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RStudio Desktop

Popular open-source IDE for R and Quarto

★ Stars5.1k5,090 on GitHub
Last commit18 Oct 2026
LicenceAGPL-3.0Per the project
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RStudio Desktop from Posit is a free integrated development environment for R, with a console, script editor, plot viewer, data viewer and support for R Markdown and Quarto documents. The open-source desktop edition is free; Posit sells separate commercial products.

Who it suits

  • Beginners to experienced teams: Posit says “whether you're a student running your first regression or a team lead managing production models, the IDE is yours.”

From posit.co/products/open-source/rstudio, checked 19 Oct 2026. Quotes are the project's own words.

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