4  Tables Packages

4.1 R Packages

4.1.1 gt package

• Here is a good description

• The gt philosophy: we can construct a wide variety of useful tables with a cohesive set of table parts. These include the table header, the stub, the column labels and spanner column labels, the table body, and the table footer.

• install.packages(“gt”)

• 4.1.1.1 Packages that use or extend gt

  There are several R packages that either use gt to generate tabular outputs or extend gt in amazing ways. Here is a short list of some of these great packages:

  • gtsummary (GITHUB, WEBSITE)

  • gtExtras (GITHUB, WEBSITE)

  • pointblank (GITHUB, WEBSITE)

  • tfrmt (GITHUB, WEBSITE)

  • gto (GITHUB)

4.1.2 reactable

• Here is a good description
• install.packages(“reactable”)

4.1.3 flextable

• Here is the good description
• There is a good book describing flextable package and officer package by David Gohelfrom ArData he presented at R Pharma 2025

4.1.4 tinytable

• Here is a good description of the package
• Works with HTML, LaTeX, Word, PDF, PNG, Markdown, & Typst
• install.packages(‘tinytable’, repos = c(‘https://vincentarelbundock.r-universe.dev’,’https://cloud.r-project.org’))))

4.2 Python Packages