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Potential landscape tooling settling onto standard R generics after two rounds of renaming.
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tbrf alternatives
The best tbrf alternatives in analytics tools, ranked by Sparkpulse's velocity_score.
Updated Aug 17, 2026
Looking for the best alternatives to tbrf? Sparkpulse tracks and ranks 12 alternatives in analytics tools by shipping velocity — how frequently each ships meaningful updates, verified from official changelogs. For reference, tbrf shipped 0 meaningful updates in the last 30 days and carries a velocity score of 0.0 out of 10 in 2026. The alternatives below are ranked the same way, so you're comparing real release momentum, not marketing claims.
About tbrf
Time-based rolling statistics for water-quality data, finally getting plotting and padding built in.
tbrf computes rolling statistics over time windows rather than fixed row counts — geometric means, confidence intervals and related summaries indexed by date. That distinction matters for irregularly sampled environmental monitoring data, where a fixed-width window spans different amounts of real time. Version 0.1.7 folds in stat_stepribbon() from ggalt, ships an Entero example dataset for lognormal workflows, and adds na.pad across the tbr_ family.
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Top 12 alternatives to tbrf
Ranked by recent ship velocity. Tap any card for the full editorial breakdown, or pivot to a head-to-head.
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SEM reporting helpers converging on APA output, one CRAN resubmission at a time.
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A raster-to-terra migration is the only readable change in a feed of merge notes.
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A nycflights13 generator whose recent work is all about the data being right.
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Conditional density and log-likelihood fill out a vine copula regression package.
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A drop-in string API for base R, kept alive by upstream check failures.
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From a bundled hospital dataset to a live CMS API client.
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Split out of quanteda, then quiet - one new classifier since 2020.
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The 1.x line, tagged retroactively after a decade of SoilProfileCollection redesign.
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Spline bases built to interoperate: periodic B-splines and an nsk-compatible natural basis.
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A young ALE and PDP plotting package that rebuilt its numeric core after a data-corrupting bug.
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Vine copula CDFs arrive; everything else is compile hygiene and boundary fixes.
tbrf vs alternatives — shipping velocity at a glance
Velocity score (0–10) and meaningful releases shipped in the last 30 days, from official changelogs. Higher = shipping faster.
| Product | Velocity | Sparks · 30d | Focus areas | Latest release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| tbrf (baseline) | 0.0 | 0 | rolling-statisticswater-qualitytime-series | — |
| simlandr | 0.0 | 0 | r-packagedynamical-systemsvisualization | — |
| lavaanExtra | 0.0 | 0 | r-packagestructural-equation-modelinglavaan | — |
| ibis.iSDM | 0.0 | 0 | r-packagespecies-distribution-modelsterra | raster replaced by terra across the package |
| anyflights | 0.0 | 0 | r-packageaviation-datateaching-datasets | — |
| vinereg | 0.0 | 0 | r-packagecopulasregression | — |
| stringx | 0.0 | 0 | r-packagestringsunicode | — |
| healthyR.data | 0.0 | 0 | r-packagehealthcare-datacms | Metadata lookup and generic CMS fetchers replace bundled data |
| quanteda.textmodels | 0.0 | 0 | r-packagetext-classificationnlp | Logistic regression classifier added; svmlin rewritten in C++ |
| aqp | 0.0 | 0 | r-packagesoil-sciences4-classes | Core class methods renamed and pruned ahead of 2.0 |
| splines2 | 0.0 | 0 | r-packagesplinesrcpp | Periodic B-splines, nsk(), and a basis conversion matrix |
| effectplots | 0.0 | 0 | r-packagemodel-interpretabilityale | Numeric core rewritten after an in-place data corruption fix |
| vinecopula | 0.0 | 0 | r-packagecopulasstatistics | — |
The 12 best tbrf alternatives, in depth
1. simlandr · velocity 0.0
Potential landscape tooling settling onto standard R generics after two rounds of renaming.
Its velocity score of 0.0/10 reflects longer-term release cadence.
Where tbrf leans on rolling statistics, water quality and time series, simlandr focuses on r package, dynamical systems and visualization.
simlandr and tbrf have shipped at a similar pace over the last 30 days, so the decision comes down to fit and feature depth.
2. lavaanExtra · velocity 0.0
SEM reporting helpers converging on APA output, one CRAN resubmission at a time.
Its velocity score of 0.0/10 reflects longer-term release cadence.
Where tbrf leans on rolling statistics, water quality and time series, lavaanExtra focuses on r package, structural equation modeling and lavaan.
lavaanExtra and tbrf have shipped at a similar pace over the last 30 days, so the decision comes down to fit and feature depth.
Full lavaanExtra trajectory → · Compare tbrf vs lavaanExtra →
3. ibis.iSDM · velocity 0.0
A raster-to-terra migration is the only readable change in a feed of merge notes.
Its velocity score of 0.0/10 reflects longer-term release cadence; its most recent meaningful update was “raster replaced by terra across the package”.
