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trendseries alternatives
The best trendseries alternatives in analytics tools, ranked by Sparkpulse's velocity_score.
Updated Aug 17, 2026
Looking for the best alternatives to trendseries? Sparkpulse tracks and ranks 12 alternatives in analytics tools by shipping velocity — how frequently each ships meaningful updates, verified from official changelogs. For reference, trendseries shipped 1 meaningful update in the last 30 days and carries a velocity score of 3.8 out of 10 in 2026. The alternatives below are ranked the same way, so you're comparing real release momentum, not marketing claims.
About trendseries
A trend-extraction toolkit grows a full decomposition engine, seasonal components and all.
trendseries extracts trends from economic time series through two pipe-friendly functions, backed by an unusually broad method set — Hodrick-Prescott in one- and two-sided variants, Baxter-King, Christiano-Fitzgerald, Hamilton regression, Beveridge-Nelson, unobserved components, plus the moving average and smoothing family. The 1.4 release adds decomposition proper: an exported decompose_series() that splits a series into trend, seasonal, and remainder across five methods and guarantees the components add back to the original values.
Velocity 3.8 · Last update 48m ago
Top 12 alternatives to trendseries
Ranked by recent ship velocity. Tap any card for the full editorial breakdown, or pivot to a head-to-head.
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A single-cell data store commits to Zarr v3 and range-readable hosting across four language surfaces
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The standard QTL mapping package in R opened its genome scan to user-supplied likelihood models.
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The R client for Our World in Data found its search had been reading a tenth of the catalog.
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Text analysis in R keeps optimising its token internals — and builds a path out to torch
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The ModernDive teaching package learns to render inside the browser that runs its own textbook
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The R client for PurpleAir sensors keeps finding its time-averaging was wrong.
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A board game graphics package runs one of the most disciplined deprecation cycles in R.
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The explainable-ensemble-tree package now measures whether its own explanations are faithful.
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The discrete-data FDR package is being pared into one piece of a larger multiple-testing suite.
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A scientific-text analysis package moved from counting citations to classifying argument structure.
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The teaching arm of an R reliability suite keeps pace with whatever its analysis siblings ship.
trendseries 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trendseries (baseline) | 3.8 | 1 | time-serieseconometricsr-package | Decomposition becomes a first-class operation, five methods deep |
| glmbayes | 6.3 | 1 | bayesian-statisticsgeneralized-linear-modelsopencl | OpenCL split out to nmathopencl; insight and bayestestR integration |
| lstar | 5.0 | 0 | single-cell-genomicszarrwasm | lstar 0.2.0 |
| qtl2 | 2.5 | 0 | qtl-mappingstatistical-geneticsbioinformatics | A genome scan that takes your own likelihood function |
| r-owidapi | 2.5 | 0 | open-dataour-world-in-datar-package | — |
| quanteda | 2.5 | 0 | text-analysisnatural-language-processingr-package | CRAN v4.0 |
| moderndive | 2.5 | 0 | statistics-educationwebrregression | — |
| PurpleAir | 0.0 | 0 | air-qualitysensor-datar-package | — |
| piecepackr | 0.0 | 0 | board-gamesgraphicsr-package | — |
| e2tree | 0.0 | 0 | explainable-aiensemble-methodsdecision-trees | A significance-tested measure of explanation fidelity |
| discretefdr | 0.0 | 0 | multiple-testingfalse-discovery-ratediscrete-statistics | — |
| contentanalysis | 0.0 | 0 | text-analysisbibliometricsscientific-writing | Sentence-level rhetorical move classification arrives |
| relialearnr | 0.0 | 0 | reliability-engineeringr-packageeducation | — |
The 12 best trendseries alternatives, in depth
1. glmbayes · velocity 6.3
A GPU-accelerated Bayesian GLM package buys its way into the standard R Bayesian toolchain.
Over the last 30 days glmbayes shipped 1 meaningful update vs trendseries's 1, most recently “OpenCL split out to nmathopencl; insight and bayestestR integration”. Its velocity score of 6.3/10 blends that with longer-term release cadence.
Where trendseries leans on time series, econometrics and r package, glmbayes focuses on bayesian statistics, generalized linear models and opencl.
glmbayes and trendseries have shipped at a similar pace over the last 30 days, so the decision comes down to fit and feature depth.
Full glmbayes trajectory → · Compare trendseries vs glmbayes →
2. lstar · velocity 5.0
A single-cell data store commits to Zarr v3 and range-readable hosting across four language surfaces.
Over the last 30 days lstar shipped 0 meaningful updates vs trendseries's 1, most recently “lstar 0.2.0”. Its velocity score of 5.0/10 blends that with longer-term release cadence.
Where trendseries leans on time series, econometrics and r package, lstar focuses on single cell genomics, zarr and wasm.
lstar has shipped fewer meaningful updates than trendseries in the last 30 days, so weigh it on fit and feature depth rather than recent pace.
3. qtl2 · velocity 2.5
The standard QTL mapping package in R opened its genome scan to user-supplied likelihood models.
Over the last 30 days qtl2 shipped 0 meaningful updates vs trendseries's 1, most recently “A genome scan that takes your own likelihood function”. Its velocity score of 2.5/10 blends that with longer-term release cadence.
Where trendseries leans on time series, econometrics and r package, qtl2 focuses on qtl mapping, statistical genetics and bioinformatics.
qtl2 has shipped fewer meaningful updates than trendseries in the last 30 days, so weigh it on fit and feature depth rather than recent pace.
4. r-owidapi · velocity 2.5
The R client for Our World in Data found its search had been reading a tenth of the catalog.
Over the last 30 days r-owidapi shipped 0 meaningful updates vs trendseries's 1. Its velocity score of 2.5/10 blends that with longer-term release cadence.
