R Observatory: Metrics for randompack version 0.1.10

Balamuta, James Joseph

doi:10.5281/zenodo.21843040

randompack

0.1.10Package record

Fast Random Number Generation with Multiple Engines and Distributions

1packages dependsuggested by 1

2Kdownloads / year

53.4%test coverage

13/13flavors OK

Overview

About

Maintained by Kristján JónassonCRAN page ↗GitHub ↗Issues ↗

Random number generation library implemented in C with multiple engines and distribution functions, providing an R interface focused on correctness, speed, and reproducibility. Supports various PRNGs including xoshiro256++/**, PCG64, Philox, and ChaCha20, with methods for continuous, discrete, and multivariate distributions.

Install

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

install.packages("randompack", 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("jonasson2/randompack")

Development version from jonasson2/randompack. 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-randompack

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-randompack

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-randompack

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: 2.3 min · r-devel-windows-x86_64

Status changes

OK13 OK2026-08-05
NOTE12 OK, 1 NOTE2026-08-01
OK6 OK2026-04-23

Advisories

none known

How this is measured·How advisories are found

Documentation

In release 0.1.10

READMEYes · 272 wordsVignettesNoNEWSNoCitation fileNoWebsitenot declared in DESCRIPTION

Help pages: 3includes a package overview page
Examples that run: 100%1 run in a plain check
Exported functions with examples: 50%
Documented parameters: 100%
Return-value docs: 100%
Help pages citing references: 0%

How these are measured

Downloads

2K

CRAN downloads in the past year

Rank #18,063 · ~5/day · ~167/mo

Releases R versions

Daily download trend is not available in this view yet.

22130 days

72190 days

2K1 year

Compare downloads with other packages →

Also on166 r2u4 autocran

How downloads are counted

Repository

jonasson2/randompack ↗Account: jonasson2

3Stars

0Forks

0Open issues

0Open PRs

3Releases

587Commits

1Commit identities

587 commits · Last activity 2026-08-27 · 0% stars, 30d

Responsiveness

How these are sampled

PRs merged (all time): not measured
Median days to close, 50 most recently updated closed issues: 42
Median days to close, 50 most recently updated closed PRs: not measured

Stars over time

2026-05-19 · 12026-08-06 · 3

How these are measured

PracticesBeta

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

Checks run against github.com/jonasson2/randompack on 2026-10-21.

Continuous integration (1)

GitHub Actions

Governance and community (1)

Contributing guide

How this is detected·Detection ruleset v4 (2026-10-20)

AI coding toolsBeta

This repository shows signs of AI coding tools.

Claude Codefirst seen 2026-03-03
Seen in the repository: CLAUDE.md
Named in .gitignore: .claude

Shared conventions any agent may read, so they name no particular tool.

Seen in the repository: AGENTS.md

How this is detected·Detection ruleset v4 (updated 2026-09-27)

Dependencies

Declared dependencies

2 external dependencies (excludes base and recommended)

Installing randompack adds 1 package (0 with compiled code, 63 KB of source tarballs). Heaviest: R6 63 KB.

Depends (1)

R >= 4.0.0

Imports (1)

R6

LinkingTo (0)

none

Suggests (1)

testthat

Enhances (0)

none

Dependency license breakdown →

Reverse dependencies

1direct

0indirect

Imports 1 · LinkingTo 1

Suggested by 1

Depends, Imports or LinkingTo, most downloaded first

varmapack

Suggests, most downloaded first

mcmcsae

How these are counted

Code & Tests

People & History

People (1)

Kristján Jónasson

Author, Maintainer since 0.1.3 (2026)

Releases (2)

Pick two releases to compare their code metrics.

0.1.10Latest
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2026-08-24 · current release · diff ↗
R
R 4.6.0 released · 2026-04-24
0.1.3
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2026-04-22
R
R 4.5.0 released · 2025-04-11

Package metadata

First published: 2026-04-22
Total releases: 2 / 1 yrs
License: BSD_3_clause + file LICENSE OSI
Minimum R: ≥ 4.0.0
Download size: 115 KB

Cite

Cite this package

Run in R for the authors' preferred citation:

citation("randompack")

Format

Jónasson, K. (2026). randompack: Fast Random Number Generation with Multiple Engines and Distributions (Version 0.1.10) [Computer software]. https://doi.org/10.32614/CRAN.package.randompack

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 randompack version 0.1.10 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-10-25. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

From data release v2026-10-25, which the citation names so these numbers can be found later. More on citing and the projects behind them.

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