RKWard
The facts below are what the maker publishes about RKWard, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From RKWard's own pricing page, checked 5 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| RKWard | Free | Free software under GNU General Public Licence Version 2 or later |
The facts
Each one read from RKWard's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Analysis tools
- It provides GUI dialogs for statistics and plots, plus plot preview and browsable history.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Audience and limits
- The project describes RKWard as useful as an R IDE for experts, while noting that its statistical dialogs are still limited compared with competing graphical statistics suites.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Code tools
- Features include syntax highlighting, code folding, and code completion.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Data editing
- Features include a spreadsheet-like data editor.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Data import
- RKWard supports data import from formats including SPSS, Stata, and CSV.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Development builds
- Automated development builds are published without testing before release, and the download page says to use them at your own risk.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Extensibility
- RKWard can be extended with plugins, and additional plugin packages are hosted in its plugin repository.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Import limitation
- On macOS, R must be installed separately and must be version 4.2.0 or higher for RKWard 0.8.3.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Office integration
- RKWard stores results in HTML that can be copied or imported into text-processing and other office tools; its mission statement says office integration still has a long way to go.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- RKWard is an easy-to-use, extensible IDE/GUI for R that aims to combine R’s power with the ease of commercial statistics tools.checked 5 Oct 2026
- R integration
- RKWard is a frontend to the R language and includes R package management and a workspace browser.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Support
- The project directs users seeking help or sharing feedback to its contact channels and provides online user documentation.checked 5 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Platform requirements
- The RKWard 0.8.3 macOS build requires macOS 10.15 or higher.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Windows package
- The Windows RKWard 0.8.3 package includes R 4.5.3, though a separate R installation can also be used.checked 5 Oct 2026
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