askpass

Cross-platform utilities for prompting the user for credentials or a passphrase, for example to authenticate with a server or read a protected key. Includes native programs for MacOS and Windows, hence no 'tcltk' is required. Password entry can be invoked in two different ways: directly from R via the askpass() function, or indirectly as password-entry back-end for 'ssh-agent' or 'git-credential' via the SSH_ASKPASS and GIT_ASKPASS environment variables. Thereby the user can be prompted for credentials or a passphrase if needed when R calls out to git or ssh.

Last 30 days

This package has been downloaded 944,817 times in the last 30 days. Half a million downloads! This work is now a household name in certain academic circles. The following heatmap shows the distribution of downloads per day. Yesterday, it was downloaded 47,255 times.

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Last 365 days

This package has been downloaded 9,377,507 times in the last 365 days. Whoa! That's more downloads than an AI-generated meme in a tech-savvy group chat. Truly legendary! The day with the most downloads was Apr 16, 2025 with 47,255 downloads.

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