flowR is a sophisticated static analysis framework for the R programming language.
It helps developers and researchers understand existing R code by analysing how values, calls, and control move through a script, making it useful for program comprehension, debugging, and inspection of real-world R sources.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Performs static dataflow analysis for R programs.
- Generates call graphs together with data-flow and control-flow graphs.
- Includes code linting to flag common issues and potential bugs.
- Supports program slicing to reduce a script to the statements relevant to a chosen point of interest.
- Provides a REPL and query interface for exploring analysis results interactively.
- Works with Visual Studio Code, Positron, RStudio, Docker, an R package, and an npm package.
Website: github.com/flowr-analysis/flowr
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Developer: flowr
License: GNU General Public License v3.0
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| lintr | Provides static code analysis for R |
| jarl | Fast linter for R |
| flir | Parse and rewrite R code |
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