rk.universe

The Ultimate RKWard GUI Ecosystem Meta-Package

rk.universe is a master meta-package (inspired by the tidyverse philosophy) designed to easily install, load, and synchronize a massive suite of 64+ RKWard GUI plugins. By installing this single package, you transform RKWard into a complete, state-of-the-art graphical environment for data science, statistical modeling, and academic publishing.

Instead of installing and activating dozens of plugins individually, rk.universe handles all dependencies and seamlessly integrates every graphical menu into your RKWard interface with a single command.

🌟 Key Features

One-Line Installation: Pulls over 60 highly specialized GUI plugins directly from the R-Universe servers.
Automatic GUI Registration: Features a smart .onAttach hook. When loaded inside RKWard, it automatically searches for and registers every .pluginmap file in the ecosystem. No manual XML configuration required.
Clean Console Output: Uses the cli package to print a beautiful, non-obtrusive summary of loaded tools and activated menus when attaching the suite.
Comprehensive Toolset: Equips RKWard with tools ranging from basic data wrangling (dplyr wrappers) to advanced structural equation modeling (lavaan), complex survey analysis (srvyr), and professional reporting (quarto & flextable).

📦 What's Included?

The rk.universe ecosystem covers almost every stage of the data science workflow. Some of the core plugin suites included are:

Data Import & Wrangling: rk.haven, rk.ddi.import, rk.subset.tidy, rk.dplyr, rk.tidyr, rk.data.wrangling, rk.janitor
Complex Surveys & Psychometrics: rk.survey.design, rk.survey.wrangling, rk.efa, rk.psych
Statistical Modeling: rk.bayesian, rk.lavaan, rk.weibull, rk.survival
Data Visualization & Mapping: rk.ggsurvey, rk.gganimate, rk.cartographr, rk.map.globalities
Academic Reporting & Tables: rk.quarto, rk.flextable, rk.gtsummary, rk.ctables, rk.codebook
...and dozens more!

🚀 Installation

Because this package orchestrates a vast ecosystem, it is hosted on R-Universe.

To install the entire suite, simply add the custom repository to your R options and run install.packages() directly in your RKWard console:

# 1. Enable the AlfCano R-Universe repository
options(repos = c(
  alfcano = "https://alfcano.r-universe.dev",
  CRAN = "https://cloud.r-project.org"
))

# 2. Install the meta-package (This will download all 60+ plugins automatically)
install.packages("rk.universe")

🛠️ Usage

To activate the entire GUI ecosystem, simply load the package inside your RKWard session:

library(rk.universe)

🚀 Install from github

# Install using remotes/devtools:
local({
  require(remotes)
  install_github("AlfCano/rk.universe", force = TRUE)
})

What happens next?

R will silently attach all 62+ plugin libraries to your environment.
A clean status report will be printed to your console.
RKWard will instantly populate its top menu bar (Data, Analysis, Plots, File, etc.) with dozens of new point-and-click dialogs ready for use.

📝 License and Author

Author: Alfonso Cano (@AlfCano)
Email: alfonso.cano@correo.buap.mx

Assisted by: Gemini, a large language model from Google.
License: GPL (>= 3)

This project and its entire plugin ecosystem are licensed under the GPL (>= 3) License.