merlinStata · Rlive
Mixed-effects regression for any outcome, plus the full survival roster; joint and multistate models via cross-model links.
23,671CRAN downloads · one mirror
53papers cite it
3GitHub stars
v2.5.0latest release
Software · Adoption
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Our packages are open source, and so are the numbers behind them. Each engine’s adoption — downloads, citations, releases — is read from its sources, and this page shows what it finds, honestly qualified. No package is measured by a figure without its caveat.
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Measured 2026-10-09 from CRAN, OpenAlex and GitHub.
morganaStata · R in devdevelopment release
Bayesian flexible-parametric survival — a bayesmh prefix over stmerlin.
0GitHub stars
stexcessStatalive
Modelled excess-hazard and relative survival — a fitted reference rate, not external life tables.
3GitHub stars
v1.1.1latest release
uhtredStatalive
Multilevel flexible-parametric mixed-effects survival — recurrent and interval-censored outcomes.
0GitHub stars
v1.7.1latest release
jmqalyStatalive
Quality-adjusted life years after a joint longitudinal-survival model fitted with merlin — the reference implementation of its paper.
0papers cite it
0GitHub stars
v1.6.5latest release
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