R Observatory: Metrics for shinytest2 version 0.5.1

Balamuta, James Joseph

doi:10.5281/zenodo.21843040

shinytest2

0.5.1Package record

Testing for Shiny Applications

0packages dependsuggested by 110

340.5Kdownloads / year

24.4%test coverage

13/13flavors OK

Overview

About

Maintained by Barret SchloerkeCRAN page ↗GitHub ↗Website ↗Issues ↗Declared funder: Posit Software, PBC

Automated unit testing of Shiny applications through a headless 'Chromium' browser.

Changes in 0.5.1

New features

local_app_support(), with_app_support(), and load_app_support() documentation has been expanded to clarify when each function is needed. The use-package vignette now includes detailed examples and a decision tree to help users choose the right approach (#438).

Bug fixes and minor improvements

All vignette images now include alt text for improved accessibility (#435).
record_test() no longer prints a debug message when recording tests in a package directory (#437).
record_test(app=) now properly handles function apps. Previously, passing a function would error with "object of type 'closure' is not subsettable" when determining the test file name (#439).

From NEWS.md in the release

Install

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

install.packages("shinytest2", 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("rstudio/shinytest2")

Development version from rstudio/shinytest2. 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-shinytest2

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-shinytest2

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-shinytest2

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: 3.5 min · r-devel-windows-x86_64

Status changes

OK13 OK2026-08-04
NOTE12 OK, 1 NOTE2026-08-01
OK13 OK2026-06-09
NOTE12 OK, 1 NOTE2026-06-08
OK14 OK2026-03-10

Advisories

none known

How this is measured·How advisories are found

Documentation

In release 0.5.1

READMEYes · 204 wordsVignettesYes · 9 · dynamicNEWSYes · 100% structured · mentions 0.5.1Citation fileNoWebsiteYes · pkgdown

Help pages: 10 (2 internal)
Examples that run: 20%1 run in a plain check (under a condition) · 4 never run
Exported functions with examples: 50%
Documented parameters: 98%
Return-value docs: 10%
Help pages citing references: 0%

Vignettes (9)

Getting started with shinytest2 HTML
Auditing Shiny apps HTML
Frequently Asked Questions HTML
Migrating from shinytest
Monkey testing HTML
Robust testing HTML
Testing in depth HTML
Using shinytest2 with continuous integration HTML
Using shinytest2 with R packages HTML

How these are measured

Downloads

340.5K

CRAN downloads in the past year

Rank #480 · ~933/day · ~28.4K/mo

Releases R versions

Daily download trend is not available in this view yet.

18.8K30 days

157.6K90 days

340.5K1 year

Compare downloads with other packages →

Also on4.6K r2u6 autocran

How downloads are counted

Repository

rstudio/shinytest2 ↗Organization: rstudio

122Stars

23Forks

59Open issues

0Open PRs

12Releases

208Commits

21Commit identities

208 commits · Last activity 2026-07-15 · -0.8% stars, 30d

Responsiveness

How these are sampled

PRs merged (all time): 97%
Median days to close, 50 most recently updated closed issues: 88
Median days to close, 50 most recently updated closed PRs: 0

Stars over time

2025-10-14 · 1132026-10-17 · 122

How these are measured

PracticesBeta

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

Checks run against github.com/rstudio/shinytest2 on 2026-10-18.

Continuous integration (1)

GitHub Actions

Docs source (2)

pkgdown

GitHub Pages site last deployed 2026-07-15

pkgdown site last built 2026-07-15

CRAN release process (2)

cran-comments.mdrevdep/

Lint, format, editor (3)

lintrVS CodeRStudio project

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

AI coding toolsBeta

This repository shows signs of AI coding tools.

Claude Codefirst seen 2025-12-23
Seen in the repository: CLAUDE.md
Named in .Rbuildignore: .claude, CLAUDE.md
Named in .gitignore: .claude
Pull request it wrote: opened by a project member
Commits: at least 2 crediting it in the message
GitHub Copilotfirst seen 2025-12-23
Seen in the repository: .github/copilot-instructions.md
Pull request: opened by its own account
Commits: 3 by its own account

From outside contributors

Claude Code
Pull requests: 2 from outside contributors, first on 2026-02-25

Models named in its commits

Claude Opus 4.62 commits · Apr 2026

Counts are commits, not lines of code. Commits by a tool's accounts count once across all of its accounts. Commits crediting it are the largest count among its credit lines, a minimum.How this is detected·Detection ruleset v4 (updated 2026-09-27)

Dependencies

Declared dependencies

35 external dependencies (excludes base and recommended)

Installing shinytest2 adds 65 packages (36 with compiled code, 36 MB of source tarballs). Heaviest: bslib 5.6 MB, promises 3.1 MB, sass 2.9 MB.

Depends (1)

testthat

Imports (16)

callr checkmate chromote cli fs globals httr2 jsonlite lifecycle pingr pkgload R6 rlang rmarkdown shiny withr

LinkingTo (1)

cpp11

Suggests (17)

box deSolve diffobj ggplot2 golem knitr plotly png rhino rstudioapi shinytest shinyvalidate (>= 0.1.2)shinyWidgets showimage spelling usethis vdiffr (>= 1.0.0)

Enhances (0)

none

Dependency license breakdown →

Reverse dependencies

0direct

0indirect

Suggested by 110

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How these are counted

Code & Tests

People & History

People (6)

Barret Schloerke

Maintainer since 0.1.0 (2022), Author

Winston Chang

Contributor

Original author to rstudio/shinytest

Gábor Csárdi

Contributor

Original author to rstudio/shinytest

Hadley Wickham

Contributor

Original author to rstudio/shinytest

Mango Solutions

Copyright holder, ccp

Original author to rstudio/shinytest

Posit Software, PBC

Copyright holder, Funder · added in 0.3.0

Listed in earlier versions (1)

RStudio

no longer listed · 0.1.0 to 0.2.1

Releases (11)

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R 4.6.0 released · 2026-04-24
0.5.1Latest
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2026-02-25 · current release · diff ↗
0.5.0
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2026-01-09 · diff ↗ ·
added 3 exports
load_app_support, local_app_support, with_app_support
0.4.1
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2025-04-12 · diff ↗
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R 4.5.0 released · 2025-04-11
0.4.0
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0.3.2
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2024-04-28 · diff ↗
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R 4.4.0 released · 2024-04-24
0.3.1
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2023-08-26 · diff ↗
0.3.0
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2023-08-15 · diff ↗
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R 4.3.0 released · 2023-04-21
0.2.1
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2023-02-21 · diff ↗
0.2.0
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2022-09-26 · diff ↗ ·
added 2 exports
compare_screenshot_threshold, screenshot_max_difference
0.1.1
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2022-09-06 · diff ↗
0.1.0
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2022-04-27
R
R 4.2.0 released · 2022-04-22

Package metadata

First published: 2022-04-27
Total releases: 11 / 4 yrs
License: MIT + file LICENSE OSI
Download size: 5.6 MB

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Schloerke, B., Chang, W., Csárdi, G., Mango Solutions, , Posit Software, PBC, , & Wickham, H. (2026). shinytest2: Testing for Shiny Applications (Version 0.5.1) [Computer software]. https://doi.org/10.32614/CRAN.package.shinytest2

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Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for shinytest2 version 0.5.1 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-10-21. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

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