sandpaper is an R package that provides the user interface for The Carpentries Workbench.
It helps lesson authors, contributors, and maintainers build Carpentries-style lesson websites from Markdown or R Markdown source files, separating lesson content from presentation while supporting local previews, validation, portable lesson builds, and continuous integration workflows.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Builds Carpentries-themed static lesson websites from Markdown and R Markdown files.
- Creates new lesson repositories and episodes with the expected Workbench structure.
- Checks lesson content and structure to help maintain consistent teaching materials.
- Supports local rendering, portable lesson sites, and GitHub-based deployment workflows.
- Uses caching and generated outputs to speed up repeated lesson builds.
Website: github.com/carpentries/sandpaper
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Developer: The Carpentries
License: MIT License
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