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1.14.0Bioconductor

Integrating SpatialExperiment with Simple Features in sf

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8since 2022
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A new S4 class integrating Simple Features with the R package sf to bring geospatial data analysis methods based on vector data to spatial transcriptomics. Also implements management of spatial neighborhood graphs and geometric operations. This pakage builds upon SpatialExperiment and SingleCellExperiment, hence methods for these parent classes can still be used.

Maintainer
Lambda Moses
Licence
Artistic-2.0
Last updated
28 Apr 2026
First release
Bioconductor 3.16, 2 Nov 2022

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8 of 49 Bioconductor releases
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software
Needs R
>= 4.3.0
Config/testthat/edition
3
RoxygenNote
7.3.3
biocViews (3)
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Package

Run in R for the authors' entry:

citation("SpatialFeatureExperiment")

The package provides a citation file, so citation() returns the authors' own entry.

It points to 10.1101/2023.07.20.549945.

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APA
Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for SpatialFeatureExperiment version 1.14.0 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-10-26. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040
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Release 3.23: Error 22 Oct 2026

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Built files (4)
PlatformKindFile
macOS (Intel)binarySpatialFeatureExperiment_1.14.0.tgz
macOS (Apple Silicon)binarySpatialFeatureExperiment_1.14.0.tgz
sourcesourceSpatialFeatureExperiment_1.14.0.tar.gz
WindowsbinarySpatialFeatureExperiment_1.14.0.zip
Total downloads in the latest complete month
5,131It comes from Bioconductor alone. Bioconda was counted over another window, so it is not added.

Rank in category, by distinct IPs

809 of 3,170

Bioconductor

5,131 downloads in the latest complete month

Distinct IP addresses average 758 a month over 12 months, which is a different measure and is never added.

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Bioconda

133 downloads in the last 30 days

It is not added because it has no figure for the latest complete month.

This local copy has no series over time.

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Needs a package facing archival

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Needs
25
Dependent packages
30 on CRAN, 3 on Bioconductor
Suggested by
6
Needs (25)
Optional extras (21)
Dependent packages (3)
Functions
285
Public exports
171
Lines of R code
11,924
Median complexity
2
Functions (285)
Size and composition

Lines by kind (24,142)

KindLinesShare
R code11,92449%
Tests6,02325%
Documentation5,57723%
Guides6183%

Lines by language

LanguageLinesShare
R17,94774%
Rd5,57723%
Vignettes6183%

Languages are counted from file extensions.

Files
216
R functions
285
Object systems
S4: 7 classes, S4: 54 generics, S4: 111 methods
Complexity
Median
2
Mean
4.47
Highest
71
Median lines per function
10
About complexity

Cyclomatic complexity counts the independent paths through a function: 1 is a straight line, higher is harder to test. R functions only.

Call graph figures
R functions
285
Calls
343
Unconnected
61
Groups
10
Growth (8 releases)
Total lines by release
9,053 on 7 Feb 202324,142 on 28 Apr 2026
Release changes

Test coverage is measured for CRAN packages only. Nothing is known for Bioconductor packages, which is not the same as no coverage.

Test cases
386
Lines of tests
6,023
Exports named in tests
63.7%
Has tests
Yes
Test frameworks
testthat
Test lines per line of code
0.51
Exports documented
100%
Arguments documented
97.4%
Return value documented
95.5%
Help pages with examples
62%
Examples run in checks
93.9%
Guides (1)
Other documentation
README
Yes, 697 words
Release notes file
Yes
Help pages
79
Lines of documentation
5,577

37 datasets, 1 can be loaded by name

DatasetSizeColumns
ag1 × 2sample_id, geometry
ag_samples2 × 2sample_id, geometry
annotgraph1length 3
annotgraph2length 3
cg_toy5 × 1geometry
cg_toy25 × 1geometry
colgraph1length 3
colgraph2length 3
colgraph_visiumlength 3
colgraph_visium2length 3
colgraph_visium_sublength 3
contiguity3 × 2sample_id, geometry
More datasets (25)
DatasetSizeColumns
ls_df5 × 3x, y, ID
ls_df_singleton5 × 3x, y, ID
ls_sf2 × 2ID, geometry
ls_sf_singleton2 × 2ID, geometry
mpol_df11 × 5V1, V2, ID, subID, group
mpol_sf1 × 2ID, geometry
multils_df5 × 4x, y, ID, group
multils_sf1 × 2ID, geometry
multipts_df5 × 5x, y, ID, group, sample_id
multipts_df_wrong_sample5 × 5x, y, ID, group, sample_id
multipts_sf3 × 3ID, geometry, sample_id
pieceslength 2
pol_df8 × 4V1, V2, ID, subID
pol_sf1 × 2ID, geometry
pts_df5 × 3x, y, ID
pts_sf5 × 2ID, geometry
pts_sf_dia5 × 2ID, geometry
seu_vis_toy
seu_vis_toy_multi
sfe_multi_sample
sfe_old_spi
sfe_toy
sfe_visium
subpieces4 × 2sample_id, geometry
visium_row_colRow and columns of Visium barcodes on the slide4,992 × 3barcode, col, row

pachterlab / spatialfeatureexperiment on github.com

Stars
58no change on 30 days ago
Forks
15
Open issues
29
Last commit
28 Apr 2026
Activity
Commits
836
Open pull requests
0
Tagged releases
0
Latest tagged release
–
Issues closed in
20 days (median)
Pull requests closed in
19 days (median)
Pull requests merged
89%
Created
10 Feb 2022
Licence file reads as
Artistic-2.0
Development practices (9)
KindFound
Continuous integrationGitHub Actions, R CMD check workflow
The R CMD check workflow runs on Linux, macOS and Windows, and on R-devel
Governance and communityContributing guide
Docs sourcepkgdown
GitHub Pages site last deployed 2026-05-06
The repository has a site deploy workflow
pkgdown site last built 2026-05-06
CoverageCoverage reporting, .covrignore
Reproducibility and dev environmentdata-raw/

Method, repository practices

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ReleaseReleasedR
3.23 current29 Apr 20264.6
3.2230 Oct 20254.5
3.2116 Apr 20254.5
3.2030 Oct 20244.4
3.191 May 20244.4
3.1825 Oct 20234.3
3.1726 Apr 20234.3
3.162 Nov 20224.2
Entered Bioconductor
Release 3.16, 2 Nov 2022