diff --git a/README.Rmd b/README.Rmd
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--- a/README.Rmd
+++ b/README.Rmd
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ knitr::opts_chunk$set(
 # ggstackplot
 
 <!-- badges: start -->
+[![CRAN_Status_Badge](https://www.r-pkg.org/badges/version/ggstackplot)](https://cran.r-project.org/package=ggstackplot)
+[![Life cycle](https://img.shields.io/badge/lifecycle-stable-brightgreen.svg)](https://lifecycle.r-lib.org/articles/stages.html)
 [![R-CMD-check](https://github.com/KopfLab/ggstackplot/actions/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/KopfLab/ggstackplot/actions/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml)
 [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/kopflab/ggstackplot/branch/main/graph/badge.svg?token=SN0YDIJ6Y6)](https://app.codecov.io/gh/kopflab/ggstackplot)
 [![Documentation](https://img.shields.io/badge/docs-online-green.svg)](https://ggstackplot.kopflab.org/)
@@ -28,7 +30,13 @@ Have you ever wanted to create (partly) overlapping line plots with matched colo
 
 ## Installation
 
-You can install the development version of ggstackplot from [GitHub](https://github.com/) with:
+To install the current release from [CRAN](https://cran.r-project.org/package=ggstackplot):
+
+```
+install.packages("ggstackplot")
+```
+
+You can also install the development version of ggstackplot from [GitHub](https://github.com/KopfLab/ggstackplot) with:
 
 ```
 # install.packages("pak")
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
 
 <!-- badges: start -->
 
+[![CRAN_Status_Badge](https://www.r-pkg.org/badges/version/ggstackplot)](https://cran.r-project.org/package=ggstackplot)
+[![Life
+cycle](https://img.shields.io/badge/lifecycle-stable-brightgreen.svg)](https://lifecycle.r-lib.org/articles/stages.html)
 [![R-CMD-check](https://github.com/KopfLab/ggstackplot/actions/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/KopfLab/ggstackplot/actions/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml)
 [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/kopflab/ggstackplot/branch/main/graph/badge.svg?token=SN0YDIJ6Y6)](https://app.codecov.io/gh/kopflab/ggstackplot)
 [![Documentation](https://img.shields.io/badge/docs-online-green.svg)](https://ggstackplot.kopflab.org/)
@@ -22,8 +25,13 @@ retaining the powerful grammar of graphics functionality of ggplots.
 
 ## Installation
 
-You can install the development version of ggstackplot from
-[GitHub](https://github.com/) with:
+To install the current release from
+[CRAN](https://cran.r-project.org/package=ggstackplot):
+
+    install.packages("ggstackplot")
+
+You can also install the development version of ggstackplot from
+[GitHub](https://github.com/KopfLab/ggstackplot) with:
 
     # install.packages("pak")
     pak::pak("KopfLab/ggstackplot")
diff --git a/cran-comments.md b/cran-comments.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+This is a new package.
+
+The reference included in the README acknowledges the example dataset used for demonstrating package functionality but since does not relate to the actual functionality of this package, it is not included in the DESCRIPTION file.
+
+## Test environments
+
+ - Local OS X install, R 4.4.2 (release)
+ - Mac OS X 10.15.6 (on GitHub), R 4.4.2 (release)
+ - Ubuntu 16.04 (on GitHub), R 4.4.2 (release)
+ - Windows Server 2019 (on GitHub), R 4.4.2 (release)
+ - Win-builder (release, devel, and oldrelease)
+
+## R CMD check results
+
+0 errors | 0 warnings | 1 note
+
+* This is a new release.