altdoc is an R package that helps package authors create, render, preview, and deploy documentation websites without relying on pkgdown.
It offers a lightweight and flexible workflow that can handle straightforward packages as well as larger projects with many exported functions, vignettes, and project files.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Supports documentation sites built with Quarto, Docsify, Docute, and MkDocs.
- Generates reference pages for exported R functions, including evaluated examples.
- Renders Quarto and R Markdown vignettes as part of the site build process.
- Includes common project files such as README, NEWS, changelog, code of conduct, and citation pages.
- Provides commands to preview sites locally and deploy them to GitHub Pages or other platforms.
Website: github.com/etiennebacher/altdoc
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Developer: Etienne Bacher and Vincent Arel-Bundock
License: MIT License
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