Tools for Developing R Packages Interfacing with Stan

Stan Development Team

The rstantools package provides various tools for developers of R packages interfacing with Stan (https://mc-stan.org), including functions to set up the required package structure, S3 generic methods to unify function naming across Stan-based R packages, and vignettes with guidelines for developers. To get started building a package see rstan_create_package().

See also

• Guidelines and recommendations for developers of R packages interfacing with Stan and a demonstration getting a simple package working can be found in the vignettes included with rstantools and at mc-stan.org/rstantools/articles.

• After reading the guidelines for developers, if you have trouble setting up your package let us know on the the Stan Forums or at the rstantools GitHub issue tracker.

Useful links:

• https://mc-stan.org/rstantools/

• https://discourse.mc-stan.org/

• Report bugs at https://github.com/stan-dev/rstantools/issues

Author

Maintainer: Jonah Gabry jsg2201@columbia.edu

Authors:

• Ben Goodrich benjamin.goodrich@columbia.edu

• Martin Lysy mlysy@uwaterloo.ca

• Andrew Johnson

Other contributors:

• Hamada S. Badr [contributor]

• Marco Colombo [contributor]

• Stefan Siegert [contributor]

• Trustees of Columbia University [copyright holder]