diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index c62f996..11acedd 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
    - write all documentation blocks in markdown #311
    - remove all @importFrom #325 h/t David Schoch
    - rearrange "Package Philosophy" as a Vignette #320
+   - Create a single source of truth about all import and export functions #313
 * New authors
    - David Schoch @schochastics 
 
diff --git a/R/sysdata.rda b/R/sysdata.rda
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d7d3714
Binary files /dev/null and b/R/sysdata.rda differ
diff --git a/README.Rmd b/README.Rmd
index 37dfb54..5abfaf0 100644
--- a/README.Rmd
+++ b/README.Rmd
@@ -91,46 +91,32 @@ install_formats()
 
 The full list of supported formats is below:
 
-| Format | Typical Extension | Import Package | Export Package | Installed by Default |
-| ------ | --------- | -------------- | -------------- | -------------------- |
-| Comma-separated data | .csv | [**data.table**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=data.table) | [**data.table**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=data.table) | Yes |
-| Pipe-separated data | .psv | [**data.table**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=data.table) | [**data.table**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=data.table) | Yes |
-| Tab-separated data | .tsv | [**data.table**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=data.table) | [**data.table**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=data.table) | Yes |
-| CSVY (CSV + YAML metadata header) | .csvy | [**data.table**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=data.table) | [**data.table**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=data.table) | Yes |
-| SAS | .sas7bdat | [**haven**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=haven) | [**haven**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=haven)  (but [deprecated](https://github.com/tidyverse/haven/issues/224)) | Yes |
-| SPSS | .sav | [**haven**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=haven) | [**haven**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=haven) | Yes |
-| SPSS (compressed) | .zsav | [**haven**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=haven) | [**haven**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=haven) | Yes |
-| Stata | .dta | [**haven**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=haven) | [**haven**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=haven) | Yes |
-| SAS XPORT | .xpt | [**haven**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=haven) | [**haven**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=haven) | Yes |
-| SPSS Portable | .por | [**haven**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=haven) |  | Yes |
-| Excel | .xls | [**readxl**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=readxl) |  | Yes |
-| Excel | .xlsx | [**readxl**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=readxl) | [**openxlsx**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=openxlsx) | Yes |
-| R syntax | .R | **base** | **base** | Yes |
-| Saved R objects | .RData, .rda | **base** | **base** | Yes |
-| Serialized R objects | .rds | **base** | **base** | Yes |
-| Epiinfo | .rec | [**foreign**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=foreign) |  | Yes |
-| Minitab | .mtp | [**foreign**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=foreign) |  | Yes |
-| Systat | .syd | [**foreign**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=foreign) |  | Yes |
-| "XBASE" database files | .dbf | [**foreign**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=foreign) | [**foreign**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=foreign) | Yes |
-| Weka Attribute-Relation File Format | .arff | [**foreign**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=foreign) | [**foreign**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=foreign) | Yes |
-| Data Interchange Format | .dif | **utils** |  | Yes |
-| Fortran data | no recognized extension | **utils** |  | Yes |
-| Fixed-width format data | .fwf | **utils** | **utils** | Yes |
-| gzip comma-separated data | .csv.gz | **utils** | **utils** | Yes |
-| Apache Arrow (Parquet) | .parquet | [**arrow**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=arrow) | [**arrow**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=arrow) | No |
-| EViews | .wf1 | [**hexView**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=hexView) |  | No |
-| Feather R/Python interchange format | .feather | [**arrow**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=arrow) | [**arrow**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=arrow) | No |
-| Fast Storage | .fst | [**fst**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=fst) | [**fst**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=fst) | No |
-| JSON | .json | [**jsonlite**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=jsonlite) | [**jsonlite**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=jsonlite) | No |
-| Matlab | .mat | [**rmatio**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=rmatio) | [**rmatio**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=rmatio) | No |
-| OpenDocument Spreadsheet | .ods | [**readODS**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=readODS) | [**readODS**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=readODS) | No |
-| HTML Tables | .html | [**xml2**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=xml2) | [**xml2**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=xml2) | No |
-| Shallow XML documents | .xml | [**xml2**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=xml2) | [**xml2**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=xml2) | No |
-| YAML | .yml | [**yaml**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=yaml) | [**yaml**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=yaml) | No |
-| Clipboard | default is tsv | [**clipr**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=clipr) | [**clipr**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=clipr) | No |
-| [Google Sheets](https://www.google.com/sheets/about/) | as Comma-separated data |  |  |  |
