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Zachary Foster

8 packages On CRAN since Dec 2014 (11 years) · last active 6 weeks ago 0000-0002-5075-0948

Downloads

1.2M

Last 30 days

3.6M

Last 90 days

15M

Last year

Average trend: -6.9% (30d vs prior 30d)

Top Packages by Downloads

knitr
1.2M
taxize
4.8K
wikitaxa
3.7K
metacoder
790
traits
497
taxa
422
taxlist
392
heattree
212

Portfolio Check Status

Aggregate CRAN check results across 5 maintained packages.

10

NOTE

55

OK

Recent Activity

knitr updated v1.52 Sep 6, 2026

A General-Purpose Package for Dynamic Report Generation in R

heattree new v0.3.1 May 4, 2026

A Self-Contained Widget for Interactive Phylogenetic Tree Visualization

metacoder new v0.3.9 Apr 11, 2026

Tools for Parsing, Manipulating, and Graphing Taxonomic Abundance Data

traits new v0.6.0 Apr 10, 2026

Species Trait Data from Around the Web

taxize updated v0.10.1 Feb 13, 2026

Taxonomic Information from Around the Web

wikitaxa updated v0.5.0 Feb 12, 2026

Taxonomic Information from 'Wikipedia'

knitr updated v1.51 Dec 19, 2025

A General-Purpose Package for Dynamic Report Generation in R

taxlist updated v0.3.5 Nov 27, 2025

Handling Taxonomic Lists

taxa updated v0.4.4 Jul 27, 2025

Classes for Storing and Manipulating Taxonomic Data

knitr updated v1.50 Mar 15, 2025

A General-Purpose Package for Dynamic Report Generation in R

Maintained Packages

5 packages

Package Version
taxize 4.8K downloads/30d 0.10.1
wikitaxa 3.7K downloads/30d 0.5.0
metacoder 790 downloads/30d 0.3.9
taxa 422 downloads/30d 0.4.4
heattree 212 downloads/30d 0.3.1

Co-authored Packages

1 package

Package Version
traits 497 downloads/30d 0.6.0

Contributions

2 packages

Package Version
knitr 1.2M downloads/30d 1.52
taxlist 392 downloads/30d 0.3.5

Package repositories

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

  • Packages: heattree
    • Aiderfirst seen 2026-01-07
      Seen in the repository: .aider.conf.yml
      Named in .Rbuildignore: .aider.conf.yml
      Named in .gitignore: .aider*
    • Claude Codefirst seen 2026-04-24
      Named in .Rbuildignore: .claude
  • Packages: metacoder
    • Claude Codefirst seen 2026-07-09
      Commits: at least 1 crediting it in the message
    • Claude Code
      Pull requests: 1 from outside contributors, first on 2026-07-09, 1 from forks

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