R Observatory: Metrics for runjags version 2.2.2-5

Balamuta, James Joseph

doi:10.5281/zenodo.21843040

runjags

2.2.2-5Package record

Interface Utilities, Model Templates, Parallel Computing Methods and Additional Distributions for MCMC Models in JAGS

17packages dependsuggested by 13

99.7Kdownloads / year

43.6%test coverage

13/13flavors OK

Overview

About

Maintained by Matthew DenwoodCRAN page ↗GitHub ↗Issues ↗

User-friendly interface utilities for MCMC models via Just Another Gibbs Sampler (JAGS), facilitating the use of parallel (or distributed) processors for multiple chains, automated control of convergence and sample length diagnostics, and evaluation of the performance of a model using drop-k validation or against simulated data. Template model specifications can be generated using a standard lme4-style formula interface to assist users less familiar with the BUGS syntax. A JAGS extension module provides additional distributions including the Pareto family of distributions, the DuMouchel prior and the half-Cauchy prior.

Install

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

install.packages("runjags", 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("ku-awdc/runjags")

Development version from ku-awdc/runjags. 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-runjags

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-runjags

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-runjags

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: 9.9 min · r-release-macos-x86_64

Status changes

OK13 OK2026-08-04
NOTE12 OK, 1 NOTE2026-08-01
OK13 OK2026-06-09
WARNING12 OK, 1 WARNING2026-06-08
ERROR12 OK, 1 ERROR2026-06-07

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OK14 OK2026-03-10

Advisories

none known

How this is measured·How advisories are found

Documentation

In release 2.2.2-5

READMEYes · 51 wordsVignettesYes · 2 · dynamicNEWSNoCitation fileYes · cites a publicationWebsitenot declared in DESCRIPTION

Cites a JSS article

Help pages: 23 (1 internal)includes a package overview page
Examples that run: 75%12 run in a plain check · 4 never run
Exported functions with examples: 71%
Documented parameters: 96%
Return-value docs: 81%
Help pages citing references: 48%

Vignettes (2)

How these are measured

Downloads

99.7K

CRAN downloads in the past year

Rank #1,374 · ~273/day · ~8.3K/mo

Releases R versions

Daily download trend is not available in this view yet.

6.7K30 days

20.1K90 days

99.7K1 year

Compare downloads with other packages →

Also on672 r2u5 autocran3.6K conda_forge157 c2d4u

How downloads are counted

Repository

ku-awdc/runjags ↗Organization: ku-awdc

7Stars

5Forks

4Open issues

0Open PRs

1Releases

82Commits

3Commit identities

License file reads as GPL-2.0 · 82 commits · Last activity 2026-10-22 · 0% stars, 30d

Responsiveness

How these are sampled

PRs merged (all time): 71%
Median days to close, 50 most recently updated closed issues: 143
Median days to close, 50 most recently updated closed PRs: 0

Stars over time

2025-02-08 · 52026-07-07 · 7

How these are measured

PracticesBeta

1 development-tooling and community-health practice detected across 1 family in the upstream repository

Checks run against github.com/ku-awdc/runjags on 2026-10-18.

Lint, format, editor (1)

RStudio project

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

Dependencies

Declared dependencies

7 external dependencies (excludes base and recommended)

Installing runjags adds 1 package (0 with compiled code, 73 KB of source tarballs). Heaviest: coda 73 KB.

Depends (1)

R >= 2.14.0

Imports (5)

parallellatticecodastatsutils

LinkingTo (0)

none

Suggests (6)

rjags modeest testthat knitr markdown spelling

Enhances (0)

none

Dependency license breakdown →

Reverse dependencies

17direct

0indirect

Depends 1 · Imports 16

Suggested by 13

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Depends, Imports or LinkingTo, most downloaded first

RoBMA BTIME RcmdrPlugin.RMTCJags TreeBUGS LoTTA BayLum saeHB.Spatial.Beta bayescount pivmet bfw invitroTKstats ern RoBSA mcmsupply ordinalbayes serodynamics neojags

Suggests, most downloaded first

bridgesampling blavaan tidybayes surveillance mvgam swfscMisc BayesTools BayesPostEst metamisc surveyvoi icensBKL runMCMCbtadjust baytaAAR

How these are counted

Code & Tests

People & History

People (2)

Matthew Denwood

Author, Maintainer · added in 0.9.6-4

Martyn Plummer

Copyright holder · added in 2.0.1-2

Copyright holder of the code in src/distributions/DPar1.*, configure.ac, R/rjags_functions.R, and original copyright…

Maintainer since 0.9.0-4 (2009)

Listed in earlier versions (1)

Matthew Denwood .

no longer listed · 0.9.0-4 to 0.9.6-3

Releases (33)

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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 4.1.0 released · 2021-05-18
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R 3.2.0 released · 2015-04-16
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removed 4 exports
run.jagsfile, autorun.jagsfile, run.JAGSfile, autorun.JAGSfile

added 26 exports
drop.k, drop.k.jags, drop.k.JAGS, cleanup.jags, cleanup.JAGS, combine.jags, combine.JAGS, divide.jags, divide.JAGS, failed.jags, failed.JAGS, contrasts.mcmc, contrasts.MCMC, prec2sd, read.jagsfile, read.JAGSfile, write.jagsfile, write.JAGSfile, template.jags, template.JAGS, extract.runjags, extract, is.runjags, add.summary, unload.runjagsmodule, unload.runJAGSmodule
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load.runjagsmodule, load.runJAGSmodule, runjags.getOption
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install.mgrid

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autoextend.jags, autoextend.JAGS, run.jags.study, run.JAGS.study, results.jags, results.JAGS, list.format, extend.jags, extend.JAGS, as.jags, as.runjags, xgrid.extend.jags, xgrid.autoextend.jags, xgrid.extend.JAGS, xgrid.autoextend.JAGS, xgrid.jobs, xgrid.delete, failedjags
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ask, autorun.jags, autorun.JAGS, autorun.jagsfile, autorun.JAGSfile, combine.mcmc, combine.MCMC, dump.format, findjags, findJAGS, new_unique, read.winbugs, read.WinBUGS, run.jags, run.JAGS, run.jagsfile, run.JAGSfile, testjags, testJAGS, timestring
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R 2.7.0 released · 2008-04-22
removedRemoved from CRAN
Version 1.1.0-1 was removed for misrepresentation of authorship

Package metadata

First published: 2008-09-01
Total releases: 33 / 18 yrs
License: GPL-2 OSI
Minimum R: ≥ 2.14.0
Download size: 1.1 MB

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citation("runjags")

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It points to 10.18637/jss.v071.i09.

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Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for runjags version 2.2.2-5 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-10-22. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

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