compositional.mle
An MLE package rebuilt around composable solvers, then renamed to match.
Comparison · Analytics
cyclocomp vs patRoon
A side-by-side editorial comparison of cyclocomp and patRoon — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
Shared themes:r-package
cyclocomp vs patRoon: at a glance
What is cyclocomp?
A cyclomatic complexity checker that ships once every couple of years, and lands when it does.
cyclocomp measures cyclomatic complexity of R functions and packages, and is best known as the engine behind lintr's complexity rule. It has three releases in the visible window spread across nearly three years. The current one, 1.1.2, adds a quiet argument to cyclocomp_package_dir(); the two before it, shipped a day apart in 2023, added a large speedup and the package-directory entry point itself.
What is patRoon?
patRoon 3.0.0 adds ion mobility, opening a dimension its workflows never had.
patRoon is an R workflow platform for non-target mass spectrometry screening, orchestrating feature detection, grouping, annotation and identification across many external tools. Version 3.0.0 is a major release adding support for ion mobility separation, new feature detection and grouping algorithms, revised identification confidence estimation, and use of sample metadata. The preceding five releases were maintenance, with the last comparable step being MS2Tox and MS2Quant integration in 2.3.0.
cyclocomp vs patRoon: editorial side-by-side
cyclocomp
0.0ANALYTICS
A cyclomatic complexity checker that ships once every couple of years, and lands when it does.
◆ Current state
cyclocomp measures cyclomatic complexity of R functions and packages, and is best known as the engine behind lintr's complexity rule. It has three releases in the visible window spread across nearly three years. The current one, 1.1.2, adds a quiet argument to cyclocomp_package_dir(); the two before it, shipped a day apart in 2023, added a large speedup and the package-directory entry point itself.
◆ Where it's heading
This is a small tool that reached feature-complete and now moves only when a downstream consumer needs something. Every change in the window is externally contributed, and each addresses a concrete integration need: a function that works on a local package tree rather than an installed one, complexity results sorted so the worst offenders come first, and output suppression for programmatic callers. The 2023 pair shipped a day apart because the new entry point immediately exposed a performance problem on long linear code.
◆ Prediction
Expect the next change to arrive the same way, as a contributed patch serving a linting or CI workflow rather than as planned development.
patRoon
0.0ANALYTICS
patRoon 3.0.0 adds ion mobility, opening a dimension its workflows never had.
◆ Current state
patRoon is an R workflow platform for non-target mass spectrometry screening, orchestrating feature detection, grouping, annotation and identification across many external tools. Version 3.0.0 is a major release adding support for ion mobility separation, new feature detection and grouping algorithms, revised identification confidence estimation, and use of sample metadata. The preceding five releases were maintenance, with the last comparable step being MS2Tox and MS2Quant integration in 2.3.0.
◆ Where it's heading
The pattern is long maintenance stretches punctuated by releases that add a whole capability: toxicity and concentration prediction at 2.3.0, then ion mobility at 3.0.0. Feed entries are short pointers to the NEWS file rather than full changelogs, so the fine detail of each release sits outside this feed, but the headline claims are specific enough to read direction from. The upgrade notes flagged in the 3.0.0 summary indicate this one is not a drop-in replacement.
◆ Prediction
Expect the next releases to be maintenance work stabilising the ion mobility path, following the same rhythm that followed 2.3.0.
Alternatives to cyclocomp and patRoon
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 cyclocomp or patRoon.
nabla
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snowflakeauth
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kwb.geosalz
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revdbayes
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lazyeval
A package retired in 2017 just got rewritten against R's public C API.
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Recent activity from cyclocomp and patRoon
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 4mo agopatRoonIon mobility separation support arrives in patRoon ⚡
- 5mo agocyclocompcyclocomp_package_dir() gains a quiet argument
- 11mo agopatRoonMaintenance release fixing an MS2Tox issue
- 1y agopatRoonSIRIUS login procedure corrected, plus minor additions
- 2y agopatRoonBug fixes and minor new functionality
- 2y agopatRoonBug fixes with upgrading instructions
- 2y agopatRoonInstallation simplified; MS2Tox and MS2Quant integrated
- 2y agocyclocompLarge speedup on long linear code
- 2y agocyclocompComplexity checks run against a local package tree
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between cyclocomp and patRoon?
Both compete on the same themes — r-package — within Analytics. cyclocomp and patRoon 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 cyclocomp better than patRoon?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. cyclocomp and patRoon 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 cyclocomp?
Top cyclocomp alternatives in Analytics are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "cyclocomp alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/cyclocomp for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to patRoon?
Top patRoon alternatives in Analytics are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "patRoon alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/patroon for the full list with editorial commentary on each.