15 Fun R Packages You Need to Explore in 2023 [Part 1]

There are many fun R packages that can bring some enjoyment to your coding experience. In this article, the following packages are introduced: memer, emo, emojifont, wordcloud2, praise, fortunes, cowsay, fun, emokid, magick, waffle, dadjokes, calendR, RXKCD, emoGG.

1. Memer

Memer is a package for generating memes.

meme_get("DistractedBf") %>% 
  meme_text_distbf("tidyverse", "new R users", "base R")

Other similar packages include meme and memery.

2. Emo

The package allows users to easily insert emojis into RMarkdown.

3. Emojifont

The emojifont allows users to incorporate emojis into plots and graphics in R.

4. Wordcloud2

The wordcloud2 package is a tool for creating interactive word clouds, which are visual representations of the most frequently occurring words in a text corpus.