mutator: Mutation Testing

Performs mutation testing for 'R' packages to assess the effectiveness of a test suite. It mutates source files, runs package tests against each mutant, and reports which mutants were killed, survived, or timed out. Parallel execution is supported for larger code bases. The optional 'imputesrcref' package, available from <https://github.com/PRL-PRG/imputesrcref>, improves source locations when installed.

Version: 0.2.1
Imports: jsonlite, httr, pkgload, testthat, future, furrr, callr, covr, R6
LinkingTo: testthat
Suggests: xml2, pkgbuild, cli, pbmcapply, knitr, rmarkdown, tinytest
Enhances: imputesrcref
Published: 2026-08-02
DOI: 10.32614/CRAN.package.mutator (may not be active yet)
Author: Pierre Donat-Bouillud ORCID iD [aut, cre, cph], Assanali Amandykov [aut, cph]
Maintainer: Pierre Donat-Bouillud <pierre.donat.bouillud at fit.cvut.cz>
BugReports: https://github.com/PRL-PRG/mutator/issues
License: GPL (≥ 3)
URL: https://github.com/PRL-PRG/mutator, https://prl-prg.github.io/mutator/
NeedsCompilation: yes
SystemRequirements: C++17
Materials: README, NEWS
CRAN checks: mutator results

Documentation:

Reference manual: mutator.html , mutator.pdf
Vignettes: Configuration (source, R code)
Continuous integration (source, R code)
Mutation testing on a package (source, R code)

Downloads:

Package source: mutator_0.2.1.tar.gz
Windows binaries: r-devel: not available, r-release: not available, r-oldrel: not available
macOS binaries: r-release (arm64): not available, r-oldrel (arm64): not available, r-release (x86_64): not available, r-oldrel (x86_64): not available

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