pins-r

The pins package enables publishing and sharing of R objects (data, models, etc.) across projects and collaborators. It supports various storage backends including local folders, Posit Connect, Databricks, Amazon S3, Google Cloud Storage, Azure, and Microsoft 365, with automatic versioning for tracking changes and reproducing historical analyses.

Pins simplifies collaborative data workflows by providing a consistent API (pin_write() and pin_read()) regardless of storage backend. It supports multiple file formats (RDS, Parquet, Arrow, CSV, JSON) and integrates with Posit Connect’s permission system for access control. The package also offers cross-language compatibility, allowing Python users to read pins created in R and vice versa.