With R-hub you can build and check your package on 20 platforms (different operating systems/architectures, different R versions). While you can select several platforms to build your package on via the web interface, you need to choose those by hand, whereas the package has handy shortcuts (even handier when using an editor with autocompletion like RStudio) such as rhub::check_on_windows() and the very useful rhub::check_for_cran().Д®mail validation is easier via the package than via the webform. When using the web interface you can set neither extra arguments for the R CMD check command nor environment variables to set on the builder machine, which you might actually need for finer control of the check, or e.g. You can then watch the live log from your console, or wait until you get an email after the build. rhub::check() works very similarly: it can take the path to your package folder as argument (by default the current directory!), and will build and upload it. You might be used to devtools::check() to run checks locally, and devtools::check_win_devel() to bundle and send the package to Winbuilder.

Using the package is quite natural whilst youвЂ™re developing an R package in your favorite IDE. We strongly recommend using the package for a smoother workflow and more customization.

You can submit a package using either the webformвЂ™s simple interface or with advanced options or via the R package rhub.

R hub remote support