-| Graphpad Prism | .pzfx | [**pzfx**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=pzfx) | [**pzfx**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=pzfx) | No |
-| Serialized R objects | .qs | [**qs**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=qs) | [**qs**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=qs) | No |
+```{r, include = FALSE}
+suppressPackageStartupMessages(library(data.table))
+```
+
+```{r featuretable, echo = FALSE}
+rf <- data.table(rio:::rio_formats)[!input %in% c(",", ";", "|", "\\t") & type %in% c("import", "suggest", "archive"), !"ext"]
+short_rf <- rf[, paste(input, collapse = " / "), by = format_name]
+type_rf <- unique(rf[,c("format_name", "type", "import_function", "export_function", "note")])
+
+feature_table <- short_rf[type_rf, on = .(format_name)]
+
+colnames(feature_table)[2] <- "signature"
+
+setorder(feature_table, "type", "format_name")
+feature_table$import_function <- stringi::stri_extract_first(feature_table$import_function, regex = "[a-zA-Z0-9\\.]+")
+feature_table$import_function[is.na(feature_table$import_function)] <- ""
+feature_table$export_function <- stringi::stri_extract_first(feature_table$export_function, regex = "[a-zA-Z0-9\\.]+")
+feature_table$export_function[is.na(feature_table$export_function)] <- ""
+
+feature_table$type <- ifelse(feature_table$type %in% c("suggest"), "Suggest", "Default")
+feature_table <- feature_table[,c("format_name", "signature", "import_function", "export_function", "type", "note")]
+
+colnames(feature_table) <- c("Format", "Extensions / \"fmt\"", "Import Package", "Export Package", "Type", "Note")
+
+knitr::kable(feature_table)
+```
 
 Additionally, any format that is not supported by **rio** but that has a known R implementation will produce an informative error message pointing to a package and import or export function. Unrecognized formats will yield a simple "Unrecognized file format" error.
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4142f3f..a196472 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -130,46 +130,49 @@ install_formats()
 
 The full list of supported formats is below:
 
-| Format                                                | Typical Extension       | Import Package                                                  | Export Package                                                                                                          | Installed by Default |
-| ----------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------- |
-| Comma-separated data                                  | .csv                    | [**data.table**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=data.table) | [**data.table**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=data.table)                                                         | Yes                  |
-| Pipe-separated data                                   | .psv                    | [**data.table**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=data.table) | [**data.table**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=data.table)                                                         | Yes                  |
-| Tab-separated data                                    | .tsv                    | [**data.table**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=data.table) | [**data.table**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=data.table)                                                         | Yes                  |
-| CSVY (CSV + YAML metadata header)                     | .csvy                   | [**data.table**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=data.table) | [**data.table**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=data.table)                                                         | Yes                  |
-| SAS                                                   | .sas7bdat               | [**haven**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=haven)           | [**haven**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=haven) (but [deprecated](https://github.com/tidyverse/haven/issues/224)) | Yes                  |
-| SPSS                                                  | .sav                    | [**haven**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=haven)           | [**haven**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=haven)                                                                   | Yes                  |
-| SPSS (compressed)                                     | .zsav                   | [**haven**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=haven)           | [**haven**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=haven)                                                                   | Yes                  |
-| Stata                                                 | .dta                    | [**haven**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=haven)           | [**haven**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=haven)                                                                   | Yes                  |
-| SAS XPORT                                             | .xpt                    | [**haven**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=haven)           | [**haven**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=haven)                                                                   | Yes                  |
-| SPSS Portable                                         | .por                    | [**haven**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=haven)           |                                                                                                                         | Yes                  |
-| Excel                                                 | .xls                    | [**readxl**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=readxl)         |                                                                                                                         | Yes                  |
-| Excel                                                 | .xlsx                   | [**readxl**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=readxl)         | [**openxlsx**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=openxlsx)                                                             | Yes                  |
