R Observatory: Metrics for rblimp version 1.2.0

Balamuta, James Joseph

doi:10.5281/zenodo.21843040

rblimp

1.2.0Package record

Integration of 'Blimp' Software into R

0packages depend

3.8Kdownloads / year

–test coverage

13/13flavors OK

Overview

About

Maintained by Brian T. KellerCRAN page ↗GitHub ↗Issues ↗

Provides an interface to 'Blimp' software for Bayesian latent variable modeling, missing data analysis, and multiple imputation. The package generates 'Blimp' syntax, executes 'Blimp' models, and imports results back into 'R' as structured objects with methods for visualization and analysis. Requires 'Blimp' software (freely available at https://www.appliedmissingdata.com/blimp) to be installed separately.

Changes in 1.2.0

New install_blimp() and uninstall_blimp() functions let rblimp download and manage the Blimp engine directly, without going through the system installer. Installs to a user-writable directory (~/.blimp/ on macOS and Linux, %LOCALAPPDATA%/Blimp/ on Windows), overridable via the R_BLIMP_HOME environment variable.
When rblimp() / rblimp_source() is run in an interactive session and Blimp is not installed, the user is now offered the option to install it via install_blimp() on the spot.
detect_blimp() gained a prompt = argument; defaults to TRUE for the new interactive install offer.
update_blimp() now routes based on install type: for managed installs it checks the manifest version first and re-downloads only when a newer version is available; system installs still launch the Blimp Updater application.

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Update version checks now use a JSON manifest endpoint (https://updates.blimpstats.com/v1/blimp_base.json) instead of parsing the plain-text changelog. Manifest URL is overridable via the R_BLIMP_MANIFEST_URL environment variable.
New R_BLIMP_NO_UPDATE_CHECK environment variable disables automatic update checks (alternative to options(check_blimp_update = FALSE)).
New R_BLIMP_PREVENT_INSTALL environment variable blocks install_blimp() for locked-down environments.

From NEWS.md in the release

Install

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

install.packages("rblimp", 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("blimp-stats/rblimp")

Development version from blimp-stats/rblimp. 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-rblimp

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-rblimp

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-rblimp

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: 2.2 min · r-oldrel-windows-x86_64

Status changes

OK13 OK2026-08-05
NOTE12 OK, 1 NOTE2026-08-01
OK14 OK2026-03-10

Advisories

none known

How this is measured·How advisories are found

Documentation

In release 1.2.0

READMEYes · 309 wordsVignettesNoNEWSYes · 100% structured · mentions 1.2.0Citation fileNoWebsitenot declared in DESCRIPTION

Help pages: 50
Examples that run: 83%19 run in a plain check (18 of them under a condition) · 4 never run
Exported functions with examples: 68%
Documented parameters: 99%
Return-value docs: 100%
Help pages citing references: 0%

How these are measured

Downloads

3.8K

CRAN downloads in the past year

Rank #11,834 · ~10/day · ~319/mo

Releases R versions

Daily download trend is not available in this view yet.

33230 days

92190 days

3.8K1 year

Compare downloads with other packages →

Also on57 r2u1 autocran

How downloads are counted

Repository

blimp-stats/rblimp ↗Organization: blimp-stats

12Stars

1Forks

1Open issues

0Open PRs

3Releases

221Commits

3Commit identities

License file reads as GPL-3.0 · 221 commits · Last activity 2026-10-15 · 0% stars, 30d · Default branch at 1.2.5, ahead of CRAN 1.2.0 (checked 2026-10-18)

Responsiveness

How these are sampled

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

Stars over time

2025-10-17 · 82026-08-27 · 12

How these are measured

PracticesBeta

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

Checks run against github.com/blimp-stats/rblimp on 2026-10-18.

Continuous integration (2)

GitHub ActionsR CMD check workflow

The R CMD check workflow runs on Linux, macOS and Windows, and on R-devel

CRAN release process (1)

cran-comments.md

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

AI coding toolsBeta

This repository shows signs of AI coding tools.

GitHub Copilotfirst seen 2025-11-24
Pull request: opened by its own account

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

Dependencies

Declared dependencies

5 external dependencies (excludes base and recommended)

Installing rblimp adds 17 packages (7 with compiled code, 14 MB of source tarballs). Heaviest: ggplot2 6.0 MB, isoband 1.5 MB, farver 1.2 MB.

Depends (1)

R >= 4.4.0

Imports (3)

climethodsggplot2

LinkingTo (0)

none

Suggests (3)

mitml rstudioapi posterior

Enhances (0)

none

Dependency license breakdown →

Reverse dependencies

0direct

0indirect

Nothing depends on this yet.

How these are counted

Code & Tests

People & History

People (1)

Brian T. Keller

Releases (3)

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1.2.0Latest
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2026-05-18 · current release · diff ↗ ·
added 2 exports
install_blimp, uninstall_blimp
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R 4.6.0 released · 2026-04-24
1.1.0
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2026-04-14 · diff ↗
1.0.0
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R 4.5.0 released · 2025-04-11

Package metadata

First published: 2026-02-20
Total releases: 3 / 1 yrs
License: GPL-3 OSI
Minimum R: ≥ 4.4.0
Download size: 80 KB

Cite

Cite this package

Run in R for the authors' preferred citation:

citation("rblimp")

Format

Keller, B. T. (2026). rblimp: Integration of 'Blimp' Software into R (Version 1.2.0) [Computer software]. https://doi.org/10.32614/CRAN.package.rblimp

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

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

Format

APA

Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for rblimp version 1.2.0 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-10-22. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

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