rstantools: Tools for Developing R Packages Interfacing with 'Stan'

Provides various tools for developers of R packages interfacing with 'Stan' <https://mc-stan.org>, including functions to set up the required package structure, S3 generics and default methods to unify function naming across 'Stan'-based R packages, and vignettes with recommendations for developers.

Version:	2.5.0
Imports:	desc, stats, utils, Rcpp (≥ 0.12.16), RcppParallel (≥ 5.0.1)
Suggests:	rstan (≥ 2.17.2), usethis (≥ 1.5.1), testthat (≥ 2.0.0), knitr, pkgbuild, pkgload, roxygen2 (≥ 6.0.1), rmarkdown, rstudioapi
Published:	2025-09-01
DOI:	10.32614/CRAN.package.rstantools
Author:	Jonah Gabry [aut, cre], Ben Goodrich [aut], Martin Lysy [aut], Andrew Johnson [aut], Hamada S. Badr [ctb], Marco Colombo [ctb], Stefan Siegert [ctb], Trustees of Columbia University [cph]
Maintainer:	Jonah Gabry <jsg2201 at columbia.edu>
BugReports:	https://github.com/stan-dev/rstantools/issues
License:	GPL (≥ 3)
URL:	https://mc-stan.org/rstantools/, https://discourse.mc-stan.org/
NeedsCompilation:	no
SystemRequirements:	pandoc, C++14
Materials:	NEWS
CRAN checks:	rstantools results

Documentation:

Reference manual:	rstantools.html , rstantools.pdf
Vignettes:	Guidelines for Developers of R Packages Interfacing with Stan (source) Step by step guide (source, R code)

Downloads:

Package source:	rstantools_2.5.0.tar.gz
Windows binaries:	r-devel: rstantools_2.5.0.zip, r-release: rstantools_2.5.0.zip, r-oldrel: rstantools_2.5.0.zip
macOS binaries:	r-release (arm64): rstantools_2.5.0.tgz, r-oldrel (arm64): rstantools_2.5.0.tgz, r-release (x86_64): rstantools_2.5.0.tgz, r-oldrel (x86_64): rstantools_2.5.0.tgz
Old sources:	rstantools archive

Reverse dependencies:

Reverse depends:	bistablehistory, Rlgt
Reverse imports:	AovBay, baggr, bakR, baldur, BASiCStan, bayes4psy, bayesforecast, BayesGmed, BayesGrowth, BayesianPlatformDesignTimeTrend, bayeslist, BayesSenMC, bayesZIB, beanz, beastt, BeeGUTS, bellreg, bennu, Bernadette, BINtools, blavaan, bmgarch, bmggum, bmlm, bmstdr, BPrinStratTTE, breathteststan, brms, bsynth, bws, CARME, CausalQueries, cbq, cloneRate, ClustIRR, CNVRG, conformalbayes, conStruct, ctsem, DCPO, decontX, densEstBayes, EcoEnsemble, eDNAjoint, eggCounts, EloSteepness, EpiNow2, EpiPvr, expertsurv, fcirt, FlexReg, geostan, glmmfields, glmmPen, glmmrBase, gppm, greencrab.toolkit, GUD, hbamr, historicalborrowlong, hmcdm, hmde, hsstan, hwep, IgGeneUsage, imt, intervalpsych, isotracer, jfa, lgpr, LMMELSM, MADPop, measr, metaBMA, MetaboDynamics, MetaStan, miniLNM, MIRES, mlts, morseTKTD, mrbayes, multinma, multipleDL, mvgam, networkscaleup, OncoBayes2, oncomsm, ordbetareg, parTimeROC, pcFactorStan, pema, phacking, phylopairs, PoolTestR, ppcseq, ProbBreed, projpred, prome, prophet, psBayesborrow, publipha, R2D2ordinal, rater, RBesT, rbioacc, rcbayes, rmBayes, RoBTT, rPBK, rstanarm, rstanbdp, rstanemax, rts2, saeHB.TF.beta, scMET, serofoi, serosv, SLGP, spsurv, ssMousetrack, StanMoMo, statsExpressions, surveil, survstan, thurstonianIRT, trialr, truncnormbayes, tsnet, ubms, walker, webSDM, WhiteLabRt, winputall, YPBP, YPPE, zoid
Reverse suggests:	bayesplot, broom.mixed, disbayes, effectsize, gastempt, ggeffects, ggstatsplot, insight, loo, marginaleffects, performance, rstan, survextrap, tidybayes, tipsae

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