-| R syntax                                              | .R                      | **base**                                                        | **base**                                                                                                                | Yes                  |
-| Saved R objects                                       | .RData, .rda            | **base**                                                        | **base**                                                                                                                | Yes                  |
-| Serialized R objects                                  | .rds                    | **base**                                                        | **base**                                                                                                                | Yes                  |
-| Epiinfo                                               | .rec                    | [**foreign**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=foreign)       |                                                                                                                         | Yes                  |
-| Minitab                                               | .mtp                    | [**foreign**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=foreign)       |                                                                                                                         | Yes                  |
-| Systat                                                | .syd                    | [**foreign**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=foreign)       |                                                                                                                         | Yes                  |
-| “XBASE” database files                                | .dbf                    | [**foreign**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=foreign)       | [**foreign**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=foreign)                                                               | Yes                  |
-| Weka Attribute-Relation File Format                   | .arff                   | [**foreign**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=foreign)       | [**foreign**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=foreign)                                                               | Yes                  |
-| Data Interchange Format                               | .dif                    | **utils**                                                       |                                                                                                                         | Yes                  |
-| Fortran data                                          | no recognized extension | **utils**                                                       |                                                                                                                         | Yes                  |
-| Fixed-width format data                               | .fwf                    | **utils**                                                       | **utils**                                                                                                               | Yes                  |
-| gzip comma-separated data                             | .csv.gz                 | **utils**                                                       | **utils**                                                                                                               | Yes                  |
-| Apache Arrow (Parquet)                                | .parquet                | [**arrow**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=arrow)           | [**arrow**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=arrow)                                                                   | No                   |
-| EViews                                                | .wf1                    | [**hexView**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=hexView)       |                                                                                                                         | No                   |
-| Feather R/Python interchange format                   | .feather                | [**arrow**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=arrow)           | [**arrow**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=arrow)                                                                   | No                   |
-| Fast Storage                                          | .fst                    | [**fst**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=fst)               | [**fst**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=fst)                                                                       | No                   |
-| JSON                                                  | .json                   | [**jsonlite**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=jsonlite)     | [**jsonlite**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=jsonlite)                                                             | No                   |
-| Matlab                                                | .mat                    | [**rmatio**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=rmatio)         | [**rmatio**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=rmatio)                                                                 | No                   |
-| OpenDocument Spreadsheet                              | .ods                    | [**readODS**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=readODS)       | [**readODS**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=readODS)                                                               | No                   |
-| HTML Tables                                           | .html                   | [**xml2**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=xml2)             | [**xml2**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=xml2)                                                                     | No                   |
