Build blazingly fast R packages with Rust

extendr provides developer-first tooling and support for publishing to CRAN.

Github Actions Build Status Crates.io Documentation License: MIT
# setup R package
usethis::create_package("helloextendr")

# add extendr scaffolding
rextendr::use_extendr()

# build and document package
devtools::document()

# load package
devtools::load_all()

# call rust function
hello("world")
[1] "Hello world!"

Get Started

Learn about extendr, necessary software, and see a complete example.

Rust Basics

Learn the basics of Rust programming with an introduction for R developers.

Developer’s Guide

Learn how to develop an R package that calls Rust code with extendr.

Publishing

Learn how to publish an extendr-based R package to CRAN.