callr: Call R from R

It is sometimes useful to perform a computation in a separate R process, without affecting the current R process at all. This packages does exactly that.

Package details

AuthorGábor Csárdi [aut, cre, cph] (ORCID: <https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7098-9676>), Winston Chang [aut], Posit Software, PBC [cph, fnd] (ROR: <https://ror.org/03wc8by49>), Ascent Digital Services [cph, fnd]
MaintainerGábor Csárdi <csardi.gabor@gmail.com>
LicenseMIT + file LICENSE
Version3.8.0
URL https://callr.r-lib.org https://github.com/r-lib/callr
Package repositoryView on CRAN
Installation Install the latest version of this package by entering the following in R:
install.packages("callr")

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callr documentation built on June 5, 2026, 5:06 p.m.