-| Shallow XML documents                                 | .xml                    | [**xml2**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=xml2)             | [**xml2**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=xml2)                                                                     | No                   |
-| YAML                                                  | .yml                    | [**yaml**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=yaml)             | [**yaml**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=yaml)                                                                     | No                   |
-| Clipboard                                             | default is tsv          | [**clipr**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=clipr)           | [**clipr**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=clipr)                                                                   | No                   |
-| [Google Sheets](https://www.google.com/sheets/about/) | as Comma-separated data |                                                                 |                                                                                                                         |                      |
-| Graphpad Prism                                        | .pzfx                   | [**pzfx**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=pzfx)             | [**pzfx**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=pzfx)                                                                     | No                   |
-| Serialized R objects                                  | .qs                     | [**qs**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=qs)                 | [**qs**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=qs)                                                                         | No                   |
+| Format                              | Extensions / “fmt”           | Import Package | Export Package | Type    | Note                    |
+| :---------------------------------- | :--------------------------- | :------------- | :------------- | :------ | :---------------------- |
+| Archive files (handled by tar)      | bzip2 / xz / gz / gzip / tar | utils          | utils          | Default |                         |
+| Zip files                           | zip                          | utils          | utils          | Default |                         |
+| CSVY (CSV + YAML metadata header)   | csvy                         | data.table     | data.table     | Default |                         |
+| Comma-separated data                | csv                          | data.table     | data.table     | Default |                         |
+| Comma-separated data (European)     | csv2                         | data.table     | data.table     | Default |                         |
+| Data Interchange Format             | dif                          | utils          |                | Default |                         |
+| Epiinfo                             | epiinfo / rec                | foreign        |                | Default |                         |
+| Excel                               | excel / xlsx                 | readxl         | openxlsx       | Default |                         |
+| Excel (Legacy)                      | xls                          | readxl         |                | Default |                         |
+| Fixed-width format data             | fwf                          | utils          | utils          | Default |                         |
+| Fortran data                        | fortran                      | utils          |                | Default | No recognized extension |
+| Google Sheets                       | csv                          | data.table     |                | Default | As comma-separated data |
+| Minitab                             | minitab / mtp                | foreign        |                | Default |                         |
+| Pipe-separated data                 | psv                          | data.table     | data.table     | Default |                         |
+| R syntax                            | r                            | base           | base           | Default |                         |
+| SAS                                 | sas / sas7bdat               | haven          | haven          | Default | Export is deprecated    |
+| SAS XPORT                           | xport / xpt                  | haven          | haven          | Default |                         |
+| SPSS                                | sav / spss                   | haven          | haven          | Default |                         |
+| SPSS (compressed)                   | zsav                         | haven          | haven          | Default |                         |
+| SPSS Portable                       | por                          | haven          |                | Default |                         |
+| Saved R objects                     | rda / rdata                  | base           | base           | Default |                         |
+| Serialized R objects                | rds                          | base           | base           | Default |                         |
+| Stata                               | dta / stata                  | haven          | haven          | Default |                         |
+| Systat                              | syd / systat                 | foreign        |                | Default |                         |
+| Tab-separated data                  | tsv / txt                    | data.table     | data.table     | Default |                         |
+| Text Representations of R Objects   | dump                         | base           | base           | Default |                         |
+| Weka Attribute-Relation File Format | arff / weka                  | foreign        | foreign        | Default |                         |
+| XBASE database files                | dbf                          | foreign        | foreign        | Default |                         |
