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rversions

Past and present R versions

R-CMD-check CRAN downloads CRAN version Project Status: Active – The project has reached a stable, usable state and is being actively developed. Codecov test coverage

The R version numbers and dates are queried from R-hub’s R version API.

rversions is in particular useful for determining at any given moment what versions “R-release” and “R-oldrel” refer to, and what R builds are available for a given platform.

Installation

install.packages("rversions")

Usage

List all R releases

r_versions()
#> # A data frame: 161 × 4
#>    version date                nickname semver    
#>    <chr>   <dttm>              <chr>    <pckg_vrs>
#>  1 0.0     1995-06-20 00:00:00 <NA>     0.0.0     
#>  2 0.1     1996-02-12 03:22:00 <NA>     0.1.0     
#>  3 0.2     1996-03-14 21:59:00 <NA>     0.2.0     
#>  4 0.3     1996-03-22 06:46:00 <NA>     0.3.0     
#>  5 0.4     1996-04-01 23:18:00 <NA>     0.4.0     
#>  6 0.5     1996-05-13 04:06:00 <NA>     0.5.0     
#>  7 0.6     1996-05-17 04:53:00 <NA>     0.6.0     
#>  8 0.7     1996-05-28 03:31:00 <NA>     0.7.0     
#>  9 0.8     1996-05-31 04:51:00 <NA>     0.8.0     
#> 10 0.9     1996-06-07 04:40:00 <NA>     0.9.0     
#> # ℹ 151 more rows

List available R builds

For the current platform:

available()
#> # A data frame: 20 × 5
#>    version date                semver     type    url                           
#>    <chr>   <dttm>              <pckg_vrs> <chr>   <chr>                         
#>  1 4.1.0   2021-05-18 07:05:22 4.1.0      release https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/…
#>  2 4.1.1   2021-08-10 07:05:06 4.1.1      release https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/…
#>  3 4.1.2   2021-11-01 08:05:12 4.1.2      release https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/…
#>  4 4.1.3   2022-03-10 08:05:38 4.1.3      release https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/…
#>  5 4.2.0   2022-04-22 07:05:41 4.2.0      release https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/…
#>  6 4.2.1   2022-06-23 07:05:33 4.2.1      release https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/…
#>  7 4.2.2   2022-10-31 08:05:54 4.2.2      release https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/…
#>  8 4.2.3   2023-03-15 08:06:01 4.2.3      release https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/…
#>  9 4.3.0   2023-04-21 07:06:14 4.3.0      release https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/…
#> 10 4.3.1   2023-06-16 07:06:07 4.3.1      release https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/…
#> 11 4.3.2   2023-10-31 08:07:42 4.3.2      release https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/…
#> 12 4.3.3   2024-02-29 08:07:53 4.3.3      release https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/…
#> 13 4.4.0   2024-04-24 04:07:56 4.4.0      release https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/…
#> 14 4.4.1   2024-06-14 07:08:17 4.4.1      release https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/…
#> 15 4.4.2   2024-10-31 08:09:02 4.4.2      release https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/…
#> 16 4.4.3   2025-02-28 08:08:59 4.4.3      release https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/…
#> 17 4.5.0   2025-04-11 08:51:39 4.5.0      release https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/…
#> 18 4.5.1   2025-06-13 07:12:01 4.5.1      release https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/…
#> 19 4.5.1   NA                  4.5.1      patched https://mac.r-project.org/big…
#> 20 4.6.0   NA                  4.6.0      devel   https://mac.r-project.org/big…

For another platform:

available("windows")
#> # A data frame: 97 × 5
#>    version date                semver     type    url                           
#>    <chr>   <dttm>              <pckg_vrs> <chr>   <chr>                         
#>  1 2.0.0   2004-10-04 14:24:38 2.0.0      release https://cran-archive.r-projec…
#>  2 2.0.1   2004-11-15 14:16:30 2.0.1      release https://cran-archive.r-projec…
#>  3 2.1.0   2005-04-18 22:26:33 2.1.0      release https://cran-archive.r-projec…
#>  4 2.1.1   2005-06-20 09:27:13 2.1.1      release https://cran-archive.r-projec…
#>  5 2.2.0   2005-10-06 10:22:14 2.2.0      release https://cran-archive.r-projec…
#>  6 2.2.1   2005-12-20 10:35:21 2.2.1      release https://cran-archive.r-projec…
#>  7 2.3.0   2006-04-24 10:37:20 2.3.0      release https://cran-archive.r-projec…
#>  8 2.3.1   2006-06-01 08:25:33 2.3.1      release https://cran-archive.r-projec…
#>  9 2.4.0   2006-10-03 10:15:04 2.4.0      release https://cran-archive.r-projec…
#> 10 2.4.1   2006-12-18 09:49:23 2.4.1      release https://cran-archive.r-projec…
#> # ℹ 87 more rows

