R

environment for statistical computing and graphics using the R programming language
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Summary

R is a GNU package[1]. R is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • Creator: Robert Gentleman[3], Ross Ihaka[4]
  • Influenced by: S[5]
  • Instance of: statistical package[6], run-time system[7], free software[8]
  • Maintained by: Peter Dalgaard[9]
  • Movement: free software movement[10]
  • Copyright license: GNU General Public License v3.0 or later[11]
  • Programmed in: C[12]
  • Operating system: GNU/Linux[13], BSD[14], macOS[15], Microsoft Windows[16]
  • Software version identifier: 4.2.2[17], 4.2.3[18], 4.3.3[19], 4.4.0[20], 4.3.0[21], 4.3.1[22], 4.3.2[23], 4.4.1[24], 4.4.2[25], 4.4.3[26], 4.5.0[27], 4.5.1[28], 4.5.2[29], 4.5.3[30]
  • Part of: GNU Project[31]
  • Commons category: GNU R[32]
  • Inception: August 1993[33]
  • Official website: https://www.gnu.org/software/r/[34], https://www.r-project.org/[35], https://developer.r-project.org/[36]
  • Source code repository URL: https://salsa.debian.org/edd/r-base.git[37]
  • Issue tracker URL: https://bugs.r-project.org/[38]
  • Official blog URL: https://blog.r-project.org/[39], https://developer.r-project.org/Blog/public/[40]
  • User manual URL: https://cran.r-project.org/manuals.html[41]
  • Uses: R[42]
  • Copyright status: copyrighted[43]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] ↑ . hypatia.math.ethz.ch. Retrieved . hypatia.math.ethz.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [18] ↑ . hypatia.math.ethz.ch. Retrieved . hypatia.math.ethz.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [19] ↑ . hypatia.math.ethz.ch. Retrieved . hypatia.math.ethz.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [20] ↑ . hypatia.math.ethz.ch. Retrieved . hypatia.math.ethz.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [21] ↑ . hypatia.math.ethz.ch. Retrieved . hypatia.math.ethz.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [22] ↑ . hypatia.math.ethz.ch. Retrieved . hypatia.math.ethz.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [23] ↑ . hypatia.math.ethz.ch. Retrieved . hypatia.math.ethz.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  23. [26] ↑ . hypatia.math.ethz.ch. Retrieved . hypatia.math.ethz.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [27] ↑ . hypatia.math.ethz.ch. Retrieved . hypatia.math.ethz.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [28] ↑ . hypatia.math.ethz.ch. Retrieved . hypatia.math.ethz.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [29] ↑ . hypatia.math.ethz.ch. Retrieved . hypatia.math.ethz.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [30] ↑ . hypatia.math.ethz.ch. Retrieved . hypatia.math.ethz.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [31] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [33] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [5] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9w ago · NMaia · 2026-08-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website → https://www.gnu.org/software/r/, https://www.r-project.org/, https://developer.r-project.org/
    Software version identifier → 4.2.2, 4.2.3, 4.3.3 +11
    Debian wiki article → GNU_R
    Source code repository url → https://salsa.debian.org/edd/r-base.git
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  2. 16w ago · RogueScholar · 2026-06-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → Q206904
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Different from: R"
  3. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0359058-R-software
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