rextendr: Build 'Rust' Powered 'R' Packages

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.

Version: 0.5.0
Depends: R (≥ 4.2)
Imports: brio, cli, desc, dplyr, glue (≥ 1.7.0), jsonlite, lifecycle, pkgbuild (≥ 1.4.0), processx, rlang (≥ 1.0.5), rprojroot, stringi, vctrs, withr
Suggests: devtools, knitr, lintr, rcmdcheck, rmarkdown, testthat (≥ 3.1.7), usethis
Published: 2026-04-18
DOI: 10.32614/CRAN.package.rextendr
Author: Claus O. Wilke ORCID iD [aut], Andy Thomason [aut], Mossa M. Reimert [aut], Ilia Kosenkov ORCID iD [aut], Malcolm Barrett ORCID iD [aut], Josiah Parry ORCID iD [aut], Kenneth Vernon ORCID iD [aut, cre], Alberson Miranda ORCID iD [ctb]
Maintainer: Kenneth Vernon <kenneth.b.vernon at gmail.com>
BugReports: https://github.com/extendr/rextendr/issues
License: MIT + file LICENSE
URL: https://extendr.rs/rextendr/, https://github.com/extendr/rextendr
NeedsCompilation: no
SystemRequirements: Rust 'cargo'; the crate 'libR-sys' must compile without error
Materials: README, NEWS
CRAN checks: rextendr results

Documentation:

Reference manual: rextendr.html , rextendr.pdf
Vignettes: Using Rust code in R packages (source, R code)
Setting up Rust (source, R code)

Downloads:

Package source: rextendr_0.5.0.tar.gz
Windows binaries: r-devel: rextendr_0.4.2.zip, r-release: rextendr_0.4.2.zip, r-oldrel: rextendr_0.4.2.zip
macOS binaries: r-release (arm64): rextendr_0.4.2.tgz, r-oldrel (arm64): rextendr_0.4.2.tgz, r-release (x86_64): rextendr_0.5.0.tgz, r-oldrel (x86_64): rextendr_0.5.0.tgz
Old sources: rextendr archive

Reverse dependencies:

Reverse suggests: caugi, SQLFormatteR, tergo

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