rstantools

The rstantools package provides tools for developing R packages interfacing with Stan. The package vignettes provides guidelines and recommendations for developers as well as a demonstration of creating a working package with a pre-compiled Stan program.

• Guidelines for Developers of R Packages Interfacing with Stan

• Step by step guide for creating a package that depends on RStan

Resources

• mc-stan.org/rstantools (online documentation, vignettes)
• Ask a question (Stan Forums on Discourse)
• Open an issue (GitHub issues for bug reports, feature requests)

Installation

• Install from CRAN:

install.packages("rstantools")

• Install latest development version from GitHub (requires devtools package):

if (!require("devtools")) {
  install.packages("devtools")
}
  
devtools::install_github("stan-dev/rstantools", build_vignettes = TRUE)