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DiffBind

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Differential Binding Analysis of ChIP-Seq Peak Data

v3.22.2 · software · Artistic-2.0

Release Lineage

Entered 2.9 · Nov 1, 2011

Current · Requires R 4.6

1.0 In 30 of 49 releases 3.23

Description

Compute differentially bound sites from multiple ChIP-seq experiments using affinity (quantitative) data. Also enables occupancy (overlap) analysis and plotting functions.

Test coverage

Line coverage

Expression

Tests / Examples

Functions

437 20 exported

Complexity

9.9 avg / 120 max

Call network

437 nodes / 564 edges

Test coverage is not measured for Bioconductor packages; nodes fall back to a neutral fill.

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Lowest coverage

Per-function coverage is not measured for this package yet.

Code

Structure

Lines of code

26,715

Files

132

Compiled share

9.7%

Has compiled src

Yes

Language breakdown

R 14,554 (54.5%)C/C++/src 2,599 (9.7%)Tests 634 (2.4%)Docs 5,356 (20%)Vignettes 3,572 (13.4%)

API

Exported functions

114

Internal functions

260

Recent export changes

v3.5+1 dba.plotVolcano

Testing & CI

Has tests

Yes

Test-to-code ratio

0.04

testthat edition

CI present

No

CI type

[]

PR gated

No

Docs

Roxygen coverage

99.1%

Health & Security signals

Informational signals; not verdicts.

on.exit coverage

0%

Unsafe pattern score

3

Dep constraint coverage

3.4%

Secret pattern count

0

Bundled 3rd-party code

2 items

Portability & License

Min R version

4.0

System requirements

1

C++ standard

License

Artistic-2.0

License flags

SPDX valid, OSI approved

History

Versions

30

First release

2012-03-18

Latest release

2026-04-30

Avg cadence

183 days

Cold removal rate

100%

Dep drift

28

LOC over versions

v2.9: 9,971 LOCv2.10: 9,983 LOCv2.11: 11,156 LOCv2.12: 11,636 LOCv2.13: 12,802 LOCv2.14: 14,960 LOCv3.0: 15,019 LOCv3.1: 14,714 LOCv3.2: 14,808 LOCv3.3: 15,823 LOCv3.4: 16,089 LOCv3.5: 16,418 LOCv3.6: 16,479 LOCv3.7: 16,516 LOCv3.8: 16,516 LOCv3.9: 16,518 LOCv3.10: 16,521 LOCv3.11: 16,519 LOCv3.12: 24,319 LOCv3.13: 26,123 LOCv3.14: 26,514 LOCv3.15: 26,564 LOCv3.16: 26,696 LOCv3.17: 26,664 LOCv3.18: 26,664 LOCv3.19: 26,664 LOCv3.20: 26,664 LOCv3.21: 26,664 LOCv3.22: 26,664 LOCv3.23: 26,715 LOC

Per-file churn detail lives in the source pipeline: https://github.com/r-observatory/bioc-code-metrics.

Documentation

Documentation
READMENoVignettesYes · dynamicpkgdown siteNoNEWSNoCode of conductNoContributing guideNo
Examples that run
96%
Documented parameters
96%
Return-value docs
100%
References docs
83%

Topics

Depended on by (3)

Bioconductor (3)

People

Cite

Cite this package

Run in R for the authors' preferred citation:

citation("DiffBind")
Stark, R., & Brown, G. (2026). DiffBind: Differential Binding Analysis of ChIP-Seq Peak Data (Version 3.22.2) [Computer software]. https://bioconductor.org/packages/DiffBind

This is what citation() produces when a package has no citation file of its own. If it prints something else, use that.

Cite the R Observatory

For a number measured here: a download total, a coverage figure, an archival date.

APA

Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for DiffBind version 3.22.2 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-08-22. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

From data release v2026-08-22, which the citation names so these numbers can be found later. More on citing and the projects behind them.

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