R Observatory: Metrics for h5lite version 2.1.1.1

Balamuta, James Joseph

doi:10.5281/zenodo.21843040

h5lite

2.1.1.1

Simplified 'HDF5' Interface

2packages depend

2.6Kdownloads / year

100.0%test coverage

13/13checks pass

Overview

About

Maintained by Daniel P. SmithFirst published 2026-01-293 releasesCRAN page ↗GitHub ↗

A user-friendly interface for the Hierarchical Data Format 5 ('HDF5') library designed to "just work." It bundles the necessary system libraries to ensure easy installation on all platforms. Features smart defaults that automatically map R objects (vectors, matrices, data frames) to efficient 'HDF5' types, removing the need to manage low-level details like dataspaces or property lists. Uses the 'HDF5' library developed by The HDF Group https://www.hdfgroup.org/.

Install

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

install.packages("h5lite", 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("cmmr/h5lite")

Development version from cmmr/h5lite. 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-h5lite

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-h5lite

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: 3.6 min · r-devel-windows-x86_64

Code health

Yes

Tests · ratio 0.85

100.0%

Coverage · measured lines

100%

Documentation · exports

0

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
WARNING2026-07-29
12 OK · 0 NOTE · 1 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE
OK2026-05-24
13 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE

Show 3 earlier snapshots

WARNING2026-05-13
12 OK · 0 NOTE · 1 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE
OK2026-04-25
12 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE
NOTE2026-03-10
11 OK · 3 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE

Documentation

READMEYes · 588 wordsVignettesYes · dynamicpkgdown siteNoNEWSYes · 100% structuredCode of conductNoContributing guideNo

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

Downloads

2.6K

CRAN downloads in the past year

Rank #7,267 · ~7/day · ~214/mo

Releases R versions

Daily download trend is not available in this view yet.

27630 days

1.2K90 days

2.6K1 year

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Also on255 r2u1.2K conda_forge

Repository

GitHub ↗ cmmr/h5lite

3Stars

0Forks

0Open issues

0Open PRs

2Releases

171Commits

1Contributors

171 commits · Last activity 2026-07-22

Releases over time

2026-07-14 · 12026-07-22 · 2

Repository practices

Upstream repositoryBeta

3 development-tooling and community-health practices detected across 2 families in the upstream repository

Checks run against github.com/cmmr/h5lite on 2026-08-16.

Continuous integration (1)

GitHub Actions

Lint, format, editor (2)

VS CodeRStudio project

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

Dependencies

Declared dependencies

5 external dependencies (excludes base and recommended)

Depends (1)

R >= 4.2.0

Imports (0)

none

LinkingTo (1)

hdf5lib

Suggests (4)

bit64 knitr rmarkdown tinytest

Enhances (0)

none

Dependency license breakdown →

Reverse dependencies

2direct

0indirect

rbiom strollur

Code & Tests

People & History

People (2)

Maintainer (1)

Daniel P. Smith

Author, Maintainer

Authors (1)

Daniel P. Smith

Author, Maintainer

Copyright holders (1)

Alkek Center for Metagenomics and Microbiome Research

Copyright holder, Funder

Funders (1)

Alkek Center for Metagenomics and Microbiome Research

Copyright holder, Funder

Package Timeline

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

2.1.1.1Latest
2026-05-19 · current release · diff ↗
R
R 4.6.0 released · 2026-04-24
2.1.1.0
2026-04-19 · diff ↗
2.0.0.2
2026-03-10
R
R 4.5.0 released · 2025-04-11

Package metadata

First published: 2026-01-29
Total releases: 3 / 1 yrs
License: MIT + file LICENSE OSI
Minimum R: ≥ 4.2.0
Download size: 234 KB
Installed size: not tracked yet
With dependencies: not tracked yet

Cite

Cite this package

Run in R for the authors' preferred citation:

citation("h5lite")

Format

Smith, D. P., & Alkek Center for Metagenomics and Microbiome Research. (2026). h5lite: Simplified 'HDF5' Interface (Version 2.1.1.1) [Computer software]. https://doi.org/10.32614/CRAN.package.h5lite

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Format

APA

Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for h5lite version 2.1.1.1 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-08-22. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

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