# blogdown

R package that builds blogs and websites from R Markdown files, using the Hugo static site generator by default.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/blogdown-r/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-23
Listed since: 2026-10-23

## Record

### Links

- home: https://pkgs.rstudio.com/blogdown/
- repository: https://github.com/rstudio/blogdown
- docs: https://pkg.yihui.org/blogdown/
- forum: https://forum.posit.co/tags/c/R-Markdown/10/blogdown

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Yihui Xie
- maintainerType: unknown
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2017
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: ssg
- hosting: static
- language: r
- runtime: r
- runtimeMin: r 3.5
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: flat-file
- databases: unknown
- adminUi: unknown
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: unknown
- i18n: unknown

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: static
- renderingModes: static
- installMethod: install.packages('blogdown') from CRAN

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: GPL-3

### Releases

- currentMajor: 1
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-06-19

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 1792
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 60
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://pkgs.rstudio.com/blogdown/ (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/rstudio/blogdown (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://pkg.yihui.org/blogdown/ (read 2026-10-23)
- maintainer: https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/blogdown/index.html (read 2026-10-23)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/rstudio/blogdown (read 2026-10-23)
- runtime: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rstudio/blogdown/main/DESCRIPTION (read 2026-10-23)
- runtimeMin: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rstudio/blogdown/main/DESCRIPTION (read 2026-10-23)
- category: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rstudio/blogdown/main/DESCRIPTION (read 2026-10-23)
- category: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rstudio/blogdown/main/DESCRIPTION (read 2026-10-23)
- renderingModes: https://pkg.yihui.org/blogdown/ (read 2026-10-23)
- installMethod: https://github.com/rstudio/blogdown/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- runsAs: https://pkg.yihui.org/blogdown/ (read 2026-10-23)
- contentStore: https://github.com/rstudio/blogdown/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- license: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rstudio/blogdown/main/DESCRIPTION (read 2026-10-23)
- licenseModel: https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/blogdown/index.html (read 2026-10-23)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/rstudio/blogdown/releases (read 2026-10-23)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/rstudio/blogdown/releases (read 2026-10-23)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/rstudio/blogdown/releases (read 2026-10-23)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/rstudio/blogdown (read 2026-10-23)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/rstudio/blogdown/contributors (read 2026-10-23)

## Notes

blogdown is an R package that builds websites and blogs from R Markdown files. The package supports the Hugo static site generator best and uses it by default, and it also supports Jekyll and Hexo. It produces a website that consists of static files. The package is installed from CRAN, and the [blogdown book](https://pkg.yihui.org/blogdown/) describes the output in its introduction.

## Worth knowing

The package lists Hugo and Pandoc as system requirements, so both are installed alongside it.

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