+| Apache Arrow (Parquet)              | parquet                      | arrow          | arrow          | Suggest |                         |
+| Clipboard                           | clipboard                    | clipr          | clipr          | Suggest | default is tsv          |
+| EViews                              | eviews / wf1                 | hexView        |                | Suggest |                         |
+| Fast Storage                        | fst                          | fst            | fst            | Suggest |                         |
+| Feather R/Python interchange format | feather                      | arrow          | arrow          | Suggest |                         |
+| Graphpad Prism                      | pzfx                         | pzfx           | pzfx           | Suggest |                         |
+| HTML Tables                         | htm / html                   | xml2           | xml2           | Suggest |                         |
+| JSON                                | json                         | jsonlite       | jsonlite       | Suggest |                         |
+| Matlab                              | mat / matlab                 | rmatio         | rmatio         | Suggest |                         |
+| OpenDocument Spreadsheet            | ods                          | readODS        | readODS        | Suggest |                         |
+| Serialized R objects (Quick)        | qs                           | qs             | qs             | Suggest |                         |
+| Shallow XML documents               | xml                          | xml2           | xml2           | Suggest |                         |
+| YAML                                | yaml / yml                   | yaml           | yaml           | Suggest |                         |
 
 Additionally, any format that is not supported by **rio** but that has a
 known R implementation will produce an informative error message
diff --git a/data-raw/convert.R b/data-raw/convert.R
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d2d8610
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data-raw/convert.R
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+writeLines(
+    jsonlite::prettify(jsonlite::toJSON(jsonlite::read_json(here::here("data-raw/single.json"), TRUE))),
+    here::here("data-raw/single.json")
+)
+rio_formats <- rio::import(here::here("data-raw", "single.json"))
+usethis::use_data(rio_formats, overwrite = TRUE, internal = TRUE)
diff --git a/data-raw/single.json b/data-raw/single.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d341409
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data-raw/single.json
@@ -0,0 +1,823 @@
+[
+    {
+        "input": "parquet",
+        "fmt": "parquet",
+        "ext": "parquet",
+        "type": "suggest",
+        "format_name": "Apache Arrow (Parquet)",
+        "import_function": "arrow::read_parquet",
+        "export_function": "arrow::write_parquet",
+        "note": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "input": "bzip2",
+        "fmt": "tar",
+        "ext": "bzip2",
+        "type": "archive",
+        "format_name": "Archive files (handled by tar)",
+        "import_function": "utils::untar",
+        "export_function": "utils::tar",
+        "note": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "input": "xz",
+        "fmt": "tar",
+        "ext": "xz",
+        "type": "archive",
+        "format_name": "Archive files (handled by tar)",
+        "import_function": "utils::untar",
+        "export_function": "utils::tar",
+        "note": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "input": "gz",
+        "fmt": "tar",
+        "ext": "gz",
+        "type": "archive",
+        "format_name": "Archive files (handled by tar)",
+        "import_function": "utils::untar",
+        "export_function": "utils::tar",
+        "note": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "input": "gzip",
+        "fmt": "tar",
+        "ext": "gzip",
+        "type": "archive",
+        "format_name": "Archive files (handled by tar)",
+        "import_function": "utils::untar",
+        "export_function": "utils::tar",
+        "note": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "input": "tar",
+        "fmt": "tar",
+        "ext": "tar",
+        "type": "archive",
+        "format_name": "Archive files (handled by tar)",
+        "import_function": "utils::untar",
+        "export_function": "utils::tar",
+        "note": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "input": "bmp",
+        "fmt": "bmp",
+        "ext": "bmp",
+        "type": "known",
+        "format_name": "BMP images",
+        "import_function": "bmp::read.bmp",
+        "export_function": "",
+        "note": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "input": "bib",
+        "fmt": "bib",
+        "ext": "bib",
+        "type": "known",
+        "format_name": "BibTeX files",
+        "import_function": "bib2df::bib2df",
+        "export_function": "",
+        "note": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "input": "bibtex",
+        "fmt": "bib",
+        "ext": "bib",
+        "type": "known",
+        "format_name": "BibTeX files",
+        "import_function": "bib2df::bib2df",
+        "export_function": "",
+        "note": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "input": "csvy",
+        "fmt": "csvy",
+        "ext": "csvy",
+        "type": "import",
+        "format_name": "CSVY (CSV + YAML metadata header)",
+        "import_function": "data.table::fread",
+        "export_function": "data.table::fwrite",
+        "note": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "input": "clipboard",
+        "fmt": "clipboard",
+        "ext": "",
+        "type": "suggest",
+        "format_name": "Clipboard",
+        "import_function": "clipr::read_clip_tbl",
+        "export_function": "clipr::write_clip",
+        "note": "default is tsv"
+    },
+    {
+        "input": "csv",
+        "fmt": "csv",
+        "ext": "csv",
+        "type": "import",
+        "format_name": "Comma-separated data",
+        "import_function": "data.table::fread",
+        "export_function": "data.table::fwrite",
+        "note": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "input": ";",
+        "fmt": "csv2",
