R: is there something like iPython notebook (jupyter) for R?

Question

As mentioned in question is there something like iPython's notebook (jupyter) for R-CRAN?

Solution 1

Have a look at Ramnath's R notebook:

http://www.youtube.com/embed/3niqZhc_Nbo

And here's the GitHub: https://github.com/ramnathv/rNotebook

EDIT (1/6/15)

I think the new editR package is what you're after

https://github.com/swarm-lab/editR

Solution 2

Not sure it would be an exact equivalent of iPython's notebooks, but you can use knitr to make literacy programming in R, by inserting code chunks inside a document. If you use a format like RMarkdown, you can export the document and the result of the code chunks to HTML. You can then publish the HTML file somewhere, or use sites like Rpubs. This process is quite straightforward if you use the RStudio IDE.

Another way, if you are an Emacs user, is to use org-mode and its extension org-babel.

Finally, you should be able to create more dynamic things with a framework like shiny. See for example the following knitr demo from the shiny library :

R> library(shiny)
R> demo("notebook", package = "knitr")

Comments

[Jilber Urbina]

What about Knitr and Rstudio??

[Vincent Zoonekynd]

The rmagic package allows you to use R code in the iPython notebook; examples here and here.

[Ben]

Yes, there is a quick and dirty R kernel for IPython by the IPython author and a more substantial R kernal for IPython here, as well as RCloud which aims to be very similar to IPython, providing a notebook interface to R

[Ben]

Yes, iPython has evolved into the Jupyter Project, which fully supports interactive iPython-style notebooks for Python, R and Julia. There is a test-drive server here: tmpnb.org

[Khashaa]

There is also the beaker notebook sharing.beakernotebook.com/gist/anonymous/a119ba0126f280b2d0‌​41

[userJT]

In 2016, RStudio developers developed R Notebook format. See rmarkdown.rstudio.com/r_notebooks.html

[A T]

Current solution: irkernel.github.io

[Outlier]

He is looking for a Markdown type solution where he can punblish the work too, not an environment like eclipse.

[Szabolcs]

This totally misses the mark on what a notebook is. It is just for producing pretty looking documents, but it doesn't provide a way to work interactively (as an alternative to the command line)

[Szabolcs]

@TylerRinker I did arrive here by searching for IPython for R. The project you link to is not an alternative to IPython, despite the claims of its author (who seems to be confused about what a notebook interface is). "rNotebook" appears to be focused on embedding R code (and its result) in a document, i.e. creating a report/presentation. It is not about working interactively, which is the main purpose of notebook interfaces, including both Mathematica (the system pioneering the notebook interface), and IPython (whose notebook is inspired by Mathematica).

[Tyler Rinker]

@Szabolcs Does editR suit you moreso?

[Szabolcs]

It also looks like a report generation tool, focused on creating pretty documents. It's not a notebook in the sense how Mathematica, IPython, or even MATLAB's Cell mode works. IPython now has some support for R, which is the only proper R notebook that I have seen.

[Tyler Rinker]

Can you give a link for a demo/video of what you're defining as a notebook? I ask because it seems editR does this: ipython.org/notebook.html Though the output is side by side rather than under, though instant.