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broom vs mlr3mbo
A side-by-side editorial comparison of broom and mlr3mbo — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
broom vs mlr3mbo: at a glance
What is broom?
broom's release calendar is now set by CRAN checks, not by new tidiers.
broom converts model objects from across R's statistical ecosystem into tidy data frames. Four of its last six releases exist purely to resolve R CMD check warnings and errors on r-devel or to absorb upstream package changes. Maintainership passed to Emil Hvitfeldt at 1.0.11.
What is mlr3mbo?
mlr3mbo picked its defaults from a benchmark study, not from taste
mlr3mbo does model-based and Bayesian optimisation for mlr3. Its 1.0.0 release added a dictionary of pre-built acquisition-function optimisers and, more consequentially, replaced the default surrogate, acquisition function and optimiser settings with values derived from a large-scale benchmark study. The releases since are corrections to the acquisition-optimiser path exposed by that new default configuration.
broom vs mlr3mbo: editorial side-by-side
broom
0.0ANALYTICS
broom's release calendar is now set by CRAN checks, not by new tidiers.
◆ Current state
broom converts model objects from across R's statistical ecosystem into tidy data frames. Four of its last six releases exist purely to resolve R CMD check warnings and errors on r-devel or to absorb upstream package changes. Maintainership passed to Emil Hvitfeldt at 1.0.11.
◆ Where it's heading
Carrying hundreds of tidier methods for model classes it does not own, broom's workload is dominated by other projects' breaking changes and CRAN's evolving checks. New tidier coverage has largely migrated to the packages that define the models, leaving broom as a compatibility surface.
◆ Prediction
Expect the cadence to stay reactive, with releases triggered by r-devel check failures and upstream API shifts rather than expanded model coverage.
mlr3mbo
2.5ANALYTICS
mlr3mbo picked its defaults from a benchmark study, not from taste
◆ Current state
mlr3mbo does model-based and Bayesian optimisation for mlr3. Its 1.0.0 release added a dictionary of pre-built acquisition-function optimisers and, more consequentially, replaced the default surrogate, acquisition function and optimiser settings with values derived from a large-scale benchmark study. The releases since are corrections to the acquisition-optimiser path exposed by that new default configuration.
◆ Where it's heading
The package has moved from a toolkit that expected users to assemble a Bayesian optimisation loop into one with a defensible default loop, and the recent fixes — warm-start sizing on multi-objective archives, silently discarded terminators, stale x_domain values — are the consequences of more people running the default path.
◆ Prediction
Expect continued hardening of the acquisition-optimiser classes rather than new acquisition functions.
Alternatives to broom and mlr3mbo
Other Analytics products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Each card links to a full editorial trajectory and lets you pivot into a head-to-head comparison with either broom or mlr3mbo.
textrecipes
Text features finally stay sparse all the way to the model.
probably
The package that made calibration a step instead of an afterthought.
workflowsets
workflowsets keeps widening what counts as a model worth comparing.
workflows
The tidymodels pipeline grew a third stage, and it happens after the model runs.
vetiver
Posit's MLOps package went quiet for two years, then came back to keep up with recipes.
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Recent activity from broom and mlr3mbo
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 23d agomlr3mboAcquisition optimiser fixes for warm starts and archives
- 3mo agobroombroom 1.0.13 relocates a test fixture to clear an r-devel warning
- 3mo agobroombroom 1.0.12 tracks renamed summary() output fields
- 3mo agomlr3mboDictionary lookup and restart-limit fixes
- 4mo agomlr3mborush 1.0.0 compatibility and Surrogate$check()
- 5mo agomlr3mbomlr3mbo 1.0.0 ships benchmark-derived default settings ⚡
- 8mo agobroombroom 1.0.11 transfers maintainership to Emil Hvitfeldt
- 10mo agomlr3mbomlr3learners 0.13.0 compatibility
- 11mo agobroombroom 1.0.10 clears an r-devel namespacing warning
- 11mo agomlr3mboMaintainer change and mlr3pipelines 0.9.0 upkeep
- 1y agobroombroom 1.0.9 requires R 4.1 and repairs epiR compatibility
- 1y agobroombroom 1.0.8 fixes cluster-robust intervals, drops orcutt tidiers
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between broom and mlr3mbo?
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. mlr3mbo is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 2.5 vs 0.0), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Is broom better than mlr3mbo?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. mlr3mbo is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 2.5 vs 0.0), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other Analytics products to evaluate alongside.
What are the best alternatives to broom?
Top broom alternatives in Analytics are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "broom alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/broom for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to mlr3mbo?
Top mlr3mbo alternatives in Analytics are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "mlr3mbo alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/mlr3mbo for the full list with editorial commentary on each.