Easily Install and Load the 'mlr3' Package Family
Overview
The 'mlr3' package family is a set of packages for machine-learning purposes built in a modular fashion. This wrapper package is aimed to simplify the installation and loading of the core 'mlr3' packages. Get more information about the 'mlr3' project at https://mlr3book.mlr-org.com/.
- feat: add
mlr3forecastandmlr3extralearnersas suggested packages. - feat: add
mlr3torchpackage and reexport its sugar functions, such asnn(),t_opt(),t_loss(), andt_clbk(). - docs: refine
README, fix ecosystem image link
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- 3 (1 internal)includes a package overview page
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Dependencies
Installing mlr3verse adds 73 packages (31 with compiled code, 52 MB of source tarballs). Heaviest: ggplot2 6.0 MB, data.table 5.7 MB, mlr3data 3.1 MB.
CRAN will archive these unless their check problems are fixed by the date shown. This package needs each one to install.
- mlr3clusterfix by Oct 26
Code & Tests
People & History
Previously maintained by Michel Lang (0.2.0 to 0.2.8) and Patrick Schratz (0.1.0 to 0.1.3).
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- 0.4.0Latest2026-06-22 · current release · diff ↗ ·
added 17 exports
as_lazy_tensor, as_torch_callback, as_torch_callbacks, as_torch_loss, as_torch_optimizer, lazy_tensor, materialize, mlr3torch_callbacks, mlr3torch_losses, mlr3torch_optimizers, nn, t_clbk, t_clbks, t_loss, t_losses, t_opt, t_opts - 0.3.2
- RR 4.6.0 released · 2026-04-24
- RR 4.5.0 released · 2025-04-11
- 0.3.12025-01-14 · diff ↗
- 0.3.02024-06-30 · diff ↗ ·
removed 7 exports
AutoFSelector, AutoTuner, FSelectInstanceMultiCrit, FSelectInstanceSingleCrit, TaskClust, TuningInstanceMultiCrit, TuningInstanceSingleCritadded 7 exports
callback_async_tuning, callback_batch_fselect, callback_batch_tuning, ensemble_fselect, fss, mlr_callbacks, ti_async - RR 4.4.0 released · 2024-04-24
- 0.2.8
- RR 4.3.0 released · 2023-04-21
- 0.2.7
- 0.2.6
- unarchivedReturned to CRAN2022-05-18
- 0.2.52022-05-18 · diff ↗ ·
removed 7 exports
TaskDens, TaskSurv, as_prediction_dens, as_prediction_surv, as_task_dens, as_task_surv, pecs - archivedRemoved from CRAN2022-05-16requires archived package 'mlr3proba'
- RR 4.2.0 released · 2022-04-22
- 0.2.42022-02-21 · diff ↗ ·
added 19 exports
%>>!%, as_pipeop, as_prediction_clust, as_prediction_dens, as_task_clust, as_task_dens, auto_fselector, chain_graphs, concat_graphs, extract_inner_fselect_archives, extract_inner_fselect_results, extract_inner_tuning_archives, fselect, fselect_nested, lts, ltss, mlr_tuning_spaces, plot_learner_prediction, pos
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- 0.2.22021-08-11 · diff ↗ ·
removed 38 exports
TaskClassif, TaskRegr, as_benchmark_result, as_data_backend, as_learner, as_learners, as_measure, as_measures, as_prediction, as_prediction_classif, as_prediction_regr, as_resample_result, as_resampling, as_resamplings, as_task, as_task_classif, as_task_regr, as_tasks, benchmark, benchmark_grid, lrn, lrns, mlr_learners, mlr_measures, mlr_reflections, mlr_resamplings, mlr_task_generators, mlr_tasks, msr, msrs and 8 moreadded 8 exports
AutoFSelector, FSelectInstanceMultiCrit, FSelectInstanceSingleCrit, as_prediction_surv, as_task_surv, auto_tuner, tune, tune_nested - RR 4.1.0 released · 2021-05-18
- 0.2.12021-03-07 · diff ↗ ·
added 20 exports
TaskDens, as_learner, as_learners, as_measure, as_measures, as_prediction, as_prediction_classif, as_prediction_regr, as_resample_result, as_resampling, as_resamplings, as_task, as_task_classif, as_task_regr, as_tasks, extract_inner_tuning_results, generate_design_random, mlr_reflections, pecs, set_threads - 0.2.02021-01-27 · diff ↗ ·
added 70 exports
%>>%, AutoTuner, GraphLearner, TaskClassif, TaskClust, TaskRegr, TaskSurv, TuningInstanceMultiCrit, TuningInstanceSingleCrit, as.data.table, as_benchmark_result, as_data_backend, as_graph, autoplot, benchmark, benchmark_grid, flt, flts, fortify, fs, generate_design_grid, generate_design_lhs, greplicate, gunion, lrn, lrns, mlr_filters, mlr_fselectors, mlr_graphs, mlr_learners and 40 more - 0.1.32020-07-06 · diff ↗
- RR 4.0.0 released · 2020-04-24
- 0.1.12020-01-19 · diff ↗
- 0.1.02019-12-15
- RR 3.6.0 released · 2019-04-26
Package metadata
- First published
- 2019-12-15
- Total releases
- 15 / 7 yrs
- License
- LGPL-3 OSI
- Additional repositories
- mlr-org.r-universe.dev
- Minimum R
- ≥ 3.1.0
- Download size
- 9.2 KB
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