useR! 2024

One of the hardest parts of effectively using R, is finding the best packages for the problem you are trying to solve. This might even be as important as being fluent in the language itself. Building your code on reliable foundations is essential for good results, and difficult to change later on in a project. There are over 20.000 packages on CRAN and many more on other networks such as BioConductor and GitHub. New packages are released every day. The quality and scope of packages varies, which can make it difficult to judge which tools are the best choice, and get a sense of the software landscape in general. R-universe [https://r-universe.dev] is an ambitious platform supported by rOpenSci and the R consortium to help you publish, discover, and start using R packages. In this talk we show different ways in which you can use the search engine, dashboards, and APIs to browse the R ecosystem. R-universe shows you everything there is to know about packages and their maintainers, prepares binaries for all platforms, and provides beautifully rendered documentation to help you get you started immediately.