simpleCache

Spec sheet

Purpose

simpleCache is an R package for caching R objects to support reusable, restartable, reproducible analysis pipelines.Read 4 Oct 2026 · code.databio.org

Support

Questions, feature requests, and bug reports are directed to the GitHub issue queue.Read 4 Oct 2026 · code.databio.org

License

The package is distributed under the 2-Clause BSD License.Read 4 Oct 2026 · code.databio.org

Cache behavior

A simpleCache call loads an existing cache or creates it if one does not exist.Read 4 Oct 2026 · code.databio.org

Downloads

CRAN lists Windows and macOS binaries and a source package for download.Read 4 Oct 2026 · cran.r-project.org

Environments

Options include assigning cached objects to environments, including the global environment.Read 4 Oct 2026 · code.databio.org

Features

The package can recreate and reload caches, list or delete them, and set a default cache directory.Read 4 Oct 2026 · code.databio.org

How it works

Users choose a cache location and provide a cache name and R code that produces the object.Read 4 Oct 2026 · code.databio.org

Integration

simpleCache interfaces with batchtools to build caches on cluster resource managers.Read 4 Oct 2026 · code.databio.org

Limit

The documentation cautions that cache names should identify objects that are not planned to change.Read 4 Oct 2026 · code.databio.org

Use cases

The maker describes it for interactive analysis and automatic pipelines that reuse objects across scripts or R sessions.Read 4 Oct 2026 · code.databio.org

Where Specifiction places it

• Caching Software#21 of 276.2