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ggprism vs midr
A side-by-side editorial comparison of ggprism and midr — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
ggprism vs midr: at a glance
What is ggprism?
A Prism-styled ggplot2 theme in maintenance, now surviving ggplot2 4.0.
ggprism reproduces GraphPad Prism's look inside ggplot2 through themes, axis guides, palettes and p-value brackets, and has been feature-stable since its 2021 CRAN debut. The only release in the recent window is a compatibility pass for ggplot2 v4.0.0. The rest of the visible history is the original 2021 launch sequence.
What is midr?
A black-box interpreter reaches CRAN, then learns multi-class and survival responses
midr explains black-box models by fitting an interpretable surrogate through Maximum Interpretation Decomposition — main effects plus second-order interactions, with exact Shapley values for the surrogate. Two months after its first CRAN release it can take a matrix response, which covers multi-class classification and survival models, and hold collections of fitted interpretations in midlist and midrib objects for comparison.
ggprism vs midr: editorial side-by-side
ggprism
0.0INFRA · APIS
A Prism-styled ggplot2 theme in maintenance, now surviving ggplot2 4.0.
◆ Current state
ggprism reproduces GraphPad Prism's look inside ggplot2 through themes, axis guides, palettes and p-value brackets, and has been feature-stable since its 2021 CRAN debut. The only release in the recent window is a compatibility pass for ggplot2 v4.0.0. The rest of the visible history is the original 2021 launch sequence.
◆ Where it's heading
The package now moves on upstream's clock rather than its own: releases appear when ggplot2 makes a breaking change, and the content is deprecation cleanup and test repair. The 2021 entries show where the capability surface was set, and it has not widened since.
◆ Prediction
The next release is most likely another ggplot2 compatibility pass rather than new guides or palettes.
midr
0.0INFRA · APIS
A black-box interpreter reaches CRAN, then learns multi-class and survival responses
◆ Current state
midr explains black-box models by fitting an interpretable surrogate through Maximum Interpretation Decomposition — main effects plus second-order interactions, with exact Shapley values for the surrogate. Two months after its first CRAN release it can take a matrix response, which covers multi-class classification and survival models, and hold collections of fitted interpretations in midlist and midrib objects for comparison.
◆ Where it's heading
The releases move outward along two axes at once: what can be interpreted, and how much of it fits in memory. Version 0.5.3 rebuilt the fitting path to avoid materialising large design matrices and added a save.memory option; 0.6.0 widened the response from a vector to a matrix and added parametric link functions. Class and argument names were shortened in the same release, so the package is still willing to break itself this early.
◆ Prediction
With multiple models now held in one object and visualisation methods for them, comparison across models is the surface most likely to fill out next — the collection classes exist but the notes describe manipulation and plotting rather than any comparison metric.
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Recent activity from ggprism and midr
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 5mo agomidrMatrix responses bring multi-class and survival models in scope ⚡
- 7mo agomidrFirst CRAN release: MID surrogate models for black-box explanation ⚡
- 7mo agomidrMemory-efficient fitting for large design matrices
- 1y agoggprismggplot2 4.0 compatibility fixes for theme_prism()
- 5y agoggprismVignette figure and test fixes ahead of ggplot2 3.4
- 5y agoggprismadd_pvalue() accepts more input column layouts
- 5y agoggprismFirst CRAN submission after the GitHub release
- 5y agoggprismInitial release: Prism themes, guides, palettes, p-value brackets ⚡
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between ggprism and midr?
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. ggprism and midr 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 ggprism better than midr?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. ggprism and midr 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 Infra & APIs products to evaluate alongside.
What are the best alternatives to ggprism?
Top ggprism alternatives in Infra & APIs are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "ggprism alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/ggprism for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to midr?
Top midr alternatives in Infra & APIs are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "midr alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/midr for the full list with editorial commentary on each.