Resolve R version specifications

Current R release:

resolve("release")
#> # A data frame: 1 × 6
#>   version date                nickname          semver     url             type 
#>   <chr>   <dttm>              <chr>             <pckg_vrs> <chr>           <chr>
#> 1 4.5.1   2025-06-13 07:12:01 Great Square Root 4.5.1      https://cran.r… rele…

Development version:

resolve("devel")
#> # A data frame: 1 × 6
#>   version date   nickname                semver     url                    type 
#>   <chr>   <dttm> <chr>                   <pckg_vrs> <chr>                  <chr>
#> 1 4.6.0   NA     Unsuffered Consequences 4.6.0      https://mac.r-project… devel

Next version of R:

resolve("next")
#> # A data frame: 1 × 6
#>   version date   nickname          semver     url                          type 
#>   <chr>   <dttm> <chr>             <pckg_vrs> <chr>                        <chr>
#> 1 4.5.1   NA     Great Square Root 4.5.1      https://mac.r-project.org/b… next

Previous release:

resolve("oldrel")
#> # A data frame: 1 × 6
#>   version date                nickname    semver     url                   type 
#>   <chr>   <dttm>              <chr>       <pckg_vrs> <chr>                 <chr>
#> 1 4.4.3   2025-02-28 08:08:59 Trophy Case 4.4.3      https://cran.rstudio… oldr…

Last release of a branch:

resolve("4.2")
#> # A data frame: 1 × 6
#>   version date                nickname         semver     url              type 
#>   <chr>   <dttm>              <chr>            <pckg_vrs> <chr>            <chr>
#> 1 4.2.3   2023-03-15 08:06:01 Shortstop Beagle 4.2.3      https://cran.rs… 4.2

List of Rtools versions

rtools_versions()
#> # A data frame: 21 × 4
#>    version url                                                       first last 
#>    <chr>   <chr>                                                     <chr> <chr>
#>  1 26      https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/Rtools/Rtools26.exe  2.0.0 2.6.2
#>  2 27      https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/Rtools/Rtools27.exe  2.6.0 2.7.2
#>  3 28      https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/Rtools/Rtools28.exe  2.7.0 2.8.1
#>  4 29      https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/Rtools/Rtools29.exe  2.8.0 2.9.2
#>  5 210     https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/Rtools/Rtools210.exe 2.9.0 2.10…
#>  6 211     https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/Rtools/Rtools211.exe 2.10… 2.11…
#>  7 212     https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/Rtools/Rtools212.exe 2.12… 2.12…
#>  8 213     https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/Rtools/Rtools213.exe 2.13… 2.13…
#>  9 214     https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/Rtools/Rtools214.exe 2.13… 2.14…
#> 10 215     https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/windows/Rtools/Rtools215.exe 2.14… 2.15…
#> # ℹ 11 more rows

Linux distros supported by Posit, or R-hub

linux_distros()
#> # A data frame: 42 × 13
#>    id    aliases name  version codename url   docker eol                 retired
#>  * <chr> <I<nam> <chr> <chr>   <chr>    <chr> <chr>  <dttm>              <lgl>  
#>  1 alma… <chr>   Alma… 10      <NA>     http… almal… 2035-05-31 00:00:00 FALSE  
#>  2 alma… <NULL>  Alma… 8       <NA>     http… almal… 2029-03-01 00:00:00 FALSE  
#>  3 alma… <chr>   Alma… 9       <NA>     http… almal… 2032-05-31 00:00:00 FALSE  
#>  4 cent… <chr>   Cent… 6       <NA>     http… cento… 2020-11-30 00:00:00 TRUE   
#>  5 cent… <chr>   Cent… 7       <NA>     http… cento… 2024-06-30 00:00:00 FALSE  
#>  6 cent… <NULL>  Cent… 8       <NA>     http… cento… 2024-05-31 00:00:00 FALSE  
#>  7 debi… <chr>   Debi… 10      buster   http… debia… 2024-06-30 00:00:00 TRUE   
#>  8 debi… <chr>   Debi… 11      bullseye http… debia… 2024-08-14 00:00:00 TRUE   
#>  9 debi… <chr>   Debi… 12      bookworm http… debia… NA                  FALSE  
#> 10 debi… <chr>   Debi… 9       stretch  http… debia… 2022-06-30 00:00:00 TRUE   
#> # ℹ 32 more rows
#> # ℹ 4 more variables: aarch64 <chr>, ppm_binaries <lgl>, ppm_aarch64 <lgl>,
#> #   ppm_url <chr>

License

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