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Comparison · Infra & APIs
pr2database vs statsExpressions
A side-by-side editorial comparison of pr2database and statsExpressions — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
pr2database vs statsExpressions: at a glance
What is pr2database?
The protist reference database keeps widening past the rRNA gene it was built on.
PR2 curates ribosomal reference sequences for eukaryotes, distributed as flat files and through a web interface, with each release crediting the specialists who curated individual clades. Since 2022 the structural changes have outweighed the curation: one combined SSU database replaced the separate ones, the taxonomy moved from eight levels to nine, and companion databases for ribosomal operons, mixoplankton and mitochondrial COI have been linked in.
What is statsExpressions?
A statistics backend whose release history is mostly other people's weather
statsExpressions produces the tidy dataframes and plotmath expressions that ggstatsplot prints onto plots, and that position defines its changelog. Six of its ten most recent versions exist to absorb API changes in easystats, dplyr or purrr. Version 2.0.0 is the exception, cut to accompany ggstatsplot's own 1.0.0 and carrying pairwise Fisher's exact post hocs for contingency tables.
pr2database vs statsExpressions: editorial side-by-side
pr2database
0.0INFRA · APIS
The protist reference database keeps widening past the rRNA gene it was built on.
◆ Current state
PR2 curates ribosomal reference sequences for eukaryotes, distributed as flat files and through a web interface, with each release crediting the specialists who curated individual clades. Since 2022 the structural changes have outweighed the curation: one combined SSU database replaced the separate ones, the taxonomy moved from eight levels to nine, and companion databases for ribosomal operons, mixoplankton and mitochondrial COI have been linked in.
◆ Where it's heading
The database is becoming a hub rather than a single file. Each recent release integrates something maintained elsewhere, with the ROD, EukRibo, Mixoplankton and now eKOI databases reachable through the same interface, while the SSU flat files themselves change little between versions. Curation continues underneath, clade by clade, at a pace set by which specialist contributed that cycle.
◆ Prediction
Expect the next release to integrate or refresh another linked database while the SSU files see routine curation, following the pattern of the last three.
statsExpressions
0.0INFRA · APIS
A statistics backend whose release history is mostly other people's weather
◆ Current state
statsExpressions produces the tidy dataframes and plotmath expressions that ggstatsplot prints onto plots, and that position defines its changelog. Six of its ten most recent versions exist to absorb API changes in easystats, dplyr or purrr. Version 2.0.0 is the exception, cut to accompany ggstatsplot's own 1.0.0 and carrying pairwise Fisher's exact post hocs for contingency tables.
◆ Where it's heading
This is a component settling into place beneath a larger package rather than a product with its own roadmap. New statistical content arrives rarely and narrowly — an exact-p toggle, one post-hoc function — while the recurring work is keeping expressions correct as the easystats stack shifts underneath. The one bug class it keeps returning to is rendering: p-values of exactly zero, decimal commas that plotmath parses as list separators.
◆ Prediction
Coupled this tightly, the next release is most likely another compatibility pass timed to an easystats or ggstatsplot version rather than new tests. Nothing in these entries signals an independent feature direction.
Alternatives to pr2database and statsExpressions
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Recent activity from pr2database and statsExpressions
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 3mo agostatsExpressionsPairwise Fisher's post hocs for contingency tables
- 4mo agostatsExpressionsInternal maintenance only, no user-facing changes
- 6mo agostatsExpressionsAdapts to dplyr 1.2.0 and purrr 1.2.1
- 6mo agostatsExpressionsAdapts to changes in the easystats packages
- 9mo agopr2databaseeKOI mitochondrial COI database reachable from the interface
- 1y agostatsExpressionsFixes p-value rendering when p is exactly zero
- 1y agopr2databaseRibosomal Operon Database 1.2 integrated; ten clades curated
- 1y agostatsExpressionscentrality_description() follows the new easystats API
- 2y agopr2databaseTaxonomy restructured from eight levels to nine ⚡
- 3y agopr2databaseNew web interface at app.pr2-database.org
- 4y agopr2databaseOne SSU database for nuclear, organelle and bacterial sequences ⚡
- 5y agopr2database2,966 sequences added and 3,817 removed across four clades
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between pr2database and statsExpressions?
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. pr2database and statsExpressions 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 pr2database better than statsExpressions?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. pr2database and statsExpressions 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 pr2database?
Top pr2database alternatives in Infra & APIs are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "pr2database alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/pr2database for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to statsExpressions?
Top statsExpressions alternatives in Infra & APIs are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "statsExpressions alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/statsexpressions for the full list with editorial commentary on each.