Where trendseries leans on time series, econometrics and r package, r-owidapi focuses on open data, our world in data and r package.
r-owidapi has shipped fewer meaningful updates than trendseries in the last 30 days, so weigh it on fit and feature depth rather than recent pace.
Full r-owidapi trajectory → · Compare trendseries vs r-owidapi →
5. quanteda · velocity 2.5
Text analysis in R keeps optimising its token internals — and builds a path out to torch.
Over the last 30 days quanteda shipped 0 meaningful updates vs trendseries's 1, most recently “CRAN v4.0”. Its velocity score of 2.5/10 blends that with longer-term release cadence.
Where trendseries leans on time series, econometrics and r package, quanteda focuses on text analysis, natural language processing and r package.
quanteda has shipped fewer meaningful updates than trendseries in the last 30 days, so weigh it on fit and feature depth rather than recent pace.
Full quanteda trajectory → · Compare trendseries vs quanteda →
6. moderndive · velocity 2.5
The ModernDive teaching package learns to render inside the browser that runs its own textbook.
Over the last 30 days moderndive shipped 0 meaningful updates vs trendseries's 1. Its velocity score of 2.5/10 blends that with longer-term release cadence.
Where trendseries leans on time series, econometrics and r package, moderndive focuses on statistics education, webr and regression.
moderndive has shipped fewer meaningful updates than trendseries in the last 30 days, so weigh it on fit and feature depth rather than recent pace.
Full moderndive trajectory → · Compare trendseries vs moderndive →
7. PurpleAir · velocity 0.0
The R client for PurpleAir sensors keeps finding its time-averaging was wrong.
Over the last 30 days PurpleAir shipped 0 meaningful updates vs trendseries's 1. Its velocity score of 0.0/10 blends that with longer-term release cadence.
Where trendseries leans on time series, econometrics and r package, PurpleAir focuses on air quality, sensor data and r package.
PurpleAir has shipped fewer meaningful updates than trendseries in the last 30 days, so weigh it on fit and feature depth rather than recent pace.
Full PurpleAir trajectory → · Compare trendseries vs PurpleAir →
8. piecepackr · velocity 0.0
A board game graphics package runs one of the most disciplined deprecation cycles in R.
Over the last 30 days piecepackr shipped 0 meaningful updates vs trendseries's 1. Its velocity score of 0.0/10 blends that with longer-term release cadence.
Where trendseries leans on time series, econometrics and r package, piecepackr focuses on board games, graphics and r package.
piecepackr has shipped fewer meaningful updates than trendseries in the last 30 days, so weigh it on fit and feature depth rather than recent pace.
Full piecepackr trajectory → · Compare trendseries vs piecepackr →
9. e2tree · velocity 0.0
The explainable-ensemble-tree package now measures whether its own explanations are faithful.
Over the last 30 days e2tree shipped 0 meaningful updates vs trendseries's 1, most recently “A significance-tested measure of explanation fidelity”. Its velocity score of 0.0/10 blends that with longer-term release cadence.
Where trendseries leans on time series, econometrics and r package, e2tree focuses on explainable ai, ensemble methods and decision trees.
e2tree has shipped fewer meaningful updates than trendseries in the last 30 days, so weigh it on fit and feature depth rather than recent pace.
10. discretefdr · velocity 0.0
The discrete-data FDR package is being pared into one piece of a larger multiple-testing suite.
Over the last 30 days discretefdr shipped 0 meaningful updates vs trendseries's 1. Its velocity score of 0.0/10 blends that with longer-term release cadence.
Where trendseries leans on time series, econometrics and r package, discretefdr focuses on multiple testing, false discovery rate and discrete statistics.
discretefdr has shipped fewer meaningful updates than trendseries in the last 30 days, so weigh it on fit and feature depth rather than recent pace.
Full discretefdr trajectory → · Compare trendseries vs discretefdr →
11. contentanalysis · velocity 0.0
A scientific-text analysis package moved from counting citations to classifying argument structure.
Over the last 30 days contentanalysis shipped 0 meaningful updates vs trendseries's 1, most recently “Sentence-level rhetorical move classification arrives”. Its velocity score of 0.0/10 blends that with longer-term release cadence.
Where trendseries leans on time series, econometrics and r package, contentanalysis focuses on text analysis, bibliometrics and scientific writing.
contentanalysis has shipped fewer meaningful updates than trendseries in the last 30 days, so weigh it on fit and feature depth rather than recent pace.
Full contentanalysis trajectory → · Compare trendseries vs contentanalysis →
12. relialearnr · velocity 0.0
The teaching arm of an R reliability suite keeps pace with whatever its analysis siblings ship.
Over the last 30 days relialearnr shipped 0 meaningful updates vs trendseries's 1. Its velocity score of 0.0/10 blends that with longer-term release cadence.
Where trendseries leans on time series, econometrics and r package, relialearnr focuses on reliability engineering, r package and education.
relialearnr has shipped fewer meaningful updates than trendseries in the last 30 days, so weigh it on fit and feature depth rather than recent pace.
Full relialearnr trajectory → · Compare trendseries vs relialearnr →
Frequently asked questions
What are the best alternatives to trendseries?
The top trendseries alternatives we currently track in analytics tools are glmbayes, lstar, qtl2, r-owidapi, quanteda, ranked by recent ship velocity.
How is this list of trendseries alternatives ranked?
Alternatives are ranked by Sparkpulse's velocity_score — release cadence + 30-day spark count + sector-relative ship rate.
Can I compare trendseries directly with one of these alternatives?
Yes — every card has a "Compare with trendseries" link to a side-by-side /compare page.