To cite package ‘devtools’ in publications use:

  Wickham H, Hester J, Chang W, Bryan J (2026). _devtools: Tools to
  Make Developing R Packages Easier_. R package version 2.5.2.9000,
  <https://github.com/r-lib/devtools>.

A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is

  @Manual{,
    title = {devtools: Tools to Make Developing R Packages Easier},
    author = {Hadley Wickham and Jim Hester and Winston Chang and Jennifer Bryan},
    year = {2026},
    note = {R package version 2.5.2.9000},
    url = {https://github.com/r-lib/devtools},
  }
