pkgdown
R package that builds a static HTML website for an R package from its documentation, vignettes and README.
pkgdown.r-lib.org/repositorydocs
pkgdown builds a website for an R package from its README, its function documentation and its vignettes: the README becomes the homepage, documentation in man/ generates a function reference, and vignettes render into articles. The getting-started guide describes publishing the site through GitHub Actions.
Worth knowing
Without GitHub, the site is rebuilt by hand each time it changes.
Identity
Rendering and deploy
- Runs as
- Static files4
- Rendering
- Static output4
- Install with
- install.packages5
Releases
Adoption
Sources
- 2026-10-23: links, Written in, Categories, GitHub stars
api.github.com/repos/r-lib/pkgdown - 2026-10-23: links, Maintainer
pkgdown.r-lib.org/ - 2026-10-23: links
pkgdown.r-lib.org/articles/pkgdown.html - 2026-10-23: Runtime, Minimum runtime, Runs as, Rendering, License, License model
cran.r-project.org/package=pkgdown - 2026-10-23: Install with
github.com/r-lib/pkgdown/blob/main/README.md - 2026-10-23: First release
api.github.com/repos/r-lib/pkgdown/releases - 2026-10-23: Current major version, Last release
api.github.com/repos/r-lib/pkgdown/releases/latest - 2026-10-23: Contributors
api.github.com/repos/r-lib/pkgdown/contributors