# ggrepel

> Repels overlapping text labels away from each other in ggplot2 plots.

- Category: [R data visualization packages](https://awesomedataviz.com/categories/r/)
- Website: https://ggrepel.slowkow.com
- Repository: https://github.com/slowkow/ggrepel
- License: GPL-3.0
- Language: R
- Status: Maintained (commits in the last 12 months)
- GitHub stars: 1,261
- Commits in the last 12 months: 30
- Contributors: 21
- Last commit: Apr 14, 2026
- Install (CRAN): `install.packages("ggrepel")`, 94.2K downloads per week
- Topics: Grammar of graphics libraries

## Overview

ggrepel is an open-source R visualization package released under the GPL-3.0 license. Its GitHub repository has 1,261 stars, 94 forks, and 21 contributors. It is maintained with 30 commits in the last 12 months; the most recent commit was on Apr 14, 2026. On CRAN it is downloaded about 94.2K times per week.

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