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campsismod vs ipeaplot
A side-by-side editorial comparison of campsismod and ipeaplot — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
campsismod vs ipeaplot: at a glance
What is campsismod?
The model layer under Campsis, renamed in step with it and increasingly JSON-addressable.
Campsismod holds the model object layer for the Campsis pharmacometric simulation suite: reading, editing and writing model definitions that Campsis then simulates. Its recent releases track a single programme, adding a JSON route into model objects and then renaming the whole API to snake_case in 1.4.0, a week before Campsis 1.9.0 did the same. Release notes are terse issue lists, so the reasoning behind each change has to be read from the sibling package.
What is ipeaplot?
An institutional chart theme whose recent releases are all vignette repair.
ipeaplot supplies Ipea's house style to ggplot2 — theme_ipea(), matching colour and fill scales, and export helpers that write the formats the institute's publications need. The feature line has been quiet since October, when save_ipeaplot() consolidated the format-specific savers. Both July releases exist to get the package building again, not to change it.
campsismod vs ipeaplot: editorial side-by-side
campsismod
2.5INFRA · APIS
The model layer under Campsis, renamed in step with it and increasingly JSON-addressable.
◆ Current state
Campsismod holds the model object layer for the Campsis pharmacometric simulation suite: reading, editing and writing model definitions that Campsis then simulates. Its recent releases track a single programme, adding a JSON route into model objects and then renaming the whole API to snake_case in 1.4.0, a week before Campsis 1.9.0 did the same. Release notes are terse issue lists, so the reasoning behind each change has to be read from the sibling package.
◆ Where it's heading
This package moves when Campsis needs it to move. The JSON constructor landed here in 1.3.0 and reached Campsis datasets a day later; parameter uncertainty generation was handed down from Campsis in that package's 1.6.0; and the snake_case migration started here before propagating up. That ordering makes Campsismod the place where suite-wide interface decisions are taken first, even though the visible payoff shows up in Campsis.
◆ Prediction
Expect Campsismod to keep absorbing model-level responsibilities that Campsis currently handles, and to extend the JSON mapping to whatever parts of the model object it does not yet cover. The entries give no signal on a 2.0, and with the rename already spent there is little reason to expect one soon.
ipeaplot
0.0INFRA · APIS
An institutional chart theme whose recent releases are all vignette repair.
◆ Current state
ipeaplot supplies Ipea's house style to ggplot2 — theme_ipea(), matching colour and fill scales, and export helpers that write the formats the institute's publications need. The feature line has been quiet since October, when save_ipeaplot() consolidated the format-specific savers. Both July releases exist to get the package building again, not to change it.
◆ Where it's heading
The package has been converging on a smaller, more uniform surface: separate save_eps() and save_pdf() helpers gave way to one save_ipeaplot() covering vector and raster formats with sensible defaults, and the Frutiger font dependency was dropped for a default sans-serif. What consumes releases now is downstream breakage — two consecutive patches in ten days, the second traced to geobr, both in vignettes rather than package code.
◆ Prediction
The palette line has grown one colour set at a time and is the most likely place for the next addition, but nothing in these entries commits to it. On current evidence the near term is more compatibility patching against the geobr and ggplot2 packages the vignettes depend on.
Alternatives to campsismod and ipeaplot
Other Infra & APIs 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 campsismod or ipeaplot.
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surveycore
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PEIMAN2
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prospectr
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Recent activity from campsismod and ipeaplot
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 21d agocampsismodsnake_case migration lands here first
- 1mo agoipeaplotVignette fix for geobr breakage
- 1mo agoipeaplotPatch for a vignette build error
- 3mo agocampsismodBundled model suite refreshed
- 5mo agocampsismodJSON argument added to the CampsisModel constructor
- 7mo agocampsismodJSON import for Campsis models
- 10mo agoipeaplotsave_ipeaplot() unifies vector and raster export
- 1y agocampsismodreplaceAll fixed for unrecognised statements
- 1y agocampsismodPerformance tests skipped on CRAN
- 1y agoipeaplotPink palette added; axis break and categorical Y-axis fixes
- 1y agoipeaplotFrutiger dropped for a default sans-serif; save_pdf() added
- 2y agoipeaplottheme_ipea, colour and fill scales, save_eps on CRAN
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between campsismod and ipeaplot?
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. campsismod 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 campsismod better than ipeaplot?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. campsismod 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 Infra & APIs products to evaluate alongside.
What are the best alternatives to campsismod?
Top campsismod alternatives in Infra & APIs are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "campsismod alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/campsismod for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to ipeaplot?
Top ipeaplot alternatives in Infra & APIs are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "ipeaplot alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/ipeaplot for the full list with editorial commentary on each.