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tidycmprsk vs TimescaleDB
A side-by-side editorial comparison of tidycmprsk and TimescaleDB — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
tidycmprsk vs TimescaleDB: at a glance
What is tidycmprsk?
Competing-risks modelling that now moves only when its neighbours do.
tidycmprsk wraps competing risks regression and cumulative incidence estimation in tidy-style output, so results slot into gtsummary tables and ggsurvfit plots. The last two releases are small: 1.1.2 sorts tidy.tidycuminc() output by stratum, 1.1.1 is an HTML5 documentation update for CRAN. The substantive work in the window is 1.1.0, which reorganised the gtsummary relationship.
What is TimescaleDB?
TimescaleDB is paying down correctness debt in its columnstore query paths.
The 2.29 line is in patch mode after 2.29.0 landed chunk exclusion for DML in late July. 2.29.1 carried three security advisories alongside compression fixes, and 2.29.2 is bug fixes only - most of them wrong-results bugs in the columnar execution paths rather than crashes. Every release note in this window recommends upgrading at the next opportunity.
tidycmprsk vs TimescaleDB: editorial side-by-side
tidycmprsk
0.0ANALYTICS
Competing-risks modelling that now moves only when its neighbours do.
◆ Current state
tidycmprsk wraps competing risks regression and cumulative incidence estimation in tidy-style output, so results slot into gtsummary tables and ggsurvfit plots. The last two releases are small: 1.1.2 sorts tidy.tidycuminc() output by stratum, 1.1.1 is an HTML5 documentation update for CRAN. The substantive work in the window is 1.1.0, which reorganised the gtsummary relationship.
◆ Where it's heading
The package has spent its releases handing responsibilities to neighbouring packages rather than growing its own surface. Plotting was deprecated then made defunct in favour of ggsurvfit::ggcuminc(), and 1.1.0 moved the regression table methods so that gtsummary could drop tidycmprsk as a dependency. What remains is the estimation core plus the S3 methods that let other packages consume it, which is a deliberate narrowing.
◆ Prediction
Expect releases to continue tracking changes in gtsummary and the broader tidy survival stack rather than adding estimation features.
TimescaleDB
5.0ANALYTICS
TimescaleDB is paying down correctness debt in its columnstore query paths.
◆ Current state
The 2.29 line is in patch mode after 2.29.0 landed chunk exclusion for DML in late July. 2.29.1 carried three security advisories alongside compression fixes, and 2.29.2 is bug fixes only - most of them wrong-results bugs in the columnar execution paths rather than crashes. Every release note in this window recommends upgrading at the next opportunity.
◆ Where it's heading
The feature work of 2.27 and 2.28 - vectorized filter evaluation, first/last derived straight from columnstore batch metadata, sparse indexes, SkipScan on compressed data - has been followed by a steady stream of fixes to those same code paths. 2.29.2 alone repairs SkipScan dropping uncompressed rows, sparse-index pushdown returning wrong results for IS NULL, and gapfill over window aggregates. That is the normal cost of pushing query optimizations into a compressed columnar store, and the project is working through it release by release rather than pausing.
◆ Prediction
With three consecutive patch releases on the 2.29 line and no new highlighted features since 2.29.0, the next minor is likely to resume the columnstore performance work - though the density of wrong-results fixes suggests more patches first.
Alternatives to tidycmprsk and TimescaleDB
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 tidycmprsk or TimescaleDB.
silx
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Plotly
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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 tidycmprsk and TimescaleDB
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 1d agoTimescaleDB2.29.2: SkipScan and sparse-index correctness fixes
- 15d agoTimescaleDB2.29.1: security fixes plus compression bugfixes
- 19d agoTimescaleDB2.29.0: chunk exclusion speeds up UPDATE and DELETE
- 1mo agoTimescaleDB2.28.3: columnar pipeline correctness fixes
- 1mo agoTimescaleDB2.28.2: upgrade-path fixes for 2.28.1
- 1mo agoTimescaleDB2.28.1: compressed-table crash and constraint fixes
- 4mo agotidycmprsktidycmprsk 1.1.2
- 9mo agotidycmprsktidycmprsk 1.1.1
- 2y agotidycmprsktidycmprsk 1.1.0
- 2y agotidycmprsktidycmprsk 1.0.0
- 3y agotidycmprsktidycmprsk 0.2.0
- 4y agotidycmprsktidycmprsk 0.1.2
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between tidycmprsk and TimescaleDB?
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. TimescaleDB 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 tidycmprsk better than TimescaleDB?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. TimescaleDB 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 tidycmprsk?
Top tidycmprsk alternatives in Analytics are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "tidycmprsk alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/tidycmprsk for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to TimescaleDB?
Top TimescaleDB alternatives in Analytics are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "TimescaleDB alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/timescaledb for the full list with editorial commentary on each.