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RStudio ServerPositron
Free

The open-source edition is free; Posit AI features are offered separately with a free…

 Free

Free to download and use.

Linux, Web, Self-hosted Windows, macOS, Linux
  • Full RStudio workbench reachable from any browser
  • Several users can share one server
  • Supports both Python and R in one IDE
  • Data Explorer for large datasets
  • Focused on R; other languages are secondary
  • Requires running and maintaining a server
  • Source-available under Elastic License 2.0, not open source
  • Focused on data science rather than general development
Self-hosted Downloadable app
Open source Closed source
License: AGPL-3.0 License: Elastic-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked October 2, 2026

Checked September 23, 2026

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