About us
This is a group for people interested in contributing to the code and documentation that gets distributed as base R.
We hold online and in-person events, such as
- Contributor Office Hours: monthly drop-in online sessions to help people get started with contributing to R. Discuss work in progress or work together on open bugs/missing translations.
- Collaboration Campfires: online sessions for newcomers to learn more about contributing to R and to work collaboratively on activities to build knowledge and skills in this area.
- Bug BBQ: a global, online event over 24 hours for both new and experienced contributors to address open bugs on R’s bug tracker.
- One-off events such as sprints and translation hackathons.
These events are organized by the R Contribution Working Group, see our webpage for more resources plus links to our social media accounts and Slack group: https://contributor.r-project.org/.
This Meetup account is supported by the R Consortium, as such our meetups adhere to the [Linux Foundation code of conduct](https://events.linuxfoundation.org/about/code-of-conduct/) unless an alternative code of conduct is specified on the event pages.
(Why Reykjavík? This is so meeting times default to UTC all year round! Meetup will show the event in your local time in the banner at the bottom of the page with the red "Attend" button)
Upcoming events
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R Project Sprint 2026, University of Birmingham, UK
University of Birmingham, Edbaston Campus, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, GBAttendance at this event is limited. Apply for a place (and travel funding if required) by Friday 8 May, see below for details.
This three-day residential sprint at the University of Birmingham, UK, will bring together novice and experienced contributors to work alongside members of the R Core Team. Participants will work collaboratively on contributions to base R.
Anyone interested to attend the sprint is encouraged to self-nominate by Friday 8 May. Funding is available for participant travel and accommodation in student housing.
Sponsors are invited to support participant travel, accommodation and/or social events.
See the sprint webpage for full details: https://contributor.r-project.org/r-project-sprint-2026/. #RSprint2026
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Past events
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