{golem} 1.0.0 is here
Jul 10, 2026
New{golem} 1.0 is out: agent skills, Docker + renv, cli output
Shiny apps, engineered for production.
The golemverse is a family of R packages for building, testing and shipping robust {shiny} applications, from the first prototype to the Dockerfile.
# From CRAN
install.packages("golem")
golem::create_golem("myapp", with_agents = TRUE)
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Core packages
The maintained heart of the golemverse. Start with {golem}, add the others as your app grows.
golem{golem} is an opinionated framework for building production-grade {shiny} applications.
CoreCRAN
shinipsum{shinipsum} provides a set of functions to generate dummy widgets and content for {shiny} applications.
CoreCRAN
fakir{fakir} provides a set of functions to generate random data that can be used for prototyping.
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One family, a clear lifecycle
Every package is tagged so you know what you can rely on.
Core
Maintained by ThinkR. Safe to build on, with CRAN releases when the API is stable.
Experimental
Young or moving fast. Try them, expect rough edges, and tell us what breaks.
Abandoned
No longer maintained. Kept online for reference, not for new projects.
The book
Engineering Production-Grade Shiny Apps
The method behind the golemverse: design, build, test, deploy. Free to read online, and in print in the R Series by Chapman and Hall/CRC.
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Contact
Contact us via the ThinkR website.