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VariantAnnotation

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Annotation of Genetic Variants

v1.58.0 · 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

Annotate variants, compute amino acid coding changes, predict coding outcomes.

Test coverage

Line coverage

Expression

Tests / Examples

Functions

210 44 exported

Complexity

3.2 avg / 26 max

Call network

210 nodes / 178 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

13,630

Files

136

Compiled share

11.9%

Has compiled src

Yes

Language breakdown

R 6,005 (44.1%)C/C++/src 1,616 (11.9%)Tests 2 (0%)Docs 4,854 (35.6%)Vignettes 1,153 (8.5%)

API

Exported functions

80

Internal functions

105

Recent export changes

v3.9−1 restrictToSNV
v3.5+2 idType, idType<-

Testing & CI

Has tests

Yes

Test-to-code ratio

0.00

testthat edition

CI present

No

CI type

[]

PR gated

No

Docs

Roxygen coverage

97.5%

Health & Security signals

Informational signals; not verdicts.

on.exit coverage

100%

Unsafe pattern score

0

Dep constraint coverage

63.2%

Secret pattern count

0

Bundled 3rd-party code

2 items

Portability & License

Min R version

4.0.0

System requirements

1

C++ standard

License

Artistic-2.0

License flags

SPDX valid, OSI approved

History

Versions

30

First release

2011-11-16

Latest release

2026-04-28

Avg cadence

183 days

Cold removal rate

100%

Dep drift

14

LOC over versions

v2.9: 2,260 LOCv2.10: 6,968 LOCv2.11: 7,602 LOCv2.12: 8,321 LOCv2.13: 10,105 LOCv2.14: 11,994 LOCv3.0: 12,454 LOCv3.1: 12,830 LOCv3.2: 12,629 LOCv3.3: 12,593 LOCv3.4: 12,603 LOCv3.5: 12,847 LOCv3.6: 12,903 LOCv3.7: 12,931 LOCv3.8: 13,163 LOCv3.9: 13,173 LOCv3.10: 13,185 LOCv3.11: 13,186 LOCv3.12: 13,186 LOCv3.13: 13,186 LOCv3.14: 13,186 LOCv3.15: 13,194 LOCv3.16: 13,214 LOCv3.17: 13,214 LOCv3.18: 13,303 LOCv3.19: 13,621 LOCv3.20: 13,621 LOCv3.21: 13,621 LOCv3.22: 13,628 LOCv3.23: 13,630 LOC

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

Documentation

Documentation
READMENoVignettesYes · dynamicpkgdown siteNoNEWSYes · 33% structuredCode of conductNoContributing guideNo
Examples that run
100%
Documented parameters
94%
Return-value docs
40%
References docs
26%

Topics

Depended on by (136)

CRAN (7)

People

Cite

Cite this package

Run in R for the authors' preferred citation:

citation("VariantAnnotation")
Bioconductor Package Maintainer, Gogarten, S., Lawrence, M., Morgan, M., & Oberchain, V. (2026). VariantAnnotation: Annotation of Genetic Variants (Version 1.58.0) [Computer software]. https://bioconductor.org/packages/VariantAnnotation

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Cite the R Observatory

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APA

Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for VariantAnnotation version 1.58.0 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-08-22. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

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