yaml

The yaml package provides R bindings to libyaml, enabling fast parsing and emission of YAML format data in R. It allows you to convert between YAML text and R data structures like lists and vectors.

The package solves the common problem of reading configuration files and data serialization in YAML format, which is widely used across programming languages and DevOps tools. It offers both simple functions for quick conversions (yaml.load(), as.yaml()) and file-based operations (read_yaml(), write_yaml()). The underlying libyaml library provides performance advantages over pure R implementations.