R Observatory: Metrics for NACHO version 2.0.6

Balamuta, James Joseph

doi:10.5281/zenodo.21843040

NACHO

2.0.6

NanoString Quality Control Dashboard

0packages depend

3.7Kdownloads / year

97.6%test coverage

13/13checks pass

Overview

About

Maintained by Mickaël CanouilFirst published 2019-04-2814 releasesCRAN page ↗GitHub ↗

NanoString nCounter data are gene expression assays where there is no need for the use of enzymes or amplification protocols and work with fluorescent barcodes (Geiss et al. (2018) doi:10.1038/nbt1385). Each barcode is assigned a messenger-RNA/micro-RNA (mRNA/miRNA) which after bonding with its target can be counted. As a result each count of a specific barcode represents the presence of its target mRNA/miRNA. 'NACHO' (NAnoString quality Control dasHbOard) is able to analyse the exported NanoString nCounter data and facilitates the user in performing a quality control. 'NACHO' does this by visualising quality control metrics, expression of control genes, principal components and sample specific size factors in an interactive web application.

Install

R (CRAN)pak (dev)Ubuntu (r2u)Fedora (COPR)openSUSE (OBS)

install.packages("NACHO", repos = "https://cloud.r-project.org/")

Installs the current CRAN release. Prebuilt binaries on Windows and macOS.

if (!requireNamespace("pak", quietly = TRUE))
  install.packages("pak", repos = "https://cloud.r-project.org/")
pak::pak("mcanouil/NACHO")

Development version from mcanouil/NACHO. Installs pak first if it is not already available.

Release

# enable cranapt (r2u) if it is not already set up, then install
grep -rqs r2u.stat.illinois.edu /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ \
  || curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/eddelbuettel/r2u/master/inst/scripts/add_cranapt_noble.sh | sudo bash
sudo apt install -y r-cran-nacho

Fast Ubuntu binaries via r2u (no compilation). The cranapt setup runs once and is skipped when it is already enabled.

bspm (used by r2u) also needs make: sudo apt install make

# enable the iucar/cran COPR if it is not already present, then install
ls /etc/yum.repos.d/*iucar*cran*.repo >/dev/null 2>&1 \
  || sudo dnf copr enable -y iucar/cran
sudo dnf install -y R-CRAN-NACHO

RPMs from the iucar/cran COPR, rebuilt from CRAN.

For install.packages() integration in R, also: sudo dnf install R-CoprManager

# add the autoCRAN OBS repo (Tumbleweed) if it is missing, then install
zypper -q lr | grep -qi autoCRAN \
  || sudo zypper addrepo https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/languages:/R:/autoCRAN/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/devel:languages:R:autoCRAN.repo
sudo zypper install -y R-NACHO

RPMs auto-built from CRAN on openSUSE OBS (Tumbleweed).

Health

CRAN checks

13OK

Slowest check: 4.2 min · r-release-macos-x86_64

Code health

Yes

Tests · ratio 6.11

97.6%

Coverage · measured lines

100%

Documentation · exports

9

Dependencies · direct

Check history

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12 OK · 1 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE
OK2026-03-10
14 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE

Documentation

READMEYes · 417 wordsVignettesYes · dynamicpkgdown siteNoNEWSYes · 100% structuredCode of conductNoContributing guideNo

Examples that run: 100%
Documented parameters: 100%
Return-value docs: 57%
References docs: 0%

Downloads

3.7K

CRAN downloads in the past year

Rank #10,846 · ~10/day · ~307/mo

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Repository

GitHub ↗ mcanouil/nacho

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License GPL-3.0 · 748 commits · Last activity 2026-08-07 · +11.1% stars, 30d

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Dependencies

Declared dependencies

14 external dependencies (excludes base and recommended)

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R >= 3.6.0

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Mickaël Canouil

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Mickaël Canouil

Author, Maintainer

Gerard Bouland

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Roderick Slieker

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Package metadata

First published: 2019-04-28
Total releases: 14 / 7 yrs
License: GPL-3 OSI
Minimum R: ≥ 3.6.0
Bundled data: 41 KB / 1 file
Download size: 2.3 MB
Installed size: not tracked yet
With dependencies: not tracked yet

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Genomics, Proteomics, Metabolomics, Transcriptomics, and Other Omics

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citation("NACHO")

Format

Canouil, M., Bouland, G., & Slieker, R. (2024). NACHO: NanoString Quality Control Dashboard (Version 2.0.6) [Computer software]. https://doi.org/10.32614/CRAN.package.NACHO

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Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for NACHO version 2.0.6 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-08-23. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

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