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ggspavis

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Visualization functions for spatial transcriptomics data

v1.18.1 · software · MIT + file LICENSE

Release Lineage

Entered 3.14 · Oct 27, 2021

Current · Requires R 4.6

1.0 In 10 of 49 releases 3.23

Description

Visualization functions for spatial transcriptomics data. Includes functions to generate several types of plots, including spot plots, feature (molecule) plots, reduced dimension plots, spot-level quality control (QC) plots, and feature-level QC plots, for datasets from the 10x Genomics Visium and other technological platforms. Datasets are assumed to be in either SpatialExperiment or SingleCellExperiment format.

Test coverage

Line coverage

Expression

Tests / Examples

Functions

12 9 exported

Complexity

12.8 avg / 43 max

Call network

12 nodes / 6 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

2,511

Files

27

Compiled share

0%

Has compiled src

No

Language breakdown

R 1,524 (60.7%)Tests 10 (0.4%)Docs 672 (26.8%)Vignettes 305 (12.1%)

API

Exported functions

9

Internal functions

3

Recent export changes

v3.21+2 plotCoords, plotObsQC
v3.19+2 plotFeatureQC, plotSpotQC

Testing & CI

Has tests

Yes

Test-to-code ratio

0.01

testthat edition

CI present

Yes

CI type

["github-actions"]

PR gated

Yes

Docs

Roxygen coverage

100%

Health & Security signals

Informational signals; not verdicts.

on.exit coverage

Unsafe pattern score

0

Dep constraint coverage

0%

Secret pattern count

0

Bundled 3rd-party code

2 items

Portability & License

Min R version

System requirements

C++ standard

License

MIT + file LICENSE

License flags

SPDX valid, OSI approved

History

Versions

10

First release

2021-10-26

Latest release

2026-07-14

Avg cadence

182 days

Cold removal rate

Dep drift

4

LOC over versions

v3.14: 1,283 LOCv3.15: 1,295 LOCv3.16: 1,328 LOCv3.17: 1,328 LOCv3.18: 1,328 LOCv3.19: 2,341 LOCv3.20: 2,341 LOCv3.21: 2,377 LOCv3.22: 2,511 LOCv3.23: 2,511 LOC

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

Documentation

Documentation
READMEYes · 149 wordsVignettesYes · dynamicpkgdown siteNoNEWSNoCode of conductNoContributing guideNo
Examples that run
100%
Documented parameters
100%
Return-value docs
100%
References docs
0%

Topics

Depended on by (4)

Bioconductor (4)

People

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Cite this package

Run in R for the authors' preferred citation:

citation("ggspavis")
Weber, L. M., Crowell, H. L., & Dong, Y. E. (2026). ggspavis: Visualization functions for spatial transcriptomics data (Version 1.18.1) [Computer software]. https://bioconductor.org/packages/ggspavis

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APA

Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for ggspavis version 1.18.1 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-08-22. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

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