R Package Analytics
R package ecosystem analytics workflow combining METACRAN CranLogs download statistics, CranDB package metadata, and R version information. Used by R package maintainers, data scientists, CI/CD engineers, and ecosystem researchers to analyze package adoption, trends, R version compatibility, and ecosystem health.
What You Can Do
MCP Tools
get-cran-package-metadata
Get detailed metadata for a CRAN R package including description, version, author, maintainer, dependencies (Imports, Depends, Suggests), license, and URLs.
get-package-download-totals
Get total CRAN download counts for R packages for a given period (last-day, last-week, last-month, grand-total, or custom date range like 2023-01-01:2023-12-31).
get-package-daily-downloads
Get daily CRAN download breakdown for R packages over a period. Useful for trend analysis and identifying download spikes.
get-top-downloaded-packages
Get the most-downloaded R packages from CRAN for last-day, last-week, or last-month. Returns up to 100 packages ranked by download count.
list-all-cran-packages
List all R packages available on CRAN with their current version numbers.
get-current-r-version
Get the current stable R release version number and date. Use to verify CI/CD pipelines target the latest R.
get-previous-r-version
Get the previous stable R release (oldrel) version for backward compatibility testing.
list-all-r-versions
List all historical R releases with version numbers, release dates, and nicknames.