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Holistics vs OneSampleMR
A side-by-side editorial comparison of Holistics and OneSampleMR — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
Holistics vs OneSampleMR: at a glance
What is Holistics?
Holistics is adding governance to the AI layer it spent the summer building.
Holistics ships small, frequent notes - often one or two sentences - covering three strands at once: AI features in Explore and Chat, as-code control over presentation through AML, and workspace hygiene like file history and dark mode. The August entries turn to the AI layer's edges rather than its capabilities, with an AI user attribute for restricting what the assistant can reach. Several entries are barely a line long, so scope frequently has to be read from the headline.
What is OneSampleMR?
OneSampleMR found that argument order in a formula was silently changing its estimates
OneSampleMR implements one-sample Mendelian randomization estimators — two-stage predictor substitution, two-stage residual inclusion, and Sanderson-Windmeijer conditional F statistics for instrument strength. The package spent its first years on packaging and dependency upkeep. The 2026 releases turn to substance: broader support for models fitted elsewhere, then a correctness fix for a defect that depended on nothing more than where covariates appeared in a formula.
Holistics vs OneSampleMR: editorial side-by-side
Holistics
5.0ANALYTICS
Holistics is adding governance to the AI layer it spent the summer building.
◆ Current state
Holistics ships small, frequent notes - often one or two sentences - covering three strands at once: AI features in Explore and Chat, as-code control over presentation through AML, and workspace hygiene like file history and dark mode. The August entries turn to the AI layer's edges rather than its capabilities, with an AI user attribute for restricting what the assistant can reach. Several entries are barely a line long, so scope frequently has to be read from the headline.
◆ Where it's heading
The AI work has moved through a recognizable sequence: capability first with chart suggestions, then observability with AI Chat Insights for admins, and now access control with an AI-specific user attribute. Alongside it, Holistics keeps pulling presentation into AML - custom charts, theme palettes, currency formats - so the things analysts used to click are versioned as code. File history is the join between the two threads, giving every dashboard, model, and dataset its own restorable timeline.
◆ Prediction
With capability, visibility, and access control now in place for the AI layer, the next step is likely audit or policy depth - logging what the assistant answered against which data - rather than new AI surfaces.
OneSampleMR
0.0ANALYTICS
OneSampleMR found that argument order in a formula was silently changing its estimates
◆ Current state
OneSampleMR implements one-sample Mendelian randomization estimators — two-stage predictor substitution, two-stage residual inclusion, and Sanderson-Windmeijer conditional F statistics for instrument strength. The package spent its first years on packaging and dependency upkeep. The 2026 releases turn to substance: broader support for models fitted elsewhere, then a correctness fix for a defect that depended on nothing more than where covariates appeared in a formula.
◆ Where it's heading
Two threads. The first is reach — fsw() now reads models fitted by AER::ivreg(), estimatr::iv_robust() and fixest::feols() in addition to ivreg::ivreg(), which makes conditional F statistics available without refitting in the package's own idiom. The second is hardening: clear errors when more than one exposure is given or when a variable collides with the reserved name y, and print methods that no longer fail on user-specified t0 with log or logit links. Both come largely from user reports rather than a plan.
◆ Prediction
The estimator-support work has been adding one IV-fitting package at a time on outside contributions, so further backends are the likeliest next content — the package's own estimators have been stable since first release.
Alternatives to Holistics and OneSampleMR
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 Holistics or OneSampleMR.
silx
silx settles into maintenance a release after its PySide6 migration
Plotly
Plotly is turning its cloud into a metered compute platform with an enterprise on-ramp.
aniread
aniread stops asking you to know which tracker wrote the file
Rho
Rho's release machinery finally produced a stable build — and it shipped no new product.
Usermaven
Usermaven closed the loop: data comes in from anywhere, and now it goes back out.
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Recent activity from Holistics and OneSampleMR
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 2d agoHolisticsAI user attribute restricts AI access to sensitive data
- 16d agoHolisticsCustom currency and unit formats, per field
- 19d agoHolisticsFile history: per-file version timeline and restore
- 22d agoHolisticsCustom charts become AML code with GUI authoring
- 23d agoHolisticsColor palettes can be assigned at the theme level
- 27d agoHolisticsDate-range presets and typed shorthands
- 1mo agoOneSampleMROneSampleMR fixes estimates broken by covariate order in the formula
- 5mo agoOneSampleMROneSampleMR computes conditional F for three more IV packages
- 1y agoOneSampleMROneSampleMR 0.1.6
- 2y agoOneSampleMROneSampleMR 0.1.5
- 2y agoOneSampleMROneSampleMR 0.1.4
- 3y agoOneSampleMROneSampleMR 0.1.3
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between Holistics and OneSampleMR?
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. Holistics is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 5.0 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 Holistics better than OneSampleMR?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. Holistics is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 5.0 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 Analytics products to evaluate alongside.
What are the best alternatives to Holistics?
Top Holistics alternatives in Analytics are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Holistics alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/holistics for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to OneSampleMR?
Top OneSampleMR alternatives in Analytics are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "OneSampleMR alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/onesamplemr for the full list with editorial commentary on each.