Five recent R-universe features you might have missed
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R-universe has received several continuous improvements worth highlighting. New social media preview cards (PNG/SVG) are auto-generated for packages, articles, and universes with proper OpenGraph metadata. A PACKAGES.rds endpoint was added, implemented in JavaScript by reverse-engineering R's binary serialization format, improving install performance especially for large repos like Bioconductor. The web UI gained interactive fuzzy search and sort bars on packages, articles, and datasets pages. A manual sync button lets maintainers trigger repository checks immediately instead of waiting up to an hour. Finally, package check results are now easier to share via direct anchor links, build logs are proxied so GitHub authentication is no longer required, and GitHub Actions Job Summaries now show deployment data inline in build runs.
