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tealeaves vs tidyaudit

A side-by-side editorial comparison of tealeaves and tidyaudit — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.

tealeaves vs tidyaudit: at a glance

Featuretealeavestidyaudit
SectorInfra & APIsInfra & APIs
Velocity score0.00.0
Sparks · 30d00
Top themesplant-physiology, energy-balance, leaf-temperature, unitsdata-quality, provenance, tidyverse, pipeline-auditing
Last editorial update1h ago7h ago
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What is tealeaves?

A leaf-temperature model that finished its job in 2020 and has stayed finished

tealeaves solves for leaf temperature from an energy balance, using explicit units to keep parameters consistent and modelling lower and upper leaf surfaces separately so sensible and latent heat loss are computed for each. The package reached its current form in 2020 across versions 1.0.2 to 1.0.5, which added direct or functional sky temperature, dplyr 1.0.0 compatibility, and fixes to a parameter-crossing bug that the new sky temperature function had introduced. The only release since, v1.0.6 in July 2022, corrects a name in the citation file, stops parallel evaluation in a vignette and fixes README links.

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What is tidyaudit?

Pipeline provenance for tidyverse workflows, recording what changed at each step without keeping the data.

tidyaudit records lightweight metadata snapshots as data flows through a pipeline — row and column counts, NA counts, and structured diffs between any two points — without storing the data itself. Taps are operation-aware, so join, filter, and anti-join steps each report what that operation specifically did, and validation helpers cover join integrity, primary keys, and variable relationships. The trail can now be exported as a self-contained interactive HTML diagram or serialized to JSON or RDS.

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tealeaves vs tidyaudit: editorial side-by-side

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tealeaves
INFRA · APIS
0.0

A leaf-temperature model that finished its job in 2020 and has stayed finished

◆ Current state

tealeaves solves for leaf temperature from an energy balance, using explicit units to keep parameters consistent and modelling lower and upper leaf surfaces separately so sensible and latent heat loss are computed for each. The package reached its current form in 2020 across versions 1.0.2 to 1.0.5, which added direct or functional sky temperature, dplyr 1.0.0 compatibility, and fixes to a parameter-crossing bug that the new sky temperature function had introduced. The only release since, v1.0.6 in July 2022, corrects a name in the citation file, stops parallel evaluation in a vignette and fixes README links.

◆ Where it's heading

This is finished scientific software. The arc runs from a 1.0.0 that already described the full model, through a usability decision in 1.0.1 to accept unitless values and assign units rather than demand them, to a 2020 cluster of compatibility and correctness work around publication. Nothing since has touched the model, and the 2022 release is pure paperwork. Its most instructive entry remains 1.0.5, where a new feature silently produced incorrect parameter crossing and the fix arrived with tests to pin the behaviour.

◆ Prediction

Expect nothing unless a dependency or CRAN check forces a release; on this record any such release will be documentation and packaging rather than a change to the energy balance.

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tidyaudit
INFRA · APIS
0.0

Pipeline provenance for tidyverse workflows, recording what changed at each step without keeping the data.

◆ Current state

tidyaudit records lightweight metadata snapshots as data flows through a pipeline — row and column counts, NA counts, and structured diffs between any two points — without storing the data itself. Taps are operation-aware, so join, filter, and anti-join steps each report what that operation specifically did, and validation helpers cover join integrity, primary keys, and variable relationships. The trail can now be exported as a self-contained interactive HTML diagram or serialized to JSON or RDS.

◆ Where it's heading

The arc is from inspection to artifact. The first release made the trail something you print and read; 0.2.0 made it something you can hand to someone else or feed to another program, with the HTML export deliberately requiring no server and no Shiny. Reporting has been refined in the same direction, with a tabular changes block showing from-and-to values with row, column, and NA deltas. The remaining work in the window is defensive — a factor-handling path rebuilt because R-devel tightened what as.data.frame.table() accepts in row names.

◆ Prediction

With serialization and a standalone export in place, the natural next step is making trails comparable across runs rather than only across steps within one, though nothing in the entries commits to it yet.

Alternatives to tealeaves and tidyaudit

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 tealeaves or tidyaudit.

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Recent activity from tealeaves and tidyaudit

Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.

  1. 3mo agotidyauditFactor auditing fixed against a stricter R-devel
  2. 4mo agotidyauditTrails export to standalone HTML and machine-readable formats
  3. 5mo agotidyauditFirst release: pipeline audit trails for tidyverse
  4. 4y agotealeavesCitation file, vignette and README fixes
  5. 6y agotealeavesParameter-crossing bug fixed with tests; coverage added
  6. 6y agotealeavesFix for custom sky temperature function being overwritten
  7. 6y agotealeavesSky temperature as value or function; dplyr 1.0.0 compatibility
  8. 7y agotealeavesUnitless parameter values now accepted and assigned units
  9. 7y agotealeavesFirst release: leaf energy balance with per-surface conductances

Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between tealeaves and tidyaudit?

They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. tealeaves and tidyaudit 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 tealeaves better than tidyaudit?

Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. tealeaves and tidyaudit 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 tealeaves?

Top tealeaves alternatives in Infra & APIs are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "tealeaves alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/tealeaves for the full list with editorial commentary on each.

What are the best alternatives to tidyaudit?

Top tidyaudit alternatives in Infra & APIs are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "tidyaudit alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/tidyaudit for the full list with editorial commentary on each.