epitemplate

epitemplate is a pkgdown template package that provides consistent styling for all R package documentation sites maintained by the Economic Policy Institute.

Usage

To use this template for an EPI R package documentation site, add the following to your package’s _pkgdown.yml:

template:
  package: epitemplate

And add this to your DESCRIPTION so that GitHub Actions can install the template:

Config/Needs/website: economic/epitemplate

Packages using this template

• epidatatools
• epiextractr
• epitargets
• prefab
• realtalk
• swadlr

What it includes

• Color palette: dark blue navbar, light blue links, neutral grays
• Figtree font for body and headings (bundled, no CDN dependency)
• Fira Code font for code blocks (bundled)
• Flat design with minimal shadows
• Light footer with standard pkgdown attribution

Installation

Install from r-universe

# install from r-universe
install.packages(
  "epitemplate", 
  repos = c("https://economic.r-universe.dev", getOptions("repos"))
)

or install from GitHub

pak::pak("economic/epitemplate")