Development
Architecture and status
Development
LinkEDA is experimental software authored by Pedro Valero-Mora at the Universitat de València. Its public application and R package are currently named LinkEDA. The source repository retains an earlier technical identifier in its URL; changing that internal identity is outside the scope of the website and could break existing build or installation paths.
Architecture
The R call starts a separate native process. This prevents the application event loop from replacing the role of R and keeps the statistical engine explicit. Requests and results cross a local protocol; the core remains portable, while Cocoa/AppKit-specific behaviour stays in the macOS layer.
Current status
The current 0.0.1 package is a development preview rather than a stable release. Some commands are more mature than others, optional analyses require additional R packages, multiple-imputation coverage differs by analysis, and the native application is not yet distributed through a signed/notarised installer. Windows portability is an architectural goal, not a claim that the downloadable macOS package runs on Windows.
Interface names, result layouts, file compatibility and model options can change without a migration period. Keep original data and analysis scripts outside the application, and verify important results directly in R.
Source and feedback
The current code and issue history are available in the project repository. Useful reports include the exact LinkEDA version, R version, macOS version, data format or a minimal reproducible data set, and the precise steps that led to the problem.