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# R

Review source and binary scanning support for R in JFrog Xray.

## Introduction

JFrog Xray provides security and compliance analysis for R applications throughout the software development lifecycle.
This page describes the supported scan contexts, capabilities, and dependency analysis available for R.

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## Capabilities

The following capabilities are available for R.

| Capability                      | Source Code Scanning                                                                                                                          | Binary Scanning                                                                                                                                |
| ------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Vulnerability Matching (CVEs)   | ![NO](https://files.readme.io/cb1a718de8cb6ae959e37b0d31653fd1e069dd942db69f0a4add6e73519b7c7f-uuid-558c7cd2-b4b5-9b18-93a6-68ac49d53c0f.svg) | ![YES](https://files.readme.io/fc1c18cf90fcc1f4c89ab6c76cb2ba6eb15a987c4e30403d7d4b0843fe5ab945-uuid-ea92c1e1-5d79-3981-c8d5-5a5d13efa637.svg) |
| License Detection               | ![NO](https://files.readme.io/cb1a718de8cb6ae959e37b0d31653fd1e069dd942db69f0a4add6e73519b7c7f-uuid-558c7cd2-b4b5-9b18-93a6-68ac49d53c0f.svg) | ![YES](https://files.readme.io/fc1c18cf90fcc1f4c89ab6c76cb2ba6eb15a987c4e30403d7d4b0843fe5ab945-uuid-ea92c1e1-5d79-3981-c8d5-5a5d13efa637.svg) |
| Malicious Package Detection     | ![NO](https://files.readme.io/cb1a718de8cb6ae959e37b0d31653fd1e069dd942db69f0a4add6e73519b7c7f-uuid-558c7cd2-b4b5-9b18-93a6-68ac49d53c0f.svg) | ![NO](https://files.readme.io/cb1a718de8cb6ae959e37b0d31653fd1e069dd942db69f0a4add6e73519b7c7f-uuid-558c7cd2-b4b5-9b18-93a6-68ac49d53c0f.svg)  |
| Operational Risk                | ![NO](https://files.readme.io/cb1a718de8cb6ae959e37b0d31653fd1e069dd942db69f0a4add6e73519b7c7f-uuid-558c7cd2-b4b5-9b18-93a6-68ac49d53c0f.svg) | ![NO](https://files.readme.io/cb1a718de8cb6ae959e37b0d31653fd1e069dd942db69f0a4add6e73519b7c7f-uuid-558c7cd2-b4b5-9b18-93a6-68ac49d53c0f.svg)  |
| Smart Remediation (Coming Soon) | ![NO](https://files.readme.io/cb1a718de8cb6ae959e37b0d31653fd1e069dd942db69f0a4add6e73519b7c7f-uuid-558c7cd2-b4b5-9b18-93a6-68ac49d53c0f.svg) | ![NO](https://files.readme.io/cb1a718de8cb6ae959e37b0d31653fd1e069dd942db69f0a4add6e73519b7c7f-uuid-558c7cd2-b4b5-9b18-93a6-68ac49d53c0f.svg)  |

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<Tabs>
  <Tab title="Source Code Scanning">
    Source code scanning isn't currently supported for R. No package managers or manifest files are analyzed. For more information, see [Scan Your Source Code](/docs/scan-your-source-code).

    For how scan methods differ, see [Source Scanning Engines and Frogbot Versions](/docs/source-scanning-engines-and-frogbot-versions).

    ### Supported Files

    The following files are supported for R source code scanning.

    | Package Manager | Supported Files |
    | --------------- | --------------- |
    | CRAN            | ![NO](https://files.readme.io/cb1a718de8cb6ae959e37b0d31653fd1e069dd942db69f0a4add6e73519b7c7f-uuid-558c7cd2-b4b5-9b18-93a6-68ac49d53c0f.svg) Not supported |
  </Tab>

  <Tab title="Binary Scanning">
    Binary scanning analyzes built R artifacts stored in JFrog Artifactory repositories, extracting package metadata from the artifact format itself. For more information, see [Scan Your Binaries](/docs/scan-your-binaries).

    ### Supported Files

    The following files are supported for R binary scanning.

    | Package Manager | Supported Files                  |
    | --------------- | -------------------------------- |
    | CRAN            | CRAN package archives, `.tar.gz` |
  </Tab>
</Tabs>

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## Related Topics

* [Supported Technologies](/docs/supported-technologies)
* [CI-CD Integration with Xray](/docs/ci-cd-integration-with-xray)
* [Scanning Commits and Pull Requests](/docs/how-to-commit-scan-and-pr-scan)