# Stan stickers?

**URL:** <https://discourse.mc-stan.org/t/stan-stickers/11385>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [October 14, 2019, 2:02pm UTC](https://discourse.mc-stan.org/t/stan-stickers/11385 "2019-10-14T14:02:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![andrewgelman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.mc-stan.org/andrewgelman/32/1577_2.png) [@andrewgelman](https://discourse.mc-stan.org/u/andrewgelman)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2019, 2:02pm UTC](https://discourse.mc-stan.org/t/stan-stickers/11385/1 "2019-10-14T14:02:50Z")

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Someone just told me he wanted to order a Stan sticker for his laptop, but such stickers are not available on the website, which just has t-shirts and mugs. Does someone know how to make stickers available? Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Bob\_Carpenter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.mc-stan.org/bob_carpenter/32/9230_2.png) [@Bob\_Carpenter](https://discourse.mc-stan.org/u/Bob_Carpenter)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2019, 5:57pm UTC](https://discourse.mc-stan.org/t/stan-stickers/11385/2 "2019-10-14T17:57:56Z")

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We’ve just been ordering them in bulk from [stickermule.com](http://stickermule.com). We have the templates if you want to order some.

To make them available online, someone would need to set up a storefront like we did with t-shirts. We use [spreadshirt.com](http://spreadshirt.com) for that, but they don’t sell stickers.

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**Author:** ![Merlin\_Heidemanns](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.mc-stan.org/merlin_heidemanns/32/6159_2.png) [@Merlin\_Heidemanns](https://discourse.mc-stan.org/u/Merlin_Heidemanns)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2019, 8:50pm UTC](https://discourse.mc-stan.org/t/stan-stickers/11385/3 "2019-10-14T20:50:29Z")

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As the someone in question, I’d happily just take the template and order some samples for myself if you are willing to share it.

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**Author:** ![Bob\_Carpenter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.mc-stan.org/bob_carpenter/32/9230_2.png) [@Bob\_Carpenter](https://discourse.mc-stan.org/u/Bob_Carpenter)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2019, 3:40am UTC](https://discourse.mc-stan.org/t/stan-stickers/11385/4 "2019-12-07T03:40:25Z")

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Sorry I didn’t see this earlier. I get so many flags on this site that I just ignore them as I can’t filter them.

I logged into StickerMule, but will need your email to share. If you send me email at [carp@alias-i.com](mailto:carp@alias-i.com), I can send you the form for these two:

![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/mc_stan/original/2X/2/283cb870eba8873df82776548e5721073eb78367.png)

![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/mc_stan/original/2X/f/f7951b9218efac97cb7fac1863cb2a749aa49575.png)

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**Author:** ![MBN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.mc-stan.org/mbn/32/9080_2.png) [@MBN](https://discourse.mc-stan.org/u/MBN)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2023, 9:59am UTC](https://discourse.mc-stan.org/t/stan-stickers/11385/5 "2023-07-19T09:59:25Z")

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Is there still an option for these stickers? I note Bob’s Alias email in previous post appears to be not working, at least not for me.

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**Author:** ![jonah](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.mc-stan.org/jonah/32/200_2.png) [@jonah](https://discourse.mc-stan.org/u/jonah)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2023, 10:13pm UTC](https://discourse.mc-stan.org/t/stan-stickers/11385/6 "2023-07-21T22:13:08Z")

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Good question! Maybe [@SGB](https://discourse.mc-stan.org/groups/sgb) can help?

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**Author:** ![mitzimorris](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.mc-stan.org/mitzimorris/32/29_2.png) [@mitzimorris](https://discourse.mc-stan.org/u/mitzimorris)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2023, 10:23pm UTC](https://discourse.mc-stan.org/t/stan-stickers/11385/7 "2023-07-22T22:23:26Z")

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I’ve been playing around with logos and made some available here: [Mitzi Morris (@f8ee999277f42ea) | Sticker Mule](https://www.stickermule.com/u/f8ee999277f42ea)

the classic Stan logo plus name - [stan logo name small | Die cut stickers | Free shipping | Sticker Mule](https://www.stickermule.com/u/f8ee999277f42ea/item/12776312)  
also for hipsters, Wes Anderson palettes.

