RStudio version information

Query information about the currently running instance of RStudio.

versionInfo()

Value

An R list with the following elements:

version	The version of RStudio.
mode	"desktop" for RStudio Desktop, or "server" for RStudio Server.
citation	Information on how RStudio can be cited in academic publications.

Note

The versionInfo function was added in version 0.97.124 of RStudio.

Examples

if (FALSE) {
info <- rstudioapi::versionInfo()

# check what version of RStudio is in use
if (info$version >= "1.4") {
  # code specific to versions of RStudio 1.4 and newer
}

# check whether RStudio Desktop or RStudio Server is being used
if (info$mode == "desktop") {
  # code specific to RStudio Desktop
}

# Get the citation
info$citation

}