+        "ext": "csv2",
+        "type": "import",
+        "format_name": "Comma-separated data (European)",
+        "import_function": "data.table::fread",
+        "export_function": "data.table::fwrite",
+        "note": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "input": "csv2",
+        "fmt": "csv2",
+        "ext": "csv2",
+        "type": "import",
+        "format_name": "Comma-separated data (European)",
+        "import_function": "data.table::fread",
+        "export_function": "data.table::fwrite",
+        "note": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "input": "dif",
+        "fmt": "dif",
+        "ext": "dif",
+        "type": "import",
+        "format_name": "Data Interchange Format",
+        "import_function": "utils::read.DIF",
+        "export_function": "",
+        "note": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "input": "eviews",
+        "fmt": "eviews",
+        "ext": "eviews",
+        "type": "suggest",
+        "format_name": "EViews",
+        "import_function": "hexView::readEViews",
+        "export_function": "",
+        "note": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "input": "wf1",
+        "fmt": "eviews",
+        "ext": "eviews",
+        "type": "suggest",
+        "format_name": "EViews",
+        "import_function": "hexView::readEViews",
+        "export_function": "",
+        "note": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "input": "epiinfo",
+        "fmt": "rec",
+        "ext": "rec",
+        "type": "import",
+        "format_name": "Epiinfo",
+        "import_function": "foreign::read.epiinfo",
+        "export_function": "",
+        "note": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "input": "rec",
+        "fmt": "rec",
+        "ext": "rec",
+        "type": "import",
+        "format_name": "Epiinfo",
+        "import_function": "foreign::read.epiinfo",
+        "export_function": "",
+        "note": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "input": "excel",
+        "fmt": "xlsx",
+        "ext": "xlsx",
+        "type": "import",
+        "format_name": "Excel",
+        "import_function": "readxl::read_xlsx",
+        "export_function": "openxlsx::write.xlsx",
+        "note": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "input": "xls",
+        "fmt": "xls",
+        "ext": "xls",
+        "type": "import",
+        "format_name": "Excel (Legacy)",
+        "import_function": "readxl::read_xls",
+        "export_function": "",
+        "note": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "input": "xlsx",
+        "fmt": "xlsx",
+        "ext": "xlsx",
+        "type": "import",
+        "format_name": "Excel",
+        "import_function": "readxl::read_xlsx",
+        "export_function": "openxlsx::write.xlsx",
+        "note": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "input": "fst",
+        "fmt": "fst",
+        "ext": "fst",
+        "type": "suggest",
+        "format_name": "Fast Storage",
+        "import_function": "fst::read.fst",
+        "export_function": "fst::write.fst",
+        "note": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "input": "feather",
+        "fmt": "feather",
+        "ext": "feather",
+        "type": "suggest",
+        "format_name": "Feather R/Python interchange format",
+        "import_function": "arrow::read_feather",
+        "export_function": "arrow::write_feather",
+        "note": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "input": "fwf",
+        "fmt": "fwf",
+        "ext": "fwf",
+        "type": "import",
+        "format_name": "Fixed-width format data",
+        "import_function": "utils::read.table",
+        "export_function": "utils::write.table",
+        "note": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "input": "fortran",
+        "fmt": "fortran",
+        "ext": "",
+        "type": "import",
+        "format_name": "Fortran data",
+        "import_function": "utils::read.fortran",
+        "export_function": "",
+        "note": "No recognized extension"
+    },
+    {
+        "input": "gnumeric",
+        "fmt": "gnumeric",
+        "ext": "gnumeric",
+        "type": "known",
+        "format_name": "Gnumeric",
+        "import_function": "gnumeric::read.gnumeric.sheet",
+        "export_function": "",
+        "note": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "input": "csv",
+        "fmt": "csv",
+        "ext": "",
+        "type": "import",
+        "format_name": "Google Sheets",
+        "import_function": "data.table::fread",
+        "export_function": "",
+        "note": "As comma-separated data"
+    },
+    {
+        "input": "gexf",
+        "fmt": "gexf",
+        "ext": "gexf",
+        "type": "known",
+        "format_name": "Graph Exchange XML Format",
+        "import_function": "rgexf::read.gexf",
+        "export_function": "",
+        "note": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "input": "pzfx",
+        "fmt": "pzfx",
+        "ext": "pzfx",
+        "type": "suggest",
+        "format_name": "Graphpad Prism",
+        "import_function": "pzfx::read_pzfx",
+        "export_function": "pzfx::write_pzfx",
+        "note": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "input": "htm",
+        "fmt": "html",
+        "ext": "html",
+        "type": "suggest",
+        "format_name": "HTML Tables",
+        "import_function": "xml2::read_html",
+        "export_function": "xml2::write_xml",
+        "note": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "input": "html",
+        "fmt": "html",
+        "ext": "html",
+        "type": "suggest",
+        "format_name": "HTML Tables",
+        "import_function": "xml2::read_html",
+        "export_function": "xml2::write_xml",
+        "note": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "input": "jpeg",
+        "fmt": "jpg",
+        "ext": "jpg",
+        "type": "known",
+        "format_name": "JPEG images",
+        "import_function": "jpeg::readJPEG",
+        "export_function": "",
+        "note": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "input": "jpg",
+        "fmt": "jpg",
+        "ext": "jpg",
+        "type": "known",
+        "format_name": "JPEG images",
+        "import_function": "jpeg::readJPEG",
