# R Shiny

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/shiny/

6 people recommended R Shiny in Hacker News comments, 1 had mixed feelings and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 12 months, in 6 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Free R package for building interactive web apps, praised by people as an amazing, go-to choice for data work.

Summary written by Claude from 7 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Praised as an amazing, go-to package (2 comments in the sample): "I will agree that Shiny is an amazing package" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46049019)) "using Streamlit or Shiny is the way to go" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46747719))

## Other web frameworks people recommend

- [Ruby on Rails](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ruby-on-rails/): 227 recommend, 75 mixed, 129 criticize
- [Django](https://hackerapproved.com/p/django/): 200 recommend, 48 mixed, 82 criticize
- [Phoenix Framework](https://hackerapproved.com/p/phoenix/): 66 recommend, 14 mixed, 10 criticize
- [Laravel](https://hackerapproved.com/p/laravel/): 57 recommend, 9 mixed, 22 criticize

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "R Shiny", https://hackerapproved.com/p/shiny/ (6 recommend, 1 mixed, 2 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.