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Collaborating between Bioconductor and R-universe on Development of Common Infrastructure
https://ropensci.org/blog/2026/04/08/r-universe-bioc/
Published: April 8, 2026 00:00
For more than two decades, the Bioconductor project has been a cornerstone of the R ecosystem, providing high-quality, peer-reviewed tools for bioinformatics and computational biology. Its curated repository model, rigorous review standards, and tightly…
A Better R Programming Experience Thanks to Tree-sitter
https://ropensci.org/blog/2026/04/02/tree-sitter-overview/
Published: April 2, 2026 00:00
A little bit less than two years ago, building on work by Jim Hester and Kevin Ushey, Davis Vaughan completed a very impactful JavaScript file for the R community: an R grammar for the Tree-sitter parsing generator. He even got a round of applause for it…
rOpenSci News Digest, March 2026
https://ropensci.org/blog/2026/03/30/news-mars-2026/
Published: March 30, 2026 00:00
Dear rOpenSci friends, it’s time for our monthly news roundup! You can read this post on our blog. Now let’s dive into the activity at and around rOpenSci! rOpenSci HQ rOpenSci Dev Guide 1.0.0: Trilingual and Improved rOpenSci Software Peer Review’s…
Breaking Release of the patentsview R Package
https://ropensci.org/blog/2026/03/10/patentsview-breaking-release/
Published: March 10, 2026 00:00
The patentsview R package was created by Chris Baker to simplify interactions with the PatentsView API as announced in Chris’ blog post in 2017. The API can be queried for data from US patents granted since 1976 as well as patent applications since 2001…
rOpenSci Dev Guide 1.0.0: Trilingual and Improved
https://ropensci.org/blog/2026/03/02/devguide-1.0.0/
Published: March 2, 2026 00:00
Read it in: Español.Read it in: Português. rOpenSci Software Peer Review’s guidance is gathered in an online book that keeps improving! This blog post summarises what’s new in our Dev Guide 1.0.0, with all changes listed in the changelog. Now available in…
rOpenSci News Digest, February 2026
https://ropensci.org/blog/2026/02/26/news-february-2026/
Published: February 26, 2026 00:00
Dear rOpenSci friends, it’s time for our monthly news roundup! You can read this post on our blog. Now let’s dive into the activity at and around rOpenSci! rOpenSci HQ Strong Engagement in the Champions Program Call The Champions Program call closed on…
Software Review in the Era of AI: What We Are Testing at rOpenSci
https://ropensci.org/blog/2026/02/26/ropensci-ai-policy/
Published: February 26, 2026 00:00
The advent of large language models (LLMs) and generative AI tools has changed the nature of software development and of software review. These developments are complex, challenging, and controversial, but require action to maintain and grow rOpenSci’s…
Our forum is closed but our community is not!
https://ropensci.org/blog/2026/02/23/forum-closing/
Published: February 23, 2026 00:00
As of this week, we are closing our forum at discuss.ropensci.org. The forum has become largely inactive in recent years, so we are consolidating our conversations to our other online spaces to reduce maintenance and moderation burden. We’re not putting…
Paleontology R Packages to Benefit from Software Sustainability Institute Grant
https://ropensci.org/blog/2026/02/05/palaeoverse-ssi-grant/
Published: February 5, 2026 00:00
Palaeoverse, a grassroots organization that develops R packages for paleontology, has been awarded a Large Grant from the Software Sustainability Institute, via the Research Software Maintenance Fund, for the project ‘Converting Users to Contributors:…
Announcing New Statistical Software Peer Review Editors: Natalia da Silva and Andrew Heiss
https://ropensci.org/blog/2026/02/03/editors2025/
Published: February 3, 2026 00:00
At rOpenSci we’re continually grateful for the support and engagement of our community who help make our open-source ecosystem stronger, more inclusive, and more collaborative. The software peer review program is one of the best examples of this: bringing…
rOpenSci News Digest, January 2026
https://ropensci.org/blog/2026/01/29/news-january-2026/
Published: January 29, 2026 00:00
Dear rOpenSci friends, it’s time for our monthly news roundup! You can read this post on our blog. Now let’s dive into the activity at and around rOpenSci! rOpenSci HQ Open call for the rOpenSci Champions Program 2026! We are pleased to announce the…
How to Recruit a New Maintainer for Your Package
https://ropensci.org/blog/2026/01/27/new-maintainer/
Published: January 27, 2026 00:00
Read it in: Español. Maintaining an open source package is rewarding work, but it’s also a lot of work. Life and careers change, interests shift, and sometimes you simply don’t have the time or energy to keep working on your R package (and that’s okay!1).…