WebR
No written verdict yet. Here is what commenters said.
5recommend
0warn against
Nov 29, 2025first mention
Dec 12, 2025latest mention
Why people recommend it
“Enter WebR: now we only need to serve static files.”
Works at a company where analysts build dashboardson “WebR – R in the Browser”
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Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
Who recommends it in their own words
Threads where it came up
- WebR – R in the Browser 7 mentions
- An SVG is all you need 1 mention
Also written as webR. Data: webr.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 8
“It's really cool, it is a static website that runs DuckDB, WebR, and ggplot.”
“github: https://github.com/r-wasm/webr”
“Enter WebR: now we only need to serve static files.”
“WebR is awesome”
“Cool!”
(Disclosure: I work on https://quarto.org, for the same company that the author of WebR works on) Thanks for sharing that PDF link. It's so good! Would you be willing to write a bit about how you produced that PDF? It's a great example of what places like CIDR should be encouraging in terms of academic publications.
“Javascript libraries feels lot more smoother than something like webR.”
“WebR was perfect for this use case”