CRAN Scraper – R Package Metadata, Versions & Dependencies

Extract comprehensive metadata from CRAN (Comprehensive R Archive Network) packages including descriptions, versions, dependencies, reverse dependencies, publication dates, authors, DOIs, vignettes, and download links. Perfect for R ecosystem research, dependency analysis, and package discovery.

CRAN R Packages Metadata Scraper

parseforge/cran-r-packages-scraper

Pull authoritative metadata for any R package from the official CRAN crandb database. Returns package name, title, version, authors, maintainer, license, dependencies, and publication date. Handy for dependency audits, license compliance checks, and cataloging R tooling.

CRAN R Package Scraper

crawlerbros/cran-scraper

Scrapes R package metadata from the CRAN database (crandb.r-pkg.org). Search packages by query, fetch by name, or list recent releases.

CRAN R Package Scraper

crawlergang/cran-scraper

Scrapes R package metadata from the CRAN database (crandb.r-pkg.org). Search packages by query, fetch by name, or list recent releases.

R Documentation Scraper

crawlergang/rdocumentation-scraper

Scrape R package metadata from CRAN via the public crandb API. Search packages by keyword or fetch specific packages by name - returns version, title, description, author, maintainer, license, dependencies, and rdocumentation.org links.

R Documentation Scraper

crawlerbros/rdocumentation-scraper

Scrape R package metadata from CRAN via the public crandb API. Search packages by keyword or fetch specific packages by name - returns version, title, description, author, maintainer, license, dependencies, and rdocumentation.org links.

Extract structured metadata from Bioconductor R package pages including version, license, dependencies, biocViews, and reverse dependencies.

Bioconductor Scraper

crawlergang/bioconductor-scraper

Scrape Bioconductor R package metadata - title, description, biocViews categories, author, maintainer, license, dependencies, and more. Search by keyword or biocViews category, or fetch specific packages by name.

Bioconductor Scraper

crawlerbros/bioconductor-scraper

Scrape Bioconductor R package metadata - title, description, biocViews categories, author, maintainer, license, dependencies, and more. Search by keyword or biocViews category, or fetch specific packages by name.

Search PyPI packages, get package metadata, download counts, and version history using the free PyPI JSON API. Track trending packages by download volume.