# gt

> Builds publication-quality display tables in R.

- Category: [R data visualization packages](https://awesomedataviz.com/categories/r/)
- Website: https://gt.rstudio.com
- Repository: https://github.com/rstudio/gt
- License: MIT
- Language: R
- Status: Active (commits in the last 90 days)
- GitHub stars: 2,161
- Commits in the last 12 months: 939
- Contributors: 57
- Last commit: Sep 14, 2026
- Latest release: v1.3.0 (Jan 22, 2026)
- Install (CRAN): `install.packages("gt")`, 31.1K downloads per week

## Overview

gt is an open-source R visualization package released under the MIT license. Its GitHub repository has 2,161 stars, 226 forks, and 57 contributors. It is actively developed with 939 commits in the last 12 months. The latest release, v1.3.0, was published on Jan 22, 2026. On CRAN it is downloaded about 31.1K times per week.

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