R Observatory: Metrics for base64enc version 0.1-6

Balamuta, James Joseph

doi:10.5281/zenodo.21843040

base64enc

0.1-6

Tools for 'base64' Encoding

185packages dependsuggested by 46

13.2Mdownloads / year

–test coverage

13/13flavors OK

Overview

About

Maintained by Simon UrbanekCRAN page ↗GitHub ↗Website ↗Issues ↗

Tools for handling 'base64' encoding. It is more flexible than the orphaned 'base64' package.

Changes in 0.1-6

updated URL in dataURI documentation

From NEWS in the release

Install

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

install.packages("base64enc", 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("s-u/base64enc")

Development version from s-u/base64enc. 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-base64enc

Fast Ubuntu binaries via r2u (no compilation). The cranapt setup runs once and is skipped when it is already enabled. We list this channel from recorded r2u download activity rather than from a live index of the repository, so treat it as last known rather than guaranteed.

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-base64enc

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-base64enc

RPMs auto-built from CRAN on openSUSE OBS (Tumbleweed). We list this channel from recorded autoCRAN download activity rather than from a live index of the repository, so treat it as last known rather than guaranteed.

Health

CRAN checks

13OK

CRAN check page ↗

Slowest check: 1.9 min · r-devel-windows-x86_64

Status changes

OK13 OK2026-09-08
ERROR12 OK, 1 ERROR2026-09-07
OK13 OK2026-08-05
NOTE12 OK, 1 NOTE2026-08-01
OK13 OK2026-05-04

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ERROR12 OK, 1 ERROR2026-04-28
OK14 OK2026-03-10

Advisories

none known

How this is measured·How advisories are found

Documentation

In release 0.1-6

README· In the repository, left out of the releaseVignettesNoNEWSYes · 67% structured · mentions 0.1-6Citation fileNoWebsiteYes

Help pages: 3
Examples that run: 100%2 run in a plain check
Exported functions with examples: 67%
Documented parameters: 100%
Return-value docs: 100%
Help pages citing references: 67%

How these are measured

Downloads

13.2M

CRAN downloads in the past year

Rank #56 · ~36.2K/day · ~1.1M/mo

Releases R versions

Daily download trend is not available in this view yet.

997K30 days

3.1M90 days

13.2M1 year

Compare downloads with other packages →

Also on267.2K r2u160 autocran1.6M conda_forge4.9K c2d4u

How downloads are counted

Repository

s-u/base64enc ↗Account: s-u

9Stars

2Forks

0Open issues

0Open PRs

2Releases

45Commits

1Commit identities

45 commits · Last activity 2026-02-02 · Default branch at 0.1-7, ahead of CRAN 0.1-6 (checked 2026-10-11)

Responsiveness

How these are sampled

PRs merged (all time): 0%
Median days to close, 50 most recently updated closed issues: 956
Median days to close, 50 most recently updated closed PRs: 2,243

Stars over time

2024-11-04 · 92026-07-07 · 9

How these are measured

PracticesBeta

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

Checks run against github.com/s-u/base64enc on 2026-10-11.

Continuous integration (1)

GitHub Actions

How this is detected·Detection ruleset v3 (2026-09-26)

Dependencies

Declared dependencies

0 external dependencies (excludes base and recommended)

Installing base64enc adds no packages beyond those that come with R.

Depends (1)

R >= 2.9.0

Imports (0)

none

LinkingTo (0)

none

Suggests (0)

none

Enhances (0)

none

Dependency license breakdown →

Reverse dependencies

185direct

3,964indirect

Depends 3 · Imports 182

Suggested by 46

Show the 48 most downloaded dependentsHide the 48 most downloaded dependents

Depends, Imports or LinkingTo, most downloaded first

and 137 more dependents and 46 packages that suggest it on CRAN ↗

How these are counted

Code & Tests

People & History

People (1)

Simon Urbanek

https://urbanek.nz

Releases (5)

Pick two releases to compare their code metrics.

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R 4.6.0 released · 2026-04-24
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R 4.5.0 released · 2025-04-11
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R 4.4.0 released · 2024-04-24
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R 4.3.0 released · 2023-04-21
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R 4.2.0 released · 2022-04-22
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R 4.1.0 released · 2021-05-18
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R 4.0.0 released · 2020-04-24
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R 3.6.0 released · 2019-04-26
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R 3.5.0 released · 2018-04-23
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R 3.4.0 released · 2017-04-21
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R 3.3.0 released · 2016-05-03
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2015-07-28 · diff ↗ ·
added 1 export
checkUTF8
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R 3.2.0 released · 2015-04-16
0.1-2
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2014-06-26 · diff ↗
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R 3.1.0 released · 2014-04-10

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R 3.0.0 released · 2013-04-03
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2012-11-05 · diff ↗
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2012-09-08
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R 2.15.0 released · 2012-03-30

Package metadata

First published: 2012-09-08
Total releases: 5 / 14 yrs
License: GPL-2 | GPL-3 OSI
Minimum R: ≥ 2.9.0
Download size: 9.2 KB

Cite

Cite this package

Run in R for the authors' preferred citation:

citation("base64enc")

Format

Urbanek, S. (2026). base64enc: Tools for 'base64' Encoding (Version 0.1-6) [Computer software]. https://doi.org/10.32614/CRAN.package.base64enc

This package has no citation file, so citation() returns this entry built from DESCRIPTION.

Cite the R Observatory

For a number measured here: a download total, a coverage figure, an archival date.

Format

APA

Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for base64enc version 0.1-6 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-10-17. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

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