# Leaflet for R

> R interface to the Leaflet JavaScript library for interactive maps.

- Category: [R data visualization packages](https://awesomedataviz.com/categories/r/)
- Website: http://rstudio.github.io/leaflet/
- Repository: https://github.com/rstudio/leaflet
- License: MIT
- Language: JavaScript
- Status: Inactive (no commits in over a year)
- GitHub stars: 841
- Commits in the last 12 months: 0
- Contributors: 40
- Last commit: Sep 30, 2025
- Latest release: v2.2.3 (Sep 4, 2025)
- Install (CRAN): `install.packages("leaflet")`, 39.4K downloads per week
- Topics: Maps & geospatial visualization

## Overview

Leaflet for R is an open-source R visualization package released under the MIT license. Its GitHub repository has 841 stars, 505 forks, and 40 contributors. It has not had a commit since Sep 30, 2025. The latest release, v2.2.3, was published on Sep 4, 2025. On CRAN it is downloaded about 39.4K times per week.

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