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 RStudio Version 1.4.1564 onMacOS 10.15.7 | |
| Developer | Posit PBC |
| Initial release | 28 February 2011; 14 years ago (2011-02-28)[1] |
| Stable release | 2025.09.1[2]  / 1 October 2025 |
| Repository | |
| Written in | Java,C++,JavaScript[3] |
| Operating system | Ubuntu,Fedora,Red Hat Linux,openSUSE,macOS,Windows NT |
| Platform | IA-32,x86-64;Qt |
| License | GNU Affero General Public License v3[4] |
| Website | posit |
RStudio IDE (orRStudio) is anintegrated development environment forR, aprogramming language forstatistical computing and graphics. It's available in two formats: RStudio Desktop is a regulardesktop application while RStudio Server runs on a remote server and allows accessing RStudio using aweb browser. The RStudio IDE is a product ofPosit PBC (formerly RStudio PBC, formerly RStudio Inc.).
A strength of RStudio is its support for reproducible analyses[5] with R Markdown vignettes. These allow users to mix text with code inR,Python,Julia, shell scripts,SQL,Stan,JavaScript,C,C++,Fortran, and others,[6] similar toJupyter Notebooks. R Markdown can be used to create dynamic reports that are automatically updated when new data become available. These reports can also be exported in various formats, includingHTML,PDF,Microsoft Word, andLaTeX, with templates specific to the requirements of many scientific journals.[7]
R Markdown vignettes and Jupyter notebooks make the data analysis completely reproducible. R Markdown vignettes have been included as appendices with tutorials onWikiversity.[8]
In 2022, Posit announced an R Markdown-like publishing system calledQuarto. In addition to combining results of R, code and results usingPython,Julia, Observable JavaScript, andJupyter notebooks can also be used in Quarto documents. Compared to the file extension.Rmd that R Markdown has, Quarto documents have the file extension.qmd.[9]
One difference between R Markdown files and Quarto documents is defining options in code chunks. In R Markdown, they would be inline within the curly brackets.
```{r chunk_name, echo=FALSE, warning=FALSE}print(42)```In contrast, Quarto documents define the chunk options below the curly brackets, prefixed using apound character andvertical pipe (or "hash-pipe").
```{r}#| label: chunk_name#| echo: false#| warning: falseprint(42)```The RStudiointegrated development environment (IDE) is available with theGNU Affero General Public License version 3. The AGPL v3 is an open source license that guarantees the freedom to share the code.
RStudio Desktop and RStudio Server are both available infree and fee-based (commercial) editions. OS support depends on the format/edition of the IDE. Prepackaged distributions of RStudio Desktop are available forWindows,macOS, andLinux. RStudio Server and Server Pro run onDebian,Ubuntu,Red Hat Linux,CentOS,openSUSE andSLES.[10]
The RStudio IDE is partly written in theC++ programming language and uses theQt framework for itsgraphical user interface.[11] The bigger percentage of the code is written in Java. JavaScript is also used.[12]
Work on the RStudio IDE started around December 2010,[13] and the first publicbeta version (v0.92) was officially announced in February 2011.[1]Version 1.0 was released on 1 November 2016.[14] Version 1.1 was released on 9 October 2017.[15]
The RStudio IDE provides a mechanism for executing R functions interactively from within the IDE through theAddins menu.[16] This enables packages to includegraphical user interfaces (GUIs) for increased accessibility. PopularR packages that use this feature include:
The RStudio IDE is developed by Posit, PBC, apublic-benefit corporation[17] founded byJ. J. Allaire,[18] creator of the programming languageColdFusion. Posit has no formal connection to the R Foundation, anot-for-profit organization located inVienna,Austria,[19] which is responsible for overseeing development of theR environment for statistical computing. Posit was formerly known as RStudio Inc. In July 2022, it announced that it changed its name to Posit, to signify its broadening exploration towards other programming languages such asPython.[20]
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