R Observatory: Metrics for realtest version 0.2.3

Balamuta, James Joseph

doi:10.5281/zenodo.21843040

realtest

0.2.3Package record

Where Expectations Meet Reality: Realistic Unit Testing

0packages dependsuggested by 1

2.7Kdownloads / year

92.2%test coverage

13/13flavors OK

Overview

About

Maintained by Marek GagolewskiCRAN page ↗GitHub ↗Website ↗Issues ↗

A framework for unit testing for realistic minimalists, where we distinguish between expected, acceptable, current, fallback, ideal, or regressive behaviour. It can also be used for monitoring third-party software projects for changes.

Install

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

install.packages("realtest", 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("gagolews/realtest")

Development version from gagolews/realtest. 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-realtest

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-realtest

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-realtest

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: 1.1 min · r-devel-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 0.2.3

README· In the repository, left out of the releaseVignettesNoNEWSYes · 100% structuredCitation fileYes · computed when R runs itWebsiteYes

Help pages: 9includes a package overview page
Examples that run: 50%3 run in a plain check · 1 only when donttest examples are enabled (R CMD check --as-cran) · 2 hold no code
Exported functions with examples: 71%
Documented parameters: 81%
Return-value docs: 100%
Help pages citing references: 0%

How these are measured

Downloads

2.7K

CRAN downloads in the past year

Rank #20,559 · ~8/day · ~229/mo

Releases R versions

Daily download trend is not available in this view yet.

28330 days

62590 days

2.7K1 year

Compare downloads with other packages →

Also on71 r2u7 autocran

How downloads are counted

Repository

gagolews/realtest ↗Account: gagolews

12Stars

0Forks

0Open issues

0Open PRs

4Releases

52Commits

1Commit identities

unit-testingcontinuous-testingtesting-toolsr

52 commits · Last activity 2024-07-11 · 0% stars, 30d

Responsiveness

not measured

Stars over time

2025-09-22 · 112026-07-07 · 12

How these are measured

PracticesBeta

5 development-tooling and community-health practices detected across 4 families in the upstream repository

Checks run against github.com/gagolews/realtest on 2026-10-11.

Continuous integration (2)

GitHub ActionsR CMD check workflow

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

Governance and community (1)

Code of conduct

Docs source (1)

GitHub Pages site last deployed 2024-07-11

Reproducibility and dev environment (1)

Makefile

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

Dependencies

Declared dependencies

0 external dependencies (excludes base and recommended)

Installing realtest adds no packages beyond those that come with R.

Depends (1)

R >= 4.0

Imports (1)

utils

LinkingTo (0)

none

Suggests (0)

none

Enhances (0)

none

Dependency license breakdown →

Reverse dependencies

0direct

0indirect

Suggested by 1

Suggests, most downloaded first

stringx

How these are counted

Code & Tests

People & History

People (1)

Marek Gagolewski

Releases (3)

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R 4.6.0 released · 2026-04-24
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R 4.5.0 released · 2025-04-11
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R 4.4.0 released · 2024-04-24
0.2.3Latest
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2023-05-16 · current release · diff ↗
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R 4.3.0 released · 2023-04-21
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R 4.2.0 released · 2022-04-22
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2021-06-17 · diff ↗ ·
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identical_or_TRUE, maps_identical_or_TRUE

added 1 export
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2021-06-04
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R 4.1.0 released · 2021-05-18

Package metadata

First published: 2021-06-04
Total releases: 3 / 5 yrs
License: GPL (>= 2) OSI
Minimum R: ≥ 4.0
Download size: 18 KB

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Cite

Cite this package

Run in R for the authors' preferred citation:

citation("realtest")

The package provides a citation file that builds its entry when R runs it. Run citation() to see it.

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 realtest version 0.2.3 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-10-17. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

From data release v2026-10-17, which the citation names so these numbers can be found later. More on citing and the projects behind them.

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