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Comparison · Infra & APIs
hereR vs texor
A side-by-side editorial comparison of hereR and texor — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
hereR vs texor: at a glance
What is hereR?
An R client for HERE's location APIs, shaped almost entirely by what the vendor exposes next.
hereR wraps HERE's routing, isoline, traffic, weather and geocoding endpoints for R, returning sf objects. Development is steady and reactive: each release either adopts a transport mode, parameter or API version HERE has newly made available, or corrects a rate limit that was producing 429 errors in practice. The current release adds speed-limit control and five more isoline transport modes.
What is texor?
The LaTeX-to-R-Markdown converter that stopped transcribing articles and started making them executable.
texor converts legacy R Journal articles from LaTeX into R Markdown, wrestling with the parts that never translate cleanly: numbering, cross-references, algorithm environments, and macros nobody outside the R Journal uses. Since 1.5.0 it can also emit figures as code chunks and tables as CSV read back through kable(), and target bookdown, litedown or biocstyle. The 2025 releases are repair work — pandoc keeps changing underneath it.
hereR vs texor: editorial side-by-side
hereR
0.0INFRA · APIS
An R client for HERE's location APIs, shaped almost entirely by what the vendor exposes next.
◆ Current state
hereR wraps HERE's routing, isoline, traffic, weather and geocoding endpoints for R, returning sf objects. Development is steady and reactive: each release either adopts a transport mode, parameter or API version HERE has newly made available, or corrects a rate limit that was producing 429 errors in practice. The current release adds speed-limit control and five more isoline transport modes.
◆ Where it's heading
Two threads run through the whole history. One is coverage — new modes, tolls and currency, arrival times, speed limits — arriving in the package shortly after they appear in HERE's API. The other is defensive operational tuning, with request rates repeatedly lowered below HERE's documented limits because the documented limits do not hold up. 1.0.0 was the one moment the package had to move rather than choose, migrating traffic to v7 and weather to v3 and breaking three functions' output in the process.
◆ Prediction
Expect the next release to enable whatever HERE exposes next in routing or isolines, and to keep adjusting request rates empirically; the package's own design appears settled.
texor
0.0INFRA · APIS
The LaTeX-to-R-Markdown converter that stopped transcribing articles and started making them executable.
◆ Current state
texor converts legacy R Journal articles from LaTeX into R Markdown, wrestling with the parts that never translate cleanly: numbering, cross-references, algorithm environments, and macros nobody outside the R Journal uses. Since 1.5.0 it can also emit figures as code chunks and tables as CSV read back through kable(), and target bookdown, litedown or biocstyle. The 2025 releases are repair work — pandoc keeps changing underneath it.
◆ Where it's heading
Two expansions define the arc. 1.4.0 took on Sweave as a source format, opening the pre-Rmd back catalogue of literate R documents. 1.5.0 changed what comes out the other end, offering executable code chunks and data files where earlier versions produced flat markup. Both moves point the same way: toward converted articles that still compute rather than merely resemble the original. Everything since has been keeping that machinery working against pandoc's release cadence.
◆ Prediction
The last two releases were both triggered by upstream pandoc changes breaking numbering or Lua filters, so the next release is most likely more of the same; new output styles remain the plausible feature direction given how recently that list was extended.
Alternatives to hereR and texor
Other Infra & APIs products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Each card links to a full editorial trajectory and lets you pivot into a head-to-head comparison with either hereR or texor.
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dialr
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Recent activity from hereR and texor
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 1y agotexorBroken figure and table numbering repaired after pandoc updates
- 1y agohereRSpeed limits and five more isoline transport modes
- 1y agotexorDESCRIPTION path, cleanup ordering, and a pandoc filter patch
- 1y agohereRPedestrian consumption model dropped; route request rate lowered
- 1y agotexorExecutable figure chunks, CSV-backed tables, and new vignette styles
- 2y agotexorSweave becomes a supported source format ⚡
- 2y agotexorBookdown-style equation references and LaTeX macro workarounds
- 2y agohereRTraffic v7 and Weather v3 migration breaks three functions
- 3y agotexorNumbering for code blocks and wide tables, plus seven more macros
- 3y agohereRResubmission after CRAN archival over an undeliverable email
- 4y agohereRToll costs and currency selection arrive in routing
- 4y agohereRArrival-time routing enabled; failed requests report their endpoint
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between hereR and texor?
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. hereR and texor are shipping at a similar cadence (velocity 0.0 vs 0.0, both within Sparkpulse's "active" band). See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Is hereR better than texor?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. hereR and texor are shipping at a similar cadence (velocity 0.0 vs 0.0, both within Sparkpulse's "active" band). For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other Infra & APIs products to evaluate alongside.
What are the best alternatives to hereR?
Top hereR alternatives in Infra & APIs are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "hereR alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/herer for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to texor?
Top texor alternatives in Infra & APIs are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "texor alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/texor for the full list with editorial commentary on each.