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Comparison · Infra & APIs
glcdp vs ipeaplot
A side-by-side editorial comparison of glcdp and ipeaplot — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
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glcdp vs ipeaplot: at a glance
What is glcdp?
glcdp reaches 1.0.0 with a stable schema contract behind its data explorer.
glcdp imports light-logger data packages published to the GLC standard, driven by declared schemas rather than format-specific readers. 0.9.3 added glc_explore(), a Shiny application for browsing the registry and exporting an annotated reproducible script. 1.0.0 promotes schema 3.0.2 to the default and primary stable import contract and makes schema-declared variable types and factor-level order drive the import itself.
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.
glcdp vs ipeaplot: editorial side-by-side
glcdp
6.3INFRA · APIS
glcdp reaches 1.0.0 with a stable schema contract behind its data explorer.
◆ Current state
glcdp imports light-logger data packages published to the GLC standard, driven by declared schemas rather than format-specific readers. 0.9.3 added glc_explore(), a Shiny application for browsing the registry and exporting an annotated reproducible script. 1.0.0 promotes schema 3.0.2 to the default and primary stable import contract and makes schema-declared variable types and factor-level order drive the import itself.
◆ Where it's heading
The package is serving two audiences from one model. Programmatic users get glc_collect(), extract_metadata() and add_metadata(), with imports that reject file groups whose factor labels or level order disagree. Interactive users get an Explorer that filters by device, wearing position, modality, role and data state, pages large inventories at 100 rows, and caches remote metadata for immutable revisions. Schemas 1.0.0 and 2.0.0 stay reachable as barebones legacy paths.
◆ Prediction
With 3.0.2 named the primary stable contract and the older schemas explicitly labelled legacy, retiring the barebones paths is the most likely next structural move. The notes give no indication of work beyond the current schema line.
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 glcdp 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 glcdp or ipeaplot.
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writeAlizer
Six months of releases and not one of them touched the scoring models
samplr
A cognitive-science sampling package ships once, then goes quiet for eighteen months
stochvol
A Bayesian volatility sampler in its maintenance decade, paying for its own speed
midr
A black-box interpreter reaches CRAN, then learns multi-class and survival responses
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Recent activity from glcdp and ipeaplot
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 13d agoglcdpSchema 3.0.2 becomes the default import contract
- 29d agoglcdpglc_explore() adds a Shiny browser and metadata joins ⚡
- 1mo agoglcdpLogo and favicon refresh
- 1mo agoipeaplotVignette fix for geobr breakage
- 1mo agoipeaplotPatch for a vignette build error
- 10mo agoipeaplotsave_ipeaplot() unifies vector and raster export
- 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 glcdp and ipeaplot?
Both compete on the same themes — r-packages — within Infra & APIs. glcdp is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 6.3 vs 0.0), with 1 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 glcdp better than ipeaplot?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. glcdp is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 6.3 vs 0.0), with 1 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 glcdp?
Top glcdp alternatives in Infra & APIs are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "glcdp alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/glcdp 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.