vcfppR: Rapid Manipulation of the Variant Call Format (VCF)

The 'vcfpp.h' (<https://github.com/Zilong-Li/vcfpp>) provides an easy-to-use 'C++' 'API' of 'htslib', offering full functionality for manipulating Variant Call Format (VCF) files. The 'vcfppR' package serves as the R bindings of the 'vcfpp.h' library, enabling rapid processing of both compressed and uncompressed VCF files. Explore a range of powerful features for efficient VCF data manipulation.

Version:	0.8.1
Depends:	R (≥ 3.6.0)
Imports:	Rcpp, methods, stats, utils
LinkingTo:	Rcpp
Suggests:	knitr, codetools, rmarkdown, testthat (≥ 3.0.0)
Published:	2025-08-25
DOI:	10.32614/CRAN.package.vcfppR
Author:	Zilong Li [aut, cre], Bonfield, James K and Marshall, John and Danecek, Petr and Li, Heng and Ohan, Valeriu and Whitwham, Andrew and Keane, Thomas and Davies, Robert M [cph] (Authors of included htslib library)
Maintainer:	Zilong Li <zilong.dk at gmail.com>
BugReports:	https://github.com/Zilong-Li/vcfppR/issues
License:	MIT + file LICENSE
Copyright:	See the file COPYRIGHTS for various htslib copyright details vcfppR copyright details
URL:	https://github.com/Zilong-Li/vcfppR
NeedsCompilation:	yes
SystemRequirements:	libcurl: libcurl-devel (rpm) or libcurl4-openssl-dev (deb), GNU make.
Citation:	vcfppR citation info
Materials:	README, NEWS
CRAN checks:	vcfppR results

Documentation:

Reference manual:	vcfppR.html , vcfppR.pdf
Vignettes:	Assess the concordance between VCFs (source, R code)

Downloads:

Package source:	vcfppR_0.8.1.tar.gz
Windows binaries:	r-devel: vcfppR_0.8.1.zip, r-release: vcfppR_0.8.1.zip, r-oldrel: vcfppR_0.8.1.zip
macOS binaries:	r-release (arm64): vcfppR_0.8.1.tgz, r-oldrel (arm64): vcfppR_0.8.1.tgz, r-release (x86_64): vcfppR_0.8.1.tgz, r-oldrel (x86_64): vcfppR_0.8.1.tgz
Old sources:	vcfppR archive

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