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Ternary

Create Ternary and Holdridge Plots

v2.3.7 · Jun 4, 2026 · GPL (>= 2)

Description

Plots ternary diagrams (simplex plots / Gibbs triangles) and Holdridge life zone plots <doi:10.1126/science.105.2727.367> using the standard graphics functions. Allows custom annotation, interpolating, contouring and scaling of plotting region. Includes a 'Shiny' user interface for point-and-click ternary plotting. An alternative to 'ggtern', which uses the 'ggplot2' family of plotting functions.

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OK 13 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Jun 10, 2026
ERROR 11 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 1 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Apr 25, 2026
ERROR r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc

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See section ‘The DESCRIPTION file’ in the ‘Writing R Extensions’
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installed size is  6.4Mb
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    doc   5.4Mb
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installed package size

installed size is  6.4Mb
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    doc   5.4Mb
NOTE r-oldrel-windows-x86_64

installed package size

installed size is  6.4Mb
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Code

Structure

Lines of code

7,914

Files

155

Compiled share

0%

Has compiled src

No

Language breakdown

R 3,497 (44.2%)Tests 1,129 (14.3%)Docs 2,187 (27.6%)Vignettes 1,101 (13.9%)

API

Exported functions

50

Internal functions

42

Testing & CI

Has tests

Yes

Test-to-code ratio

17.20

testthat edition

3

CI present

No

CI type

[]

PR gated

No

Docs

Return-value doc rate

71.4%

\dontrun example ratio

0%

Roxygen coverage

100%

Has pkgdown

No

NEWS present

Yes

Health & Security signals

Informational signals; not verdicts.

on.exit coverage

0%

Unsafe pattern score

0

Dep constraint coverage

25%

Secret pattern count

0

Bundled 3rd-party code

2 items

Portability & License

Min R version

3.6.0

System requirements

C++ standard

License

GPL (>= 2)

License flags

SPDX valid, OSI approved

History

Versions

29

First release

2017-11-23

Latest release

2026-06-04

Avg cadence

111 days

Cold removal rate

Dep drift

14

LOC over versions

v0.1.1: 658 LOCv1.0.0: 978 LOCv1.0.1: 1,053 LOCv1.0.2: 1,069 LOCv1.1.0: 2,294 LOCv1.1.1: 2,399 LOCv1.1.2: 2,852 LOCv1.1.3: 2,887 LOCv1.1.4: 3,273 LOCv1.2.0: 3,671 LOCv1.2.1: 3,689 LOCv1.2.2: 3,888 LOCv1.2.3: 3,877 LOCv1.2.4: 3,943 LOCv2.0.0: 5,745 LOCv2.1.0: 6,401 LOCv2.1.1: 6,382 LOCv2.1.2: 6,396 LOCv2.1.3: 6,511 LOCv2.2.0: 7,097 LOCv2.2.1: 7,059 LOCv2.3.0: 7,740 LOCv2.3.1: 7,748 LOCv2.3.2: 7,868 LOCv2.3.3: 7,799 LOCv2.3.4: 7,929 LOCv2.3.5: 7,877 LOCv2.3.6: 7,875 LOCv2.3.7: 7,914 LOC

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

Reverse Dependencies (12)

depends

Dependency Network

Dependencies Reverse dependencies PlotTools shiny sp clue plot3logit CongreveLamsdell2016 Quartet bexy comstab easynem fingerPro shinyNORRRM ConSciR TreeDist hyper2 pomdp Ternary

Version History

30 tracked
updated 2.3.7 ← 2.3.6 diff Jun 4, 2026
new 2.3.6 Mar 10, 2026
updated 2.3.6 ← 2.3.5 diff Feb 2, 2026
updated 2.3.5 ← 2.3.4 diff Sep 2, 2025
updated 2.3.4 ← 2.3.3 diff May 6, 2025
updated 2.3.3 ← 2.3.2 diff Aug 26, 2024
updated 2.3.2 ← 2.3.1 diff Jul 24, 2024
updated 2.3.1 ← 2.3.0 diff Feb 5, 2024
updated 2.3.0 ← 2.2.1 diff Jan 8, 2024
updated 2.2.1 ← 2.2.0 diff Jun 28, 2023
updated 2.2.0 ← 2.1.3 diff May 10, 2023
updated 2.1.3 ← 2.1.2 diff Feb 19, 2023
updated 2.1.2 ← 2.1.1 diff Nov 6, 2022
updated 2.1.1 ← 2.1.0 diff Oct 3, 2022
updated 2.1.0 ← 2.0.0 diff May 8, 2022