The archive, then and now
The same measurements at two points in time, read as a single diff.
Scale
Packages on CRAN9,781→25,474+15,693+160%
Packages joined2,129→3,677+1,548+73%
Packages archived67→1,226+1,159+1,730%
Net change+2,062→+2,451+389+19%
People
First-time maintainers3,011→4,283+1,272+42%
Repositories
Packages with a public repository1,942→16,485+14,543+749%
Median stars7.0→5.0-2.0-29%
Median open issues4.0→1.0-3.0-75%
Composition
Median direct dependencies4.0→6.0+2.0+50%