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rstatix vs trias
A side-by-side editorial comparison of rstatix and trias — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
rstatix vs trias: at a glance
What is rstatix?
rstatix hit 1.0 by unrounding every p-value it has ever returned
rstatix is the pipe-friendly test wrapper behind most ggpubr annotation workflows — t-tests, Wilcoxon, ANOVA, post-hoc comparisons, effect sizes, all returning tidy data frames. After three quiet years of CRAN-compat patching, it shipped 1.0.0 and 1.1.0 three weeks apart in mid-2026. Both releases push in the same direction: interval estimates and full-precision output for numbers the package previously rounded or omitted.
What is trias?
Belgium's invasive-species indicator toolkit is in steady refinement, one plotting edge case at a time.
trias computes and visualizes indicators for the Belgian Tracking Invasive Alien Species project — emergence detection via GAMs, introduction pathway breakdowns following CBD categories, and native range trends. The recent releases are narrow: GAM plots can now be produced without textual annotation when the model cannot be fitted, and apply_decision_rules() no longer supplies a default for a required argument.
rstatix vs trias: editorial side-by-side
rstatix
2.5ANALYTICS
rstatix hit 1.0 by unrounding every p-value it has ever returned
◆ Current state
rstatix is the pipe-friendly test wrapper behind most ggpubr annotation workflows — t-tests, Wilcoxon, ANOVA, post-hoc comparisons, effect sizes, all returning tidy data frames. After three quiet years of CRAN-compat patching, it shipped 1.0.0 and 1.1.0 three weeks apart in mid-2026. Both releases push in the same direction: interval estimates and full-precision output for numbers the package previously rounded or omitted.
◆ Where it's heading
The work is about matching what dedicated effect-size packages give you without taking on their dependencies. Confidence intervals for partial eta squared and for Cohen's d are both computed in base R from noncentral distributions and both check against effectsize; compact letter displays are computed in base R against multcompView. The pattern is deliberate — reproduce the reference implementation, add no imports. Alongside that, the package has started correcting statistical hygiene it got wrong for years, most visibly by no longer rounding p-values before adjusting them.
◆ Prediction
The analytic-interval machinery now exists for eta squared and Cohen's d; the untouched effect sizes in the package — eta squared for nonparametric tests, Cramer's V, rank-biserial correlation — are the obvious next targets for the same base-R noncentral treatment.
trias
0.0ANALYTICS
Belgium's invasive-species indicator toolkit is in steady refinement, one plotting edge case at a time.
◆ Current state
trias computes and visualizes indicators for the Belgian Tracking Invasive Alien Species project — emergence detection via GAMs, introduction pathway breakdowns following CBD categories, and native range trends. The recent releases are narrow: GAM plots can now be produced without textual annotation when the model cannot be fitted, and apply_decision_rules() no longer supplies a default for a required argument.
◆ Where it's heading
Development runs in small, fast patches concentrated on making the indicator functions survive imperfect real-world input — pathways absent from the data, GAMs that will not converge, checklist files with unexpected columns. A second thread trims the package's own surface in favor of the data it ships, deprecating pathways_cbd() in favor of using the pathwayscbd data frame directly, while get_nubkeys() extends reach into GBIF Backbone taxon key resolution.
◆ Prediction
Expect continued patch-level hardening of the visualization functions and further reliance on GBIF services for taxon resolution, with no sign of a structural change to the indicator set.
Alternatives to rstatix and trias
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 rstatix or trias.
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Recent activity from rstatix and trias
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 22d agorstatixrstatix 1.1.0 gives Cohen's d a deterministic confidence interval
- 1mo agorstatixrstatix 1.0.0 stops rounding p-values before adjusting them ⚡
- 3mo agotriasGAM plots survive models that cannot be fitted
- 5mo agotriasColumn validation added to the download list update
- 6mo agotriasY-axis tick values corrected in pathway plots
- 6mo agotriasZenodo integration patch removes the DOI badge
- 6mo agotriasget_nubkeys() resolves GBIF Backbone taxon keys
- 6mo agotriaspathways_cbd() deprecated in favor of its data frame
- 9mo agorstatixrstatix 0.7.3
- 3y agorstatixrstatix 0.7.2
- 3y agorstatixrstatix 0.7.1
- 5y agorstatixrstatix 0.7.0
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between rstatix and trias?
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. rstatix is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 2.5 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 rstatix better than trias?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. rstatix is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 2.5 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 rstatix?
Top rstatix alternatives in Analytics are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "rstatix alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/rstatix for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to trias?
Top trias alternatives in Analytics are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "trias alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/trias-r for the full list with editorial commentary on each.