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Michael Friendly

36 packages On CRAN since Mar 2003 (23 years) · last active 4 days ago 0000-0002-3237-0941

Downloads

2.1M

Last 30 days

6.5M

Last 90 days

28.3M

Last year

Average trend: +3.4% (30d vs prior 30d)

Top Packages by Downloads

knitr
1.1M
car
456.6K
vegan
122.6K
Lahman
90.4K
DescTools
62.7K
ca
49.9K
vcd
48.1K
effects
40.8K
seriation
32K
sem
19.2K

Portfolio Check Status

Aggregate CRAN check results across 19 maintained packages.

32

NOTE

202

OK

Recent Activity

ggfourfold new v0.1.0 Oct 21, 2026

Fourfold Displays for 'ggplot2'

bedrock updated v0.1.20 Oct 16, 2026

Base Functions for the 'DescToolsX' Ecosystem

seriation updated v1.6.0 Oct 7, 2026

Infrastructure for Ordering Objects Using Seriation

HistData updated v1.1.1 Oct 5, 2026

Data Sets from the History of Statistics and Data Visualization

heplots updated v1.8.6 Oct 4, 2026

Visualizing Hypothesis Tests in Multivariate Linear Models

bedrock updated v0.1.16 Oct 1, 2026

Base Functions for the 'DescToolsX' Ecosystem

ggCheysson updated v1.1.0 Oct 1, 2026

Graphic Styles of Emile Cheysson for 'ggplot2'

bedrock new v0.1.9 Sep 29, 2026

Base Functions for the 'DescToolsX' Ecosystem

ggCheysson new v1.0.1 Sep 26, 2026

Graphic Styles of Emile Cheysson for 'ggplot2'

ggmosaic2 new v0.5.1 Sep 16, 2026

Mosaic Plots in the 'ggplot2' Framework, Extended

Maintained Packages

19 packages

Package Version
heplots 7.6K downloads/30d 1.8.6
vcdExtra 6.2K downloads/30d 0.9.8
nestedLogit 5.8K downloads/30d 0.4.2
HistData 5.7K downloads/30d 1.1.1
ggbiplot 4.4K downloads/30d 0.6.5
candisc 3.6K downloads/30d 1.1.1
matlib 3.2K downloads/30d 1.0.1
Guerry 2.9K downloads/30d 1.8.5
mvinfluence 2.3K downloads/30d 0.9.4
ggmosaic2 1.8K downloads/30d 0.5.1
genridge 676 downloads/30d 0.8.0
statquotes 449 downloads/30d 0.3.3
ggCheysson 432 downloads/30d 1.1.0
WordPools 253 downloads/30d 1.2.0
VisCollin 250 downloads/30d 0.1.2
colorize 233 downloads/30d 0.2.1
twoway 233 downloads/30d 0.7.0
CASIdata 228 downloads/30d 0.2.1
gellipsoid 217 downloads/30d 0.7.3

Co-authored Packages

4 packages

Package Version
Lahman 90.4K downloads/30d 14.0-0
vcd 48.1K downloads/30d 1.4-14
effects 40.8K downloads/30d 4.2-5
ggfourfold 66 downloads/30d 0.1.0

Contributions

12 packages

Package Version
knitr 1.1M downloads/30d 1.52
car 456.6K downloads/30d 3.1-5
vegan 122.6K downloads/30d 2.7-6
DescTools 62.7K downloads/30d 0.99.60
ca 49.9K downloads/30d 0.72
seriation 32K downloads/30d 1.6.0
sem 19.2K downloads/30d 3.1-16
installr 17.3K downloads/30d 0.23.4
fortunes 4K downloads/30d 1.5-5
logmult 2K downloads/30d 0.7.5
bedrock 546 downloads/30d 0.1.20
NeuroDataSets 346 downloads/30d 0.3.1

Other Roles

1 package

Package Version
psre 244 downloads/30d 0.4

Package repositories

Repositories of packages Michael Friendly maintains where an AI coding tool was found. Other people commit to these repositories too, so each line describes the repository, not Michael Friendly's own work.

  • Packages: candisc
    • Claude Codefirst seen 2026-06-02
      Named in .Rbuildignore: .claude
      Commits: at least 3 crediting it in the message
  • Packages: CASIdata
    • Claude Codefirst seen 2026-01-30
      Seen in the repository: .claude
      Named in .Rbuildignore: .claude
  • Packages: colorize
    • Claude Codefirst seen 2026-08-04
      Named in .Rbuildignore: .claude
      Commits: at least 1 crediting it in the message
  • Packages: ggbiplot
    • Claude Codefirst seen on or before 2026-09-04
      Named in .Rbuildignore: .claude
      Commits: some crediting it in the message, count not recorded
  • Packages: ggCheysson
    • Claude Codefirst seen 2025-12-29
      Seen in the repository: .claude
      Named in .gitignore: .claude
      Pull request it wrote: opened by a project member
      Commits: at least 54 crediting it in the message
  • Packages: ggmosaic2
    • Claude Codefirst seen on or before 2026-07-29
      Named in .Rbuildignore: .claude
      Commits: at least 23 crediting it in the message
  • Packages: Guerry
    • Claude Codefirst seen 2026-09-12
      Named in .Rbuildignore: .claude
      Commits: at least 28 crediting it in the message
  • Packages: heplots
    • Claude Codefirst seen 2025-12-02
      Seen in the repository: .claude, CLAUDE.md
      Named in .Rbuildignore: .claude, CLAUDE.md
      Named in .gitignore: .claude
      Commits: at least 40 crediting it in the message
    • Codexfirst seen 2026-08-23
      Commits: at least 2 crediting it in the message
  • Packages: HistData
    • Claude Codefirst seen 2026-08-04
      Named in .Rbuildignore: .claude
      Commits: at least 26 crediting it in the message
  • Packages: mvinfluence
    • Claude Codefirst seen 2026-08-12
      Named in .Rbuildignore: .claude
      Commits: at least 9 crediting it in the message
  • Packages: nestedLogit
    • Claude Codefirst seen 2026-02-24
      Seen in the repository: .claude
      Named in .Rbuildignore: .claude
      Commits: at least 1 crediting it in the message
  • Packages: twoway
    • Claude Codefirst seen 2026-05-06
      Named in .Rbuildignore: .claude
      Commits: at least 1 crediting it in the message
  • Packages: vcdExtra
    • Claude Codefirst seen 2025-12-08
      Named in .Rbuildignore: .claude
      Named in .gitignore: .claude
      Commits: at least 31 crediting it in the message
  • Packages: VisCollin
    • Claude Codefirst seen 2025-12-21
      Seen in the repository: .claude
      Named in .Rbuildignore: .claude

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