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crossmap vs healthyR.ts
A side-by-side editorial comparison of crossmap and healthyR.ts — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
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crossmap vs healthyR.ts: at a glance
What is crossmap?
crossmap's roadmap is set by purrr and furrr — it deprecates what upstream deprecates.
A small package for mapping over combinations of arguments, following purrr and furrr conventions. Its own functional additions stopped after xpluck() in 2023 and the cross_fit() clustering work in 2022. Everything since tracks upstream: xmap_raw() and future_xmap_raw() are now defunct because purrr removed map_raw() and furrr removed future_pmap_raw(), and re-exported parallel helpers now come from parallelly rather than future.
What is healthyR.ts?
healthyR.ts keeps adding time-series helpers, then quietly breaks the old ones to modernise them.
A time-series companion in the healthyverse family, shipping helper functions in batches: growth-rate vectors, an ADF test and auto_stationarize() in 0.2.11, then five log and differencing transforms in 0.3.0, and a random-walk plot in 0.3.2. Alongside the additions runs a steady stream of breaking cleanups — invisible returns dropped, R 4.1 required for the native pipe, and ts_ma_plot() refactored onto ggplot2 facets with its xts output removed and its return value cut from six items to two.
crossmap vs healthyR.ts: editorial side-by-side
crossmap
0.0ANALYTICS
crossmap's roadmap is set by purrr and furrr — it deprecates what upstream deprecates.
◆ Current state
A small package for mapping over combinations of arguments, following purrr and furrr conventions. Its own functional additions stopped after xpluck() in 2023 and the cross_fit() clustering work in 2022. Everything since tracks upstream: xmap_raw() and future_xmap_raw() are now defunct because purrr removed map_raw() and furrr removed future_pmap_raw(), and re-exported parallel helpers now come from parallelly rather than future.
◆ Where it's heading
The package has settled into being a compatible extension rather than an independent one — its release notes read as a mirror of purrr's and furrr's deprecation schedules. Note that the release stamps are unreliable here: several versions were backfilled minutes apart and the 0.3.x tags carry timestamps in reverse version order, so feed position says nothing about what shipped when.
◆ Prediction
Expect the next release to be driven by another purrr or furrr change rather than new functionality, since that has been the sole trigger for the last four.
healthyR.ts
0.0ANALYTICS
healthyR.ts keeps adding time-series helpers, then quietly breaks the old ones to modernise them.
◆ Current state
A time-series companion in the healthyverse family, shipping helper functions in batches: growth-rate vectors, an ADF test and auto_stationarize() in 0.2.11, then five log and differencing transforms in 0.3.0, and a random-walk plot in 0.3.2. Alongside the additions runs a steady stream of breaking cleanups — invisible returns dropped, R 4.1 required for the native pipe, and ts_ma_plot() refactored onto ggplot2 facets with its xts output removed and its return value cut from six items to two.
◆ Where it's heading
Two threads, both consistent. The functional one is coverage of the stationarity workflow — transform, test, auto-stationarize, plot — assembled function by function rather than as a single API. The structural one is convergence on ggplot2 and tidy conventions, retiring xts objects and multi-object return lists as it goes. The package is not afraid to break return shapes to get there, so upgrades are not drop-in.
◆ Prediction
Expect the remaining functions that still return xts objects or bundled lists to get the same ggplot2-only treatment, since ts_ma_plot() was refactored on exactly that rationale.
Alternatives to crossmap and healthyR.ts
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 crossmap or healthyR.ts.
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rnpn
The USA phenology data client rebuilt its entire stack and stopped handing users -9999 as a number.
GeneNMF
GeneNMF rebuilt how it derives meta-programs, changing every result it had produced.
rempsyc
Publication-ready psychology tables and plots, tracking APA style as closely as the software allows.
sdsfun
A spatial-statistics utility package exists to be depended on, and is built accordingly.
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Recent activity from crossmap and healthyR.ts
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 6mo agohealthyR.tsRandom walk plot added; ts_ma_plot drops xts for ggplot2 facets
- 6mo agocrossmapRaw-vector mapping functions removed
- 6mo agocrossmapRe-exports moved to the parallelly namespace
- 11mo agocrossmapFuture-backed tests skipped on CRAN
- 11mo agocrossmapInternal test fixes
- 1y agohealthyR.tsInvisible returns dropped; random walk and vva plot fixes
- 2y agohealthyR.tsFive log and differencing transform utilities added
- 2y agohealthyR.tsStationarity testing and auto_stationarize added
- 2y agohealthyR.tsSingle example fix
- 3y agohealthyR.tsBoilerplate fitting uses show_best directly
- 3y agocrossmapxpluck adds multi-index plucking
- 4y agocrossmapCluster specifications supported in cross_fit
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between crossmap and healthyR.ts?
Both compete on the same themes — r package — within Analytics. crossmap and healthyR.ts are shipping at a similar cadence (velocity 0.0 vs 0.0, both within Sparkpulse's "active" band). See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Is crossmap better than healthyR.ts?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. crossmap and healthyR.ts are shipping at a similar cadence (velocity 0.0 vs 0.0, both within Sparkpulse's "active" band). For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other Analytics products to evaluate alongside.
What are the best alternatives to crossmap?
Top crossmap alternatives in Analytics are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "crossmap alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/crossmap for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to healthyR.ts?
Top healthyR.ts alternatives in Analytics are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "healthyR.ts alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/healthyr-ts for the full list with editorial commentary on each.