+        "export_function": "",
+        "note": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "input": "json",
+        "fmt": "json",
+        "ext": "json",
+        "type": "suggest",
+        "format_name": "JSON",
+        "import_function": "jsonlite::fromJSON",
+        "export_function": "jsonlite::toJSON",
+        "note": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "input": "mat",
+        "fmt": "matlab",
+        "ext": "matlab",
+        "type": "suggest",
+        "format_name": "Matlab",
+        "import_function": "rmatio::read.mat",
+        "export_function": "rmatio::write.mat",
+        "note": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "input": "matlab",
+        "fmt": "matlab",
+        "ext": "matlab",
+        "type": "suggest",
+        "format_name": "Matlab",
+        "import_function": "rmatio::read.mat",
+        "export_function": "rmatio::write.mat",
+        "note": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "input": "minitab",
+        "fmt": "mtp",
+        "ext": "mtp",
+        "type": "import",
+        "format_name": "Minitab",
+        "import_function": "foreign::read.mtp",
+        "export_function": "",
+        "note": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "input": "mtp",
+        "fmt": "mtp",
+        "ext": "mtp",
+        "type": "import",
+        "format_name": "Minitab",
+        "import_function": "foreign::read.mtp",
+        "export_function": "",
+        "note": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "input": "ods",
+        "fmt": "ods",
+        "ext": "ods",
+        "type": "suggest",
+        "format_name": "OpenDocument Spreadsheet",
+        "import_function": "readODS::read_ods",
+        "export_function": "readODS::write_ods",
+        "note": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "input": "pdf",
+        "fmt": "pdf",
+        "ext": "pdf",
+        "type": "known",
+        "format_name": "PDF files",
+        "import_function": "tabulizer::extract_tables",
+        "export_function": "",
+        "note": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "input": "png",
+        "fmt": "png",
+        "ext": "png",
+        "type": "known",
+        "format_name": "PNG images",
+        "import_function": "png::readPNG",
+        "export_function": "",
+        "note": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "input": "npy",
+        "fmt": "npy",
+        "ext": "npy",
+        "type": "known",
+        "format_name": "Pickled Numpy arrays",
+        "import_function": "RcppCNPy::npyLoad",
+        "export_function": "",
+        "note": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "input": "|",
+        "fmt": "psv",
+        "ext": "psv",
+        "type": "import",
+        "format_name": "Pipe-separated data",
+        "import_function": "data.table::fread",
+        "export_function": "data.table::fwrite",
+        "note": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "input": "psv",
+        "fmt": "psv",
+        "ext": "psv",
+        "type": "import",
+        "format_name": "Pipe-separated data",
+        "import_function": "data.table::fread",
+        "export_function": "data.table::fwrite",
+        "note": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "input": "beancount",
+        "fmt": "ledger",
+        "ext": "ledger",
+        "type": "enhance",
+        "format_name": "Plain text accounting format",
+        "import_function": "ledger::register",
+        "export_function": "",
+        "note": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "input": "hledger",
+        "fmt": "ledger",
+        "ext": "ledger",
+        "type": "enhance",
+        "format_name": "Plain text accounting format",
+        "import_function": "ledger::register",
+        "export_function": "",
+        "note": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "input": "ledger",
+        "fmt": "ledger",
+        "ext": "ledger",
+        "type": "enhance",
+        "format_name": "Plain text accounting format",
+        "import_function": "ledger::register",
+        "export_function": "",
+        "note": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "input": "bean",
+        "fmt": "ledger",
+        "ext": "ledger",
+        "type": "enhance",
+        "format_name": "Plain text accounting format",
+        "import_function": "ledger::register",
+        "export_function": "",
+        "note": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "input": "r",
+        "fmt": "r",
+        "ext": "r",
+        "type": "import",
+        "format_name": "R syntax",
+        "import_function": "base::dget",
+        "export_function": "base::dput",
+        "note": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "input": "sas",
+        "fmt": "sas7bdat",
+        "ext": "sas7bdat",
+        "type": "import",
+        "format_name": "SAS",
+        "import_function": "haven::read_sas",
+        "export_function": "haven::write_sas",
+        "note": "Export is deprecated"
+    },
+    {
+        "input": "sas7bdat",
+        "fmt": "sas7bdat",
+        "ext": "sas7bdat",
+        "type": "import",
+        "format_name": "SAS",
+        "import_function": "haven::read_sas",
+        "export_function": "haven::write_sas",
+        "note": "Export is deprecated"
+    },
+    {
+        "input": "xport",
+        "fmt": "xpt",
+        "ext": "xpt",
+        "type": "import",
+        "format_name": "SAS XPORT",
+        "import_function": "haven::read_xpt",
+        "export_function": "haven::write_xpt",
+        "note": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "input": "xpt",
+        "fmt": "xpt",
+        "ext": "xpt",
+        "type": "import",
+        "format_name": "SAS XPORT",
+        "import_function": "haven::read_xpt",
+        "export_function": "haven::write_xpt",
+        "note": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "input": "sav",
+        "fmt": "sav",
+        "ext": "sav",
+        "type": "import",
+        "format_name": "SPSS",
+        "import_function": "haven::read_sav",
+        "export_function": "haven::write_sav",
+        "note": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "input": "spss",
+        "fmt": "sav",
+        "ext": "sav",
+        "type