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Summarize, Analyze and Visualize MAF Files

v2.28.0 · software · MIT + file LICENSE

Release Lineage

Entered 3.4 · Oct 18, 2016

Current · Requires R 4.6

1.0 In 20 of 49 releases 3.23

Description

Analyze and visualize Mutation Annotation Format (MAF) files from large scale sequencing studies. This package provides various functions to perform most commonly used analyses in cancer genomics and to create feature rich customizable visualzations with minimal effort.

Test coverage

Line coverage

Expression

Tests / Examples

Functions

159 78 exported

Complexity

9 avg / 46 max

Call network

159 nodes / 151 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

22,021

Files

246

Compiled share

3.9%

Has compiled src

Yes

Language breakdown

R 15,088 (68.5%)C/C++/src 850 (3.9%)Docs 4,399 (20%)Vignettes 1,684 (7.6%)

API

Exported functions

78

Internal functions

67

Recent export changes

v3.9+2 merge_mafs, plotCopheneticMetric
v3.8+3 OncogenicPathways, PlotOncogenicPathways, drugInteractions

Testing & CI

Has tests

No

Test-to-code ratio

0.00

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

6%

Unsafe pattern score

11

Dep constraint coverage

0%

Secret pattern count

0

Bundled 3rd-party code

2 items

Portability & License

Min R version

3.3

System requirements

2

C++ standard

License

MIT + file LICENSE

License flags

SPDX valid, OSI approved

History

Versions

20

First release

2017-03-13

Latest release

2026-04-28

Avg cadence

181 days

Cold removal rate

100%

Dep drift

23

LOC over versions

v3.4: 8,201 LOCv3.5: 9,421 LOCv3.6: 10,978 LOCv3.7: 12,122 LOCv3.8: 12,388 LOCv3.9: 13,298 LOCv3.10: 14,138 LOCv3.11: 15,686 LOCv3.12: 15,809 LOCv3.13: 17,948 LOCv3.14: 18,296 LOCv3.15: 19,926 LOCv3.16: 19,926 LOCv3.17: 19,926 LOCv3.18: 21,443 LOCv3.19: 21,443 LOCv3.20: 22,018 LOCv3.21: 22,018 LOCv3.22: 22,021 LOCv3.23: 22,021 LOC

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

Documentation

Documentation
READMEYes · 576 wordsVignettesYes · dynamicpkgdown siteNoNEWSNoCode of conductNoContributing guideNo
Examples that run
87%
Documented parameters
100%
Return-value docs
81%
References docs
24%

Topics

Depended on by (18)

CRAN (6)

People

Cite

Cite this package

Run in R for the authors' preferred citation:

citation("maftools")
Mayakonda, A. (2026). maftools: Summarize, Analyze and Visualize MAF Files (Version 2.28.0) [Computer software]. https://bioconductor.org/packages/maftools

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 maftools version 2.28.0 [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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