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# R interface to Apache Spark ™
- Interact with Spark using familiar R interfaces, such as [`dplyr`](/guides/dplyr.qmd),
`broom`, and [`DBI`](/get-started/prepare-data.qmd#using-sql).
- Gain access to Spark's distributed [Machine Learning](/guides/mlib.qmd) libraries, [Structure Streaming](/guides/streaming.qmd),and [ML Pipelines](/guides/pipelines.qmd) from R.
- Extend your toolbox by adding [XGBoost](/packages/sparkxgb/index.md), [MLeap](/packages/mleap/index.md), [H2O](/guides/h2o.qmd) and [Graphframes](/packages/graphframes/index.md) to your
Spark plus R analysis.
- Connect R wherever Spark runs: [Databricks, Snowflake, YARN (Hadoop),
Kubernetes, Stand Alone, and Spark Connect](/get-started/index.qmd#clusters).
- Run [distributed R code](/guides/distributed-r.qmd) inside Spark
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### [Get Started](/get-started/index.qmd)
**Welcome new users!** Start here to learn how to install and use `sparklyr`.
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### [Guides](/guides/index.qmd)
"How-to" articles to help you learn how to do things such as: connect AWS S3 buckets, handling Streaming Data, create ML Pipelines and others.
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### [Deployment](/deployment/index.qmd)
Articles on Spark environments. Including AWS EMR, Databricks, and Standalone clusters.\
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