Simple implementation of Semantic Versioning 2.0.0 on R.
smvr provides a lightweight, fully vectorized R class for Semantic Versioning. It enables type-safe manipulation, comparison, and sorting of version numbers, and integrates smoothly with tidyverse tools.
Install the latest release version from CRAN:
install.packages("smvr")The development version can be installed from GitHub:
pak::pak("eitsupi/smvr")library(smvr)
# Parse version characters into smvr objects
v <- parse_semver(c("1.0.0", "1.0.0-alpha", "1.0.0-alpha.1", "1.0.1+20250621", "0.9.0"))
# Sort versions
sort(v)
#> <smvr[5]>
#> [1] 0.9.0 1.0.0-alpha 1.0.0-alpha.1 1.0.0 1.0.1+20250621
# Can compare with string notation
v[v < "1.0.0"]
#> <smvr[3]>
#> [1] 1.0.0-alpha 1.0.0-alpha.1 0.9.0
# Works with tibble data frame and dplyr
tibble::tibble(version = v) |>
dplyr::arrange(version) |>
dplyr::mutate(
`>= 1.0.0` = version >= "1.0.0",
`pre-release` = is_pre_release(version),
)
#> # A tibble: 5 × 3
#> version `>= 1.0.0` `pre-release`
#> <smvr> <lgl> <lgl>
#> 1 0.9.0 FALSE FALSE
#> 2 1.0.0-alpha FALSE TRUE
#> 3 1.0.0-alpha.1 FALSE TRUE
#> 4 1.0.0 TRUE FALSE
#> 5 1.0.1+20250621 TRUE FALSE{tibble},
{dplyr}, etc.).{vctrs}.The number of pre-release identifier fields is limited to 5.
# Only 5 pre-release fields are supported:
try(parse_semver("1.2.3-a.b.c.d.e.f")) # Having 6 dot separated identifiers
#> Error in parse_semver("1.2.3-a.b.c.d.e.f") :
#> Unsupported pre-release identifiers in '1.2.3-a.b.c.d.e.f'.
#> ! Only up to 5 pre-release identifiers are supported, got 6.{tibble} and {dplyr}.