Access the System Credential Store from R

Platform independent 'API' to access the operating system's credential store. Currently supports: 'Keychain' on 'macOS', Credential Store on 'Windows', the Secret Service 'API' on 'Linux', and simple, platform independent stores implemented with environment variables or encrypted files. Additional storage back-ends can be added easily.

Run 'R CMD check' from 'R' and Capture Results

Run 'R CMD check' from 'R' and capture the results of the individual checks. Supports running checks in the background, timeouts, pretty printing and comparing check results.

'GitHub' 'API'

Minimal client to access the 'GitHub' 'API'.

R Session Information

Query and print information about the current R session. It is similar to 'utils::sessionInfo()', but includes more information about packages, and where they were installed from.

List, Query, Manipulate System Processes

List, query and manipulate all system processes, on 'Windows', 'Linux' and 'macOS'.

Application Directories: Determine Where to Save Data, Caches, and Logs

An easy way to determine which directories on the users computer you should use to save data, caches and logs. A port of Python's 'Appdirs' (< https://github.com/ActiveState/appdirs>) to R.

Check if a Remote Computer is Up

Check if a remote computer is up. It can either just call the system ping command, or check a specified TCP port.

Query 'git' Credentials from 'R'

Query, set, delete credentials from the 'git' credential store. Manage 'GitHub' tokens and other 'git' credentials. This package is to be used by other packages that need to authenticate to 'GitHub' and/or other 'git' repositories.

Username, Full Name, Email Address, 'GitHub' Username of the Current User

Look up the username and full name of the current user, the current user's email address and 'GitHub' username, using various sources of system and configuration information.

Basic R Input Output

Functions to handle basic input output, these functions always read and write UTF-8 (8-bit Unicode Transformation Format) files and provide more explicit control over line endings.