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Spaniel

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Spatial Transcriptomics Analysis

v1.26.0 · software · MIT + file LICENSE

Release Lineage

Entered 3.10 · Oct 30, 2019

Current · Requires R 4.6

1.0 In 14 of 49 releases 3.23

Description

Spaniel includes a series of tools to aid the quality control and analysis of Spatial Transcriptomics data. Spaniel can import data from either the original Spatial Transcriptomics system or 10X Visium technology. The package contains functions to create a SingleCellExperiment Seurat object and provides a method of loading a histologial image into R. The spanielPlot function allows visualisation of metrics contained within the S4 object overlaid onto the image of the tissue.

Test coverage

Line coverage

Expression

Tests / Examples

Functions

28 10 exported

Complexity

2.6 avg / 9 max

Call network

28 nodes / 24 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

2,317

Files

45

Compiled share

0%

Has compiled src

No

Language breakdown

R 1,192 (51.4%)Docs 408 (17.6%)Vignettes 717 (30.9%)

API

Exported functions

10

Internal functions

17

Testing & CI

Has tests

No

Test-to-code ratio

0.00

testthat edition

CI present

No

CI type

[]

PR gated

No

Docs

Roxygen coverage

100%

Health & Security signals

Informational signals; not verdicts.

on.exit coverage

0%

Unsafe pattern score

0

Dep constraint coverage

5.9%

Secret pattern count

0

Bundled 3rd-party code

2 items

Portability & License

Min R version

4.0

System requirements

C++ standard

License

MIT + file LICENSE

License flags

SPDX valid, OSI approved

History

Versions

14

First release

2019-10-29

Latest release

2026-04-28

Avg cadence

182 days

Cold removal rate

Dep drift

5

LOC over versions

v3.10: 2,154 LOCv3.11: 2,154 LOCv3.12: 2,154 LOCv3.13: 2,317 LOCv3.14: 2,317 LOCv3.15: 2,317 LOCv3.16: 2,317 LOCv3.17: 2,317 LOCv3.18: 2,317 LOCv3.19: 2,317 LOCv3.20: 2,317 LOCv3.21: 2,317 LOCv3.22: 2,317 LOCv3.23: 2,317 LOC

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

Documentation

Documentation
READMEYes · 427 wordsVignettesYes · dynamicpkgdown siteNoNEWSYes · 67% structuredCode of conductNoContributing guideNo
Examples that run
100%
Documented parameters
99%
Return-value docs
100%
References docs
0%

Topics

People

Cite

Cite this package

Run in R for the authors' preferred citation:

citation("Spaniel")
Queen, R. (2026). Spaniel: Spatial Transcriptomics Analysis (Version 1.26.0) [Computer software]. https://bioconductor.org/packages/Spaniel

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 Spaniel version 1.26.0 [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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