limma
Bioc currentLinear Models for Microarray and Omics Data
Release Lineage
Entered 1.4 · May 17, 2004
Current · Requires R 4.6
Description
Data analysis, linear models and differential expression for omics data.
Test coverage
Line coverage
–
Expression
–
Tests / Examples
–
Functions
334 0 exported
Complexity
8.6 avg / 74 max
Call network
334 nodes / 263 edges
Test coverage is not measured for Bioconductor packages; nodes fall back to a neutral fill.
Call graph
Open call graph →Lowest coverage
Per-function coverage is not measured for this package yet.
Code
Structure
Lines of code
28,262
Files
291
Compiled share
2.3%
Has compiled src
Yes
Language breakdown
API
Exported functions
274
Internal functions
49
Testing & CI
Has tests
Yes
Test-to-code ratio
0.11
testthat edition
–
CI present
No
CI type
[]
PR gated
No
Docs
Roxygen coverage
–
Health & Security signals
Informational signals; not verdicts.
on.exit coverage
75%
Unsafe pattern score
5
Dep constraint coverage
0%
Secret pattern count
0
Bundled 3rd-party code
2 items
Portability & License
Min R version
3.6.0
System requirements
–
C++ standard
–
License
GPL (>=2)
License flags
not SPDX, not OSI
History
Versions
45
First release
2004-08-23
Latest release
2026-05-31
Avg cadence
183 days
Cold removal rate
–
Dep drift
10
LOC over versions
Per-file churn detail lives in the source pipeline: https://github.com/r-observatory/bioc-code-metrics.
Topics
Depended on by (530)
Bioconductor (453)
People
- Gordon Smyth maintainer author
- Lizhong Chen contributor
- Yunshun Chen contributor
- Dongseok Choi contributor
- Marcus Davy contributor
- Egil Ferkingstad contributor
- Goknur Giner contributor
- Yifang Hu contributor
- Mette Langaas contributor
- Charity Law contributor
- Mengbo Li contributor
- Aaron Lun contributor
- Davis McCarthy contributor
- Alicia Oshlack contributor
- Francois Pepin contributor
- Belinda Phipson contributor
- Matthew Ritchie contributor
- Wei Shi contributor
- Jeremy Silver contributor
- Natalie Thorne contributor
- James Wettenhall contributor
- Di Wu contributor
- Carolyn de Graaf contributor
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