This package shares core concepts with [`noplyr`](https://github.com/yonicd/noplyr) (and the author of `noplyr` is a contributor to `freebase`). For valid, needed reason, `noplyr` uses `rlang` and that introduces a compilation dependency/requirement which `freebase` is trying to avoid. The goal of `freebase` is 100% base R implementation of core/most frequently used `tidyverse` components primarily for use by package authors who prefer `tidyverse` idioms and would like to use them in package development but do not want to introduce compilation and/or third-party dependencies.
As noted _just above_, `freebase` should be uses deliberately and with caution.