R Observatory: Metrics for freestiler version 0.2.0

Balamuta, James Joseph

doi:10.5281/zenodo.21843040

freestiler

0.2.0

Create Vector Tiles from Spatial Data

1packages depend

2Kdownloads / year

–test coverage

13/13checks pass

Overview

About

Maintained by Kyle WalkerFirst published 2026-04-213 releasesCRAN page ↗GitHub ↗

Create vector tile archives in 'PMTiles' format from 'sf' spatial data frames. Supports 'Mapbox Vector Tile' ('MVT') and 'MapLibre Tile' ('MLT') output formats. Uses a 'Rust' backend via 'extendr' for fast, in-memory tiling with zero external system dependencies.

Install

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

install.packages("freestiler", 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("walkerke/freestiler")

Development version from walkerke/freestiler. 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-freestiler

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-freestiler

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

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

Health

CRAN checks

13OK

Slowest check: 10.1 min · r-oldrel-windows-x86_64

Code health

Yes

Tests · ratio 0.77

not tracked

Coverage

100%

Documentation · exports

1

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
OK2026-07-30
13 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE
NOTE2026-07-29
12 OK · 1 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE
OK2026-06-09
13 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE

Show 4 earlier snapshots

NOTE2026-06-08
12 OK · 1 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE
OK2026-05-02
13 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE
NOTE2026-04-25
10 OK · 1 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE
OK2026-04-22
8 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE

Documentation

READMENoVignettesNopkgdown siteNoNEWSYes · 100% structuredCode of conductNoContributing guideNo

Examples that run: 0%
Documented parameters: 99%
Return-value docs: 100%
References docs: 0%

Downloads

2K

CRAN downloads in the past year

Rank #6,283 · ~5/day · ~163/mo

Releases R versions

Daily download trend is not available in this view yet.

32030 days

1.3K90 days

2K1 year

Compare downloads with other packages →

Also on154 r2u

Repository

GitHub ↗ walkerke/freestiler

131Stars

8Forks

2Open issues

0Open PRs

2Releases

69Commits

1Contributors

69 commits · Last activity 2026-06-24 · +11% stars, 30d

Stars over time

2026-07-14 · 1182026-08-14 · 131

Repository practices

Upstream repositoryBeta

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

Checks run against github.com/walkerke/freestiler on 2026-08-16.

Continuous integration (1)

GitHub Actions

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

Development tooling

AI-assisted toolingBeta

Uses AI-assisted development tooling (declared in repo)

Earliest detected marker: claude on 2026-02-27

claude

Most recent: claude on 2026-02-27

Evidence

claude: on or before 2026-02-27 · evidence B, D

How this is detected·Detection ruleset v2 (updated 2026-07-29)

Dependencies

Declared dependencies

10 external dependencies (excludes base and recommended)

Depends (1)

R >= 4.2

Imports (1)

sf

LinkingTo (0)

none

Suggests (9)

arrow DBI duckdb httpuv jsonlite mapgl testthat (>= 3.0.0)viridisLite withr

Enhances (0)

none

Dependency license breakdown →

Reverse dependencies

1direct

0indirect

tmap.sources

Code & Tests

People & History

People (1)

Maintainer (1)

Kyle Walker

Author, Maintainer

Authors (1)

Kyle Walker

Author, Maintainer

Package Timeline

3 releases. Pick two to compare their code metrics. R releases are shown for context.

0.2.0Latest
2026-06-24 · current release · diff ↗
0.1.7
2026-05-12 · diff ↗
R
R 4.6.0 released · 2026-04-24
0.1.6
2026-04-21
R
R 4.5.0 released · 2025-04-11

Package metadata

First published: 2026-04-21
Total releases: 3 / 1 yrs
License: MIT + file LICENSE OSI
Minimum R: ≥ 4.2
Download size: 13 MB
Installed size: not tracked yet
With dependencies: not tracked yet

Cite

Cite this package

Run in R for the authors' preferred citation:

citation("freestiler")

Format

Walker, K. (2026). freestiler: Create Vector Tiles from Spatial Data (Version 0.2.0) [Computer software]. https://doi.org/10.32614/CRAN.package.freestiler

This is what citation() produces when a package has no citation file of its own. If it prints something else, use that.

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 freestiler version 0.2.0 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-08-18. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

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