With the rebranding, Posit is moving faster toward what RStudio was already well on its way to becoming: Posit can continue to grow the RStudio IDE while moving out of its beloved shadow that cemented ‘RStudio’ as the premier R IDE.

The new name opens up the company to step out of its surficial typecasting as an R-only company. It is a rebranding that reflects the expansion into Python and VS Code, among other things. Posit, PBC is the new corporate name of the company formerly known as RStudio, PBC.

Hadley put us all at ease by continuing, “.I’m not going to stop writing R code” and later declaring “I’m not going to learn Python.”Īnd although RStudio is looking to balance out the share of engineers working on R with other development over time, the majority of work will remain R-related. In a press release by Sharon Machlis, Hadley Wickham, RStudio’s chief scientist, was quoted as saying, “We’re not pivoting from R to Python.” So don’t worry, RStudio IDE will still be around and the leaders in open source R development aren’t slowing down. RStudio Package Manager = Posit Package Managerīut overall, Posit will not be shifting away from R.There will be a rebranding of tools and commercial products: So, what does this mean for RStudio product users? Well, besides a brighter future filled with more capabilities – not much in the short-term. The name that was synonymous with open source R development is re-branding to represent the business as a whole better. Much to our enjoyment, we’ve seen the RStudio IDE grow to be more Python-friendly and the Posit data science ecosystem become “ A Single Home for R & Python. Why did RStudio change its name to Posit?įor the past few years, Posit (formerly RStudio) has been shifting from R-exclusive tooling to a language agnostic ecosystem. RStudio has officially announced a name change from RStudio to Posit.

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