Where tbrf leans on rolling statistics, water quality and time series, ibis.iSDM focuses on r package, species distribution models and terra.
ibis.iSDM and tbrf have shipped at a similar pace over the last 30 days, so the decision comes down to fit and feature depth.
4. anyflights · velocity 0.0
A nycflights13 generator whose recent work is all about the data being right.
Its velocity score of 0.0/10 reflects longer-term release cadence.
Where tbrf leans on rolling statistics, water quality and time series, anyflights focuses on r package, aviation data and teaching datasets.
anyflights and tbrf have shipped at a similar pace over the last 30 days, so the decision comes down to fit and feature depth.
5. vinereg · velocity 0.0
Conditional density and log-likelihood fill out a vine copula regression package.
Its velocity score of 0.0/10 reflects longer-term release cadence.
Where tbrf leans on rolling statistics, water quality and time series, vinereg focuses on r package, copulas and regression.
vinereg and tbrf have shipped at a similar pace over the last 30 days, so the decision comes down to fit and feature depth.
6. stringx · velocity 0.0
A drop-in string API for base R, kept alive by upstream check failures.
Its velocity score of 0.0/10 reflects longer-term release cadence.
Where tbrf leans on rolling statistics, water quality and time series, stringx focuses on r package, strings and unicode.
stringx and tbrf have shipped at a similar pace over the last 30 days, so the decision comes down to fit and feature depth.
7. healthyR.data · velocity 0.0
From a bundled hospital dataset to a live CMS API client.
Its velocity score of 0.0/10 reflects longer-term release cadence; its most recent meaningful update was “Metadata lookup and generic CMS fetchers replace bundled data”.
Where tbrf leans on rolling statistics, water quality and time series, healthyR.data focuses on r package, healthcare data and cms.
healthyR.data and tbrf have shipped at a similar pace over the last 30 days, so the decision comes down to fit and feature depth.
Full healthyR.data trajectory → · Compare tbrf vs healthyR.data →
8. quanteda.textmodels · velocity 0.0
Split out of quanteda, then quiet - one new classifier since 2020.
Its velocity score of 0.0/10 reflects longer-term release cadence; its most recent meaningful update was “Logistic regression classifier added; svmlin rewritten in C++”.
Where tbrf leans on rolling statistics, water quality and time series, quanteda.textmodels focuses on r package, text classification and nlp.
quanteda.textmodels and tbrf have shipped at a similar pace over the last 30 days, so the decision comes down to fit and feature depth.
Full quanteda.textmodels trajectory → · Compare tbrf vs quanteda.textmodels →
9. aqp · velocity 0.0
The 1.x line, tagged retroactively after a decade of SoilProfileCollection redesign.
Its velocity score of 0.0/10 reflects longer-term release cadence; its most recent meaningful update was “Core class methods renamed and pruned ahead of 2.0”.
Where tbrf leans on rolling statistics, water quality and time series, aqp focuses on r package, soil science and s4 classes.
aqp and tbrf have shipped at a similar pace over the last 30 days, so the decision comes down to fit and feature depth.
10. splines2 · velocity 0.0
Spline bases built to interoperate: periodic B-splines and an nsk-compatible natural basis.
Its velocity score of 0.0/10 reflects longer-term release cadence; its most recent meaningful update was “Periodic B-splines, nsk(), and a basis conversion matrix”.
Where tbrf leans on rolling statistics, water quality and time series, splines2 focuses on r package, splines and rcpp.
splines2 and tbrf have shipped at a similar pace over the last 30 days, so the decision comes down to fit and feature depth.
11. effectplots · velocity 0.0
A young ALE and PDP plotting package that rebuilt its numeric core after a data-corrupting bug.
Its velocity score of 0.0/10 reflects longer-term release cadence; its most recent meaningful update was “Numeric core rewritten after an in-place data corruption fix”.
Where tbrf leans on rolling statistics, water quality and time series, effectplots focuses on r package, model interpretability and ale.
effectplots and tbrf have shipped at a similar pace over the last 30 days, so the decision comes down to fit and feature depth.
Full effectplots trajectory → · Compare tbrf vs effectplots →
12. vinecopula · velocity 0.0
Vine copula CDFs arrive; everything else is compile hygiene and boundary fixes.
Its velocity score of 0.0/10 reflects longer-term release cadence.
Where tbrf leans on rolling statistics, water quality and time series, vinecopula focuses on r package, copulas and statistics.
vinecopula and tbrf have shipped at a similar pace over the last 30 days, so the decision comes down to fit and feature depth.
Frequently asked questions
What are the best alternatives to tbrf?
The top tbrf alternatives we currently track in analytics tools are simlandr, lavaanExtra, ibis.iSDM, anyflights, vinereg, ranked by recent ship velocity.
How is this list of tbrf alternatives ranked?
Alternatives are ranked by Sparkpulse's velocity_score — release cadence + 30-day spark count + sector-relative ship rate.
Can I compare tbrf directly with one of these alternatives?
Yes — every card has a "Compare with tbrf" link to a side-by-side /compare page.