the Stan logos repository also has an eps file for Stan hex logos: [https://github.com/stan-dev/logos/blob/master/stan\_hex\_cut.svg](https://github.com/stan-dev/logos/blob/master/stan_hex_cut.svg)

also the rainbow Stan logo: [https://github.com/stan-dev/logos/blob/master/stan\_logo\_rainbow.png](https://github.com/stan-dev/logos/blob/master/stan_logo_rainbow.png)

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**Author:** ![Solomon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.mc-stan.org/solomon/32/2495_2.png) [@Solomon](https://discourse.mc-stan.org/u/Solomon)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2025, 2:50am UTC](https://discourse.mc-stan.org/t/stan-stickers/11385/8 "2025-09-04T02:50:03Z")

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Is there a unique RStan logo? E.g., when I go to the RStan GitHub ( [rstan/rstan/rstan/man/figures at develop · stan-dev/rstan · GitHub](https://github.com/stan-dev/rstan/tree/develop/rstan/rstan/man/figures) ) I just see the generic Stan logo.

My use case is I’m making a figure in a book that graphically describes the relations among R, RStudio, RStan, and Stan. The current version of the figure just depicts them by their names, but it would be pretty cool if I could represent each with a logo, would require different logos for Stan and RStan.

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**Author:** ![avehtari](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.mc-stan.org/avehtari/32/5935_2.png) [@avehtari](https://discourse.mc-stan.org/u/avehtari)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2025, 7:41am UTC](https://discourse.mc-stan.org/t/stan-stickers/11385/9 "2025-09-04T07:41:26Z")

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There are no unique logos for Stan and different R and Python packages

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**Author:** ![mitzimorris](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.mc-stan.org/mitzimorris/32/29_2.png) [@mitzimorris](https://discourse.mc-stan.org/u/mitzimorris)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2025, 12:40pm UTC](https://discourse.mc-stan.org/t/stan-stickers/11385/10 "2025-09-04T12:40:53Z")

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Could you please mention CmdStanR? RStan is at Stan version 2.32.7, whereas CmdStanR keeps up with the latest Stan releases (2.37). Other differences:

- easier to install (especially for Windows users)
- more permissive license - CmdStanR is BSD, RStan is GPL.

also, there is a hex logo for Stan in Stan’s logos repository - [GitHub - stan-dev/logos: Stan logos](https://github.com/stan-dev/logos)

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**Author:** ![Solomon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.mc-stan.org/solomon/32/2495_2.png) [@Solomon](https://discourse.mc-stan.org/u/Solomon)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2025, 1:24pm UTC](https://discourse.mc-stan.org/t/stan-stickers/11385/11 "2025-09-04T13:24:41Z")

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Bummer. Thanks for the clarification.

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**Author:** ![Solomon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.mc-stan.org/solomon/32/2495_2.png) [@Solomon](https://discourse.mc-stan.org/u/Solomon)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2025, 1:26pm UTC](https://discourse.mc-stan.org/t/stan-stickers/11385/12 "2025-09-04T13:26:25Z")

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I’ll mention CmdStanR in passing, but the book focuses on CRAN packages.

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**Author:** ![Bob\_Carpenter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.mc-stan.org/bob_carpenter/32/9230_2.png) [@Bob\_Carpenter](https://discourse.mc-stan.org/u/Bob_Carpenter)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2025, 5:27pm UTC](https://discourse.mc-stan.org/t/stan-stickers/11385/13 "2025-09-04T17:27:37Z")

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I’m easy to find online: [bcarpenter@flatironinstitute.org](mailto:bcarpenter@flatironinstitute.org)

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**Author:** ![Bob\_Carpenter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.mc-stan.org/bob_carpenter/32/9230_2.png) [@Bob\_Carpenter](https://discourse.mc-stan.org/u/Bob_Carpenter)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2025, 5:44pm UTC](https://discourse.mc-stan.org/t/stan-stickers/11385/14 "2025-09-04T17:44:03Z")

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RStan may be on CRAN, but I wouldn’t be surprised if there was never another RStan release. It’s now over 2 years behind our releases and @bgoodri now has a full-time teaching job.

