--- title: More progress with Tabler for R | daily.dev description: An update on Tabler for R, a dashboard framework built on the Tabler Bootstrap theme, along with a companion Tabler Server project for rendering apps without... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/more-progress-with-tabler-for-r-oeanltnmm twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: More progress with Tabler for R | daily.dev og:description: An update on Tabler for R, a dashboard framework built on the Tabler Bootstrap theme, along with a companion Tabler Server project for rendering apps without... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/more-progress-with-tabler-for-r-oeanltnmm og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/OeAnLTnmm.png og:image:alt: More progress with Tabler for R og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # More progress with Tabler for R **[R-bloggers](https://daily.dev/sources/rbloggers)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary An update on Tabler for R, a dashboard framework built on the Tabler Bootstrap theme, along with a companion Tabler Server project for rendering apps without Shiny. The new version drops the Shiny dependency and can be installed via R-Universe or GitHub. Covers quick-start examples (single-script and modular package apps), a progress bar loading example, a login page example (including RSQLite-backed auth), a Doom WASM demo running over WebSocket, a full list of available layouts (boxed, combo, condensed, fluid, horizontal, RTL, vertical, etc.), and notable differences from Shiny such as SVG-rendered static plots and cleaner URL query parameter formatting. Licensed under Apache 2.0. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How do I install the new version of the Tabler R package without Shiny? Install it via R-Universe with install.packages("tabler", repos = "https://pachadotdev.r-universe.dev") or from GitHub using remotes::install_github("pachadotdev/tabler"). The older version, available from CRAN, still depends on Shiny, while this newer version removes that dependency entirely. _Developers weighing a move off Shiny can track dashboard framework changes like this on daily.dev._ ### What are the differences between Tabler for R and Shiny apps? Static plots such as base R, ggplot, and tinyplot graphics render as downloadable SVGs, and URL query parameters use a cleaner format like my.site/myapp?year=2000&country=gbr instead of Shiny's quoted style with percent-encoded quotes around string values. This is aimed at simplifying sharing and linking to specific dashboard states. _Anyone comparing R dashboard frameworks can follow updates like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Tabler 0.1.0 is here\!](https://daily.dev/posts/tabler-0-1-0-is-here--n0sfxrik9) · R-bloggers · 21 upvotes · 1 comments - [Tabler Server A minimal framework to create web dashboards in R](https://daily.dev/posts/tabler-server-a-minimal-framework-to-create-web-dashboards-in-r-s6fsk60ls) · R-bloggers · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [taleshape-com/shaper: Visualize and share your data. All in SQL. 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