The archive, then and now
The same measurements at two points in time, read as a single diff.
Scale
Packages on CRAN9,790→24,621+14,831+151%
Packages joined2,130→2,682+552+26%
Packages archived67→1,081+1,014+1,513%
Net change+2,063→+1,601-462-22%
People
First-time maintainers3,213→3,006-207-6.4%
Repositories
Packages with a public repository1,942→not tracked–
Median stars7.0→not tracked–
Median open issues4.0→not tracked–
Composition
Median direct dependencies4.0→6.0+2.0+50%
3 rows carry no comparison because the measurement does not exist for one of these years. That is left visible rather than filled in, since a zero would read as a real reading.