R Observatory: Metrics for ShinyBlock version 0.1.3

Balamuta, James Joseph

doi:10.5281/zenodo.21843040

ShinyBlock

0.1.3

Multi-Protocol Blockchain Simulator and Enterprise Ledger Framework

0packages depend

464downloads / year

–test coverage

13/13checks pass

Overview

About

Maintained by Isaac OseiFirst published 2026-06-111 releasesCRAN page ↗GitHub ↗

An interactive framework for simulating blockchain protocols using a hybrid 'R-Shiny' and 'Python' architecture. The package provides tools to visualize peer-to-peer network maps, manage supply chain logistics on-chain, and execute cross-border settlements via smart contract logic. It leverages the 'reticulate' package to perform standardized cryptographic operations, including 'SHA-256' hashing, 'Merkle' Tree construction, and 'ECDSA' (Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm) key generation. This tool is designed for pedagogical demonstration and rapid prototyping of distributed ledger requirements.

Install

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

install.packages("ShinyBlock", 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("ikemillar/ShinyBlock")

Development version from ikemillar/ShinyBlock. 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-shinyblock

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-ShinyBlock

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-ShinyBlock

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

Health

CRAN checks

13OK

Slowest check: 2.0 min · r-oldrel-windows-x86_64

Code health

None

Tests · ratio 0.00

not tracked

Coverage

100%

Documentation · exports

6

Dependencies · direct

Check history

OK2026-08-05
13 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE
NOTE2026-08-01
12 OK · 1 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE
OK2026-06-12
7 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE

Documentation

READMENoVignettesYes · dynamicpkgdown siteNoNEWSNoCode of conductNoContributing guideNo

Examples that run: 50%
Documented parameters: not tracked
Return-value docs: 100%
References docs: 0%

Downloads

464

CRAN downloads in the past year

Rank #22,804 · ~1/day · ~39/mo

Releases R versions

Daily download trend is not available in this view yet.

16430 days

46490 days

4641 year

Compare downloads with other packages →

Also on12 r2u9 autocran

Repository

GitHub ↗ ikemillar/shinyblock

0Stars

0Forks

0Open issues

0Open PRs

0Releases

Last activity 2026-05-24

Repository practices

Upstream repositoryBeta

1 development-tooling and community-health practice detected across 1 family in the upstream repository

Checks run against github.com/ikemillar/shinyblock on 2026-08-09.

Lint, format, editor (1)

RStudio project

How this is detected·Detection ruleset v1 (2026-07-18)

Dependencies

Declared dependencies

9 external dependencies (excludes base and recommended)

Depends (0)

none

Imports (6)

shiny reticulate reactable networkD3 bslib jsonlite

LinkingTo (0)

none

Suggests (3)

testthat knitr rmarkdown

Enhances (0)

none

Dependency license breakdown →

Reverse dependencies

0direct

0indirect

Nothing depends on this yet.

Code & Tests

People & History

People (2)

Maintainer (1)

Isaac Osei

Author, Maintainer

Authors (2)

Isaac Osei

Author, Maintainer

Yamini Alakunta

Author

Package Timeline

1 release. R releases are shown for context.

0.1.3Latest
2026-06-11 · current release
R
R 4.6.0 released · 2026-04-24

Package metadata

First published: 2026-06-11
Total releases: 1 / 1 yrs
License: MIT + file LICENSE OSI
Download size: not tracked yet
Installed size: not tracked yet
With dependencies: not tracked yet

Cite

Cite this package

Run in R for the authors' preferred citation:

citation("ShinyBlock")

Format

Osei, I., & Alakunta, Y. (2026). ShinyBlock: Multi-Protocol Blockchain Simulator and Enterprise Ledger Framework (Version 0.1.3) [Computer software]. https://doi.org/10.32614/CRAN.package.ShinyBlock

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Format

APA

Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for ShinyBlock version 0.1.3 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-08-15. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

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