The reason is CRAN policies:

- 1MB package size limits
- no version dependency control which is the main bottleneck to releasing
- hundreds of dependent packages blocking us with arbitrary unit tests
- one of the main CRAN maintainers insisting things run on their home machine we don’t even have access to
- weird tooling around C++ like alpha releases being “standard”
- requirements to run on ancient hardware like SPARC due to legal entanglements of the R Foundation

As a result, we have no plans to put CmdStanR on CRAN because RStan being on CRAN has been perhaps the single biggest time sink of our entire project. We simply don’t have the resources to put another project on CRAN.

PyPI (the Python analogue of CRAN) doesn’t have any of these problems, so CmdStanPy and BridgeStan are both on PyPI.

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**Author:** ![avehtari](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.mc-stan.org/avehtari/32/5935_2.png) [@avehtari](https://discourse.mc-stan.org/u/avehtari)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2025, 5:51pm UTC](https://discourse.mc-stan.org/t/stan-stickers/11385/15 "2025-09-04T17:51:51Z")

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> [@Bob\_Carpenter](#):
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> PyPI (the Python analogue of CRAN)

I think PyPI is closer to [R-universe](https://r-universe.dev/) than CRAN.

CmdStanR is also in R-universe [cmdstanr: R Interface to 'CmdStan'](https://stan-dev.r-universe.dev/cmdstanr), and can be installed in the usual way

```no-highlight
install.packages('cmdstanr', repos = c('https://stan-dev.r-universe.dev')

```

(I know there are companies that allow installing only from CRAN, and it may take some effort to get permission to install from R-universe)

We seem to have gone quite far from how to get Stan stickers

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**Author:** ![andrewgelman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.mc-stan.org/andrewgelman/32/1577_2.png) [@andrewgelman](https://discourse.mc-stan.org/u/andrewgelman)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2025, 8:12pm UTC](https://discourse.mc-stan.org/t/stan-stickers/11385/16 "2025-09-04T20:12:54Z")

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I agree with Aki and Bob that it would be better to focus on cmdstanr, which is indeed very easy to install and use!

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**Author:** ![spinkney](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@spinkney](https://discourse.mc-stan.org/u/spinkney)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2025, 12:34pm UTC](https://discourse.mc-stan.org/t/stan-stickers/11385/17 "2025-09-05T12:34:53Z")

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The only issue is company IT policies that sometimes only allow installation of R packages from CRAN. Agh.

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**Author:** ![jd\_c](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.mc-stan.org/jd_c/32/16759_2.png) [@jd\_c](https://discourse.mc-stan.org/u/jd_c)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2025, 6:54pm UTC](https://discourse.mc-stan.org/t/stan-stickers/11385/18 "2025-09-05T18:54:40Z")

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Exactly. I only ever use rstan because of this very thing.

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**Author:** ![Solomon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.mc-stan.org/solomon/32/2495_2.png) [@Solomon](https://discourse.mc-stan.org/u/Solomon)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2025, 8:04pm UTC](https://discourse.mc-stan.org/t/stan-stickers/11385/19 "2025-09-07T20:04:00Z")

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I disagree with the language of “_only_ issue.” Company IT policies are important, for sure. Another issue is users like me prefer the extra assurance of a CRAN-official package, and that’s a part of why I will highlight rstan over cmdstanr.

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**Author:** ![avehtari](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.mc-stan.org/avehtari/32/5935_2.png) [@avehtari](https://discourse.mc-stan.org/u/avehtari)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2025, 3:27pm UTC](https://discourse.mc-stan.org/t/stan-stickers/11385/21 "2025-09-08T15:27:44Z")

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> [@Solomon](#):
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> the extra assurance of a CRAN-official package

Can you specify what do you mean by that? Currently we can’t assure the latest best practices in CRAN RStan, while we can do so with the R-universe-official CmdStanR package. Thus, I’m curious if I’m missing something

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