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Positron

by RStudio Inc.

Top AppmacOSelectronv1.118.0
Available onHomebrew
Runtime
electron
Electron v39.8.8
Size
2134 MB
Architecture
Apple Silicon
Dependencies
1193
34 categories
Last Updated
Jun 24, 2026
Security
Good
Partially secured

Positron is an Electron app (v39.8.8) that uses 1193 detected dependencies across 34 categories including Runtime, Machine Learning, Charts. It is code-signed. 2134 MB on macOS (Apple Silicon). Last updated June 24, 2026. Last verified July 2026.

What is Positron built with?

1193 detected dependencies across 34 categories.

Runtime

1
Electron

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Machine Learning

10
aiOllamaAI SDK (Vercel)TensorFlowAnthropic SDKLangChainMistral SDKTransformers.jsGoogle GeminiOpenRouter

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Charts

3
D3.jsMermaidCytoscape.js

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Networking

39
h2pgWebSocket (ws)url (Rust)honohttpsendssh2ureqAxiosfreshhypersocksundicireqwestdata-urlstatusesform-datatiny_httphttp-proxyiri-stringnegotiatornode-fetchproxy-addrtas-clienthttp-errorstRPCcontent-typegRPChttp-body-utiltas-client-umdchunked_transferhttp-proxy-agentformdata-polyfillhttps-proxy-agentsocks-proxy-agentreqwest-middlewareapplicationinsightscontent-disposition

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Encoding

20
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Date & Time

5
mstime (Rust)Day.jschronoMoment.js

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Parser

53
qscsvinitomlacornplist (Rust)regex (Rust)cookiememchrstrsimwinnowsyntecttendrilcsv-corehttpdatejsonfilesvgtypescssparserforwardedhtml5everquick-xmlroxmltreeselectorsservo_arcsimplecsstoml_editxmlparserxmlwriterchevrotainto-regex-rangejsonrepairlinkify-ittoml_writettf-parserwasmparseryaml-rust2body-parserfancy-regexmarkup5evermedia-typershell-quotetoml_parseraho-corasickjsonc-parserkamadak-exifrange-parseryargs-parseri18ntoml_datetimeunsafe-libyamlfast-xml-parsermoment-timezonestrip-json-comments

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Validation

2
AjvZod

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Media

13
gifpng (Rust)usvgcolorimage (Rust)font-kitresvgfontdbskrifarustybuzztiny-skiaSharpread-fonts

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Logging

6
log (Rust)debugWinstontracingcodespan-reportingchrome-remote-interface

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I/O

24
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Build Tool

8
nandiffgimliTypeScriptBabeladdr2linerustc-demangleprebuild-install

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Platform Binding

10
nixsysinfonode-abinative-keymapnode-addon-apicore-foundationrun-applescriptnative-is-elevatedsignal-hook-registrywindows-foreground-love

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Data Structure

19
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Compression

11
tar (Rust)zipyazlweezlyauzlflate2zlib-rsBrotliLZ4zlibzstd

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Security

2
CORSDOMPurify

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File System

19
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Auth

5
josekerberosjsonwebtokenMSALGoogle Sign-In

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Utility

15
openspinuuidanyhowLodashsemverieee754inheritslodash-esonce_celllazy_staticsafe-bufferobject-assignfast-deep-equallibarchive

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Cryptography

7
randblake3TweetNaClnative-tlsbcrypt-pbkdfsecurity-framework@js-sdsl/ordered-map

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Async Runtime

16
asyncRayonTokioparkingstackercross-spawnparking_lotatomic-wakerfutures-rssharded-slabthread_localevent-listener@emnapi/runtimecrossbeamconcurrent-queueasynchronous-codec

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Rich Text Editor

4
KaTeXmarkedmarkdown-itTree-sitter

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UI Framework

11
Reacttabbableprop-typesAngulardnd-kitSvelteIconifyRadix UIReact RouterFluent UIFont Awesome

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Serialization

6
serdejs-yamlCBORProtocol Buffersciborium-llSmithy (AWS)

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Web Server

4
TowerExpressActix WebNestJS

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CLI

11
yargsanstyleclapminimistCommander.jstermcolorchalkstrip-ansicolorchoiceclap_complete@github/copilot

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CSS Framework

1
stylis

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Desktop Framework

1
VS Code Extension API

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Database

5
ZeroMQKeyvSQLiteDuckDBzod-to-json-schema

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Observability

3
shimmerOpenTelemetryv8-inspect-profiler

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Cloud

4
Azure SDKAWS SDKGoogle CloudSupabase

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Testing

2
Playwrightweb-streams-polyfill

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Communication

1
Model Context Protocol

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Other

437
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Analyzed binary

SHA-256 of the exact binary Positron was analyzed from.

SHA-256
c211c9cfcf27b8e50ea763d657e2f3f761dc3dc1d1f9d6b04155078996545d5d

Security and privacy

Code signing, notarization, and entitlement analysis for Positron.

Code Signing

Good
Signed
Notarized
Hardened Runtime

Developer ID Application: RStudio Inc. (FYF2F5GFX4)

Entitlements8

com.apple.security.automation.apple-events
com.apple.security.cs.allow-dyld-environment-variables
com.apple.security.cs.allow-jit
com.apple.security.cs.disable-executable-page-protection
com.apple.security.cs.disable-library-validation
com.apple.security.device.audio-input
com.apple.security.device.camera
com.apple.security.get-task-allow

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How popular is Positron?

Popularity ranking based on install counts, store ratings, and community signals.

Popularity Tier
Ranked across all macOS apps
Top App

Popularity Score

84
84
Adoption
84
Mindshare
0
Store Rank

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When was Positron last updated?

20 tracked releases since October 2025.

Latest: v1.118.0
July 6, 2026
v1.118.0
Jul 6, 2026
v1.111.0
Jun 4, 2026
v2026.06.0-211
Jun 1, 2026
v1.109.2
May 15, 2026
v2026.05.2-3
May 14, 2026
v2026.05.1-2
May 6, 2026
v2026.05.0-179
May 4, 2026
v2026.04.1-10
Apr 15, 2026
v1.108.0
Apr 13, 2026
v2026.04.0-269
Apr 7, 2026
v2026.03.0-212
Mar 2, 2026
v2026.02.1-5
Feb 18, 2026
v2026.02.0-139
Feb 2, 2026
v2026.01.0-147
Jan 8, 2026
v2025.12.2-5
Dec 18, 2025
v2025.12.1-4
Dec 8, 2025
v2025.12.0-167
Dec 2, 2025
v2025.11.0-234
Nov 3, 2025
v2025.10.1-4
Oct 15, 2025
v2025.10.0-199
Oct 10, 2025

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Last verified July 6, 2026

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