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Comparison · Infra & APIs
ordinalsimr vs PEIMAN2
A side-by-side editorial comparison of ordinalsimr and PEIMAN2 — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
ordinalsimr vs PEIMAN2: at a glance
What is ordinalsimr?
A Shiny app for choosing the right ordinal test reached CRAN in a single 90-minute burst of tags.
ordinalsimr compares ordinal endpoints by simulation — you specify probability distributions, sample sizes and iterations, and it runs the candidate statistical tests against them so you can see which behaves best. It is delivered as a Shiny application with a data-entry grid, and its entire release history spans six days in January 2025: three tags inside 90 minutes on the 20th, then a CRAN-compliance release on the 26th.
What is PEIMAN2?
PEIMAN2 cut its annotation database loose from its release cycle without breaking CRAN.
PEIMAN2 does enrichment analysis over post-translational modifications, testing whether a protein list is enriched for particular PTMs against UniProt-derived annotations, with translation functions bridging to mass spectrometry workflows. Its answers are only as current as its bundled database, and until June that database could only be refreshed by releasing a new package version. Version 1.1.0 changes that.
ordinalsimr vs PEIMAN2: editorial side-by-side
ordinalsimr
0.0INFRA · APIS
A Shiny app for choosing the right ordinal test reached CRAN in a single 90-minute burst of tags.
◆ Current state
ordinalsimr compares ordinal endpoints by simulation — you specify probability distributions, sample sizes and iterations, and it runs the candidate statistical tests against them so you can see which behaves best. It is delivered as a Shiny application with a data-entry grid, and its entire release history spans six days in January 2025: three tags inside 90 minutes on the 20th, then a CRAN-compliance release on the 26th.
◆ Where it's heading
The release bodies are auto-generated pull-request lists covering the repository's whole history, so they read as a build log rather than a changelog: data entry UI, an rhandsontable statistics module, iteration and sample-size modules, binomial confidence intervals, plot tests, and a rename to the current package name late in development. What that log shows is a single-author project built to completion privately and then published all at once, with the public version history existing mainly to satisfy CRAN.
◆ Prediction
With the CRAN submission accepted and no post-release entries in the feed, the next move is most likely a maintenance release; the PR log gives no signal of planned work beyond the tests already implemented.
PEIMAN2
0.0INFRA · APIS
PEIMAN2 cut its annotation database loose from its release cycle without breaking CRAN.
◆ Current state
PEIMAN2 does enrichment analysis over post-translational modifications, testing whether a protein list is enriched for particular PTMs against UniProt-derived annotations, with translation functions bridging to mass spectrometry workflows. Its answers are only as current as its bundled database, and until June that database could only be refreshed by releasing a new package version. Version 1.1.0 changes that.
◆ Where it's heading
The package has been moving from a fixed snapshot toward versioned, user-selectable data. Earlier releases updated the bundled database in place — 1.0.0 shipped the March 2025 version and said little else — which meant the annotation vintage was whatever the package version implied. Now update_peiman_database() downloads and caches external database files and UniProt PTM lists, enrichment workflows take a database_version argument, and the mass-spec translators take a ptmlist_version, so an analysis can pin a dated database rather than a package release. The CRAN-safe default is preserved deliberately: loading, examples and checks still use the bundled internal data and need no network.
◆ Prediction
Version pinning is now expressible but the release notes do not describe how a chosen version is recorded in output, so surfacing the active database version in results is the natural companion. The database and the UniProt PTM list are versioned separately, which leaves room for a combined manifest.
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Recent activity from ordinalsimr and PEIMAN2
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 2mo agoPEIMAN2Database updates decouple from package releases ⚡
- 1y agoPEIMAN2Bundled database refreshed to the March 2025 UniProt vintage
- 1y agoPEIMAN2Documentation fix for the second example dataset
- 1y agoordinalsimrv0.1.3 CRAN submission
- 1y agoordinalsimrOrdinal endpoint simulator submitted to CRAN ⚡
- 1y agoordinalsimrREADME refreshed and DOI added to the citation file
- 1y agoordinalsimrDevelopment tag ahead of the CRAN submission
- 2y agoPEIMAN2Background lists for SEA and PSEA; tidyverse dependency dropped
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between ordinalsimr and PEIMAN2?
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. ordinalsimr and PEIMAN2 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 ordinalsimr better than PEIMAN2?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. ordinalsimr and PEIMAN2 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 ordinalsimr?
Top ordinalsimr alternatives in Infra & APIs are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "ordinalsimr alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/ordinalsimr for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to PEIMAN2?
Top PEIMAN2 alternatives in Infra & APIs are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "PEIMAN2 alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/peiman2 for the full list with editorial commentary on each.