kindling: Higher-Level Interface of 'torch' Package to Auto-Train Neural Networks
Provides a higher-level interface to the 'torch' package for defining, training, and fine-tuning neural networks through code generation. The package supports several architectures, including feedforward (multi-layer perceptron) and recurrent neural networks (RNN, LSTM, GRU), while reducing boilerplate 'torch' code. Model training methods also bridge to machine learning frameworks in R, particularly the 'tidymodels' ecosystem, including 'parsnip' model specifications, workflows, recipes, and tuning tools.
| Version: | 0.3.1 |
| Depends: | R (≥ 4.1.0) |
| Imports: | purrr, torch, rlang, cli, glue, vctrs, parsnip (≥ 1.0.0), tibble, tidyr, dplyr, stats, NeuralNetTools, ggplot2, tune, dials, hardhat, lifecycle, coro |
| Suggests: | testthat (≥ 3.0.0), magrittr, box, vip, recipes, workflows, rsample, yardstick, mlbench, modeldata, knitr, rmarkdown, DiceDesign, lhs, sfd, covr |
| Published: | 2026-07-02 |
| DOI: | 10.32614/CRAN.package.kindling |
| Author: | Joshua Marie [aut, cre],
Antoine Soetewey 
[aut] |
| Maintainer: | Joshua Marie <joshua.marie.k at gmail.com> |
| BugReports: | https://github.com/joshuamarie/kindling/issues |
| License: | MIT + file LICENSE |
| URL: | https://kindling.joshuamarie.com, https://github.com/joshuamarie/kindling |
| NeedsCompilation: | no |
| Citation: | kindling citation info |
| Materials: | README, NEWS |
| CRAN checks: | kindling results |
Documentation:
| Reference manual: | kindling.html , kindling.pdf |
| Vignettes: |
Custom Activation Function (source, R code) Getting Started with kindling (source, R code) Similar packages and comparison (source, R code) Special Cases: Linear and Logistic Regression (source, R code) Tuning Capabilities (source, R code) |
Downloads:
| Package source: | kindling_0.3.1.tar.gz |
| Windows binaries: | r-devel: kindling_0.3.0.zip, r-release: kindling_0.3.0.zip, r-oldrel: kindling_0.3.0.zip |
| macOS binaries: | r-release (arm64): kindling_0.3.1.tgz, r-oldrel (arm64): kindling_0.3.1.tgz, r-release (x86_64): kindling_0.3.1.tgz, r-oldrel (x86_64): kindling_0.3.0.tgz |
| Old sources: | kindling archive |
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