Duncan Murdoch

26 packages On CRAN since Aug 1977 (49 years) · last active 2 weeks ago

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Downloads

5.1M

Last 30 days

16.3M

Last 90 days

64.9M

Last year

Average trend: -15.4% (30d vs prior 30d)

Top Packages by Downloads

digest

1.2M

knitr

1.1M

backports

inline

697.4K

car

421.4K

Rdpack

345K

kableExtra

177.3K

plotrix

70.1K

rgl

56.9K

tables

25.6K

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Recent Activity

vcdExtra updated v0.9.7 Aug 3, 2026

'vcd' Extensions and Additions

parseLatex updated v0.4.4 Jul 18, 2026

Parse 'LaTeX' Code

sgolay updated v1.0.4 Jul 10, 2026

Efficient Savitzky-Golay Filtering

kableExtra updated v1.4.1 Jul 8, 2026

Construct Complex Table with 'kable' and Pipe Syntax

fortunes updated v1.5-5 Jun 26, 2026

R Fortunes

Rcmdr updated v2.13.0 Jun 19, 2026

R Commander

vcdExtra updated v0.9.6 Jun 7, 2026

'vcd' Extensions and Additions

tables updated v0.9.35 Jun 4, 2026

Formula-Driven Table Generation

Rcmdr updated v2.12.3 May 3, 2026

R Commander

nlsr updated v2026.4.29 May 1, 2026

Functions for Nonlinear Least Squares Solutions - Updated 2022

Maintained Packages

8 packages

Package	Title	Downloads	Version
plotrix	Various Plotting Functions	70.1K	3.8-14
rgl	3D Visualization Using OpenGL	56.9K	1.3.36
tables	Formula-Driven Table Generation	25.6K	0.9.35
polycor	Polychoric and Polyserial Correlations	14.1K	0.8-2
parseLatex	Parse 'LaTeX' Code	162	0.4.4
patchDVI	Package to Patch '.dvi' or '.synctex' Files	147	1.11.3
rgl2gltf	Read and Write '.gltf' and '.glb' Files	131	1.0.7
RmdConcord	Concordances for 'R Markdown'	121	0.3

Co-authored Packages

3 packages

Package	Title	Downloads	Version
backports	Reimplementations of Functions Introduced Since R-3.0.0	1M	1.5.1
nlsr	Functions for Nonlinear Least Squares Solutions - Updated 2022	497	2026.4.29
ROCFTP.MMS	Perfect Sampling	137	1.0.1

Contributions

15 packages

Package	Title	Downloads	Version
digest	Create Compact Hash Digests of R Objects	1.2M	0.6.39
knitr	A General-Purpose Package for Dynamic Report Generation in R	1.1M	1.51
inline	Functions to Inline C, C++, Fortran Function Calls from R	697.4K	0.3.21
car	Companion to Applied Regression	421.4K	3.1-5
Rdpack	Update and Manipulate Rd Documentation Objects	345K	2.6.6
kableExtra	Construct Complex Table with 'kable' and Pipe Syntax	177.3K	1.4.1
gsl	Wrapper for the Gnu Scientific Library	22.7K	2.1-9
Rcmdr	R Commander	15.4K	2.13.0
heplots	Visualizing Hypothesis Tests in Multivariate Linear Models	5.1K	1.8.1
vcdExtra	'vcd' Extensions and Additions	5.1K	0.9.7
manipulateWidget	Add Even More Interactivity to Interactive Charts	4.5K	0.11.2
fortunes	R Fortunes	4K	1.5-5
vegan3d	Static and Dynamic 3D and Editable Interactive Plots for the 'vegan' Package	421	1.4-1
sgolay	Efficient Savitzky-Golay Filtering	232	1.0.4
Pv3Rs	Estimate the Cause of Recurrent Vivax Malaria using Genetic Data	140	1.0.0

Roles

Maintains 8

Co-authors 3

Contributes 16

Impact

12.3K

packages depend on their work

dependency h-index

packages with 10+ dependents

Most depended on

knitr 11,428 deps

Rdpack 513 deps

digest 503 deps

Frequent Collaborators

Michael Friendly 5 pkgs

Ben Bolker 4 pkgs

Dirk Eddelbuettel 4 pkgs

John Fox 4 pkgs

Martin Maechler 4 pkgs

Achim Zeileis 3 pkgs

Brian Ripley 3 pkgs

Barry Rowlingson 2 pkgs

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Career

On CRAN since Aug 1977 (49 years) · last active 2 weeks ago

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