ← 0.3.1 diff May 1, 2025
updated 0.3.1 ← 0.3.0 diff Jun 19, 2023
updated 0.3.0 ← 0.2.0 diff May 29, 2023
new 0.2.0 Jun 14, 2021