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Bookdown

The bookdown package is a free and open-source R package built on top of R Markdown to make it really easy to write books and long-form articles/reports.

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Cost / License

  • Free
  • Open Source

Platforms

  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Linux
  • Java Mobile
  • Self-Hosted
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  1. LaTeX icon  Support for LaTeX
  2.  Support for MarkDown
  3.  Publishing

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  • EPUB
  • Books
  • ebook-publisher
  • blog-to-pdf
  • book-publishing
  • pdf
  • publish-writings

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  • Developed by

    US flagRStudio
  • Licensing

    Open Source (GPL-3.0) and Free product.
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  • Supported Languages

    • English

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  •  1,276 Forks
  •  230 Open Issues
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What is Bookdown?

The bookdown package is an open-source R package that facilitates writing books and long-form articles/reports with R Markdown. Features include:

  • Generate printer-ready books and ebooks from R Markdown documents.
  • A markup language easier to learn than LaTeX, and to write elements such as section headers, lists, quotes, figures, tables, and citations.
  • Multiple choices of output formats: PDF, LaTeX, HTML, EPUB, and Word.
  • Possibility of including dynamic graphics and interactive applications (HTML widgets and Shiny apps).
  • Support a wide range of languages: R, C/C++, Python, Fortran, Julia, Shell scripts, and SQL, etc.
  • LaTeX equations, theorems, and proofs work for all output formats.
  • Can be published to GitHub, bookdown.org, and any web servers.
  • Integrated with the RStudio IDE.
  • One-click publishing to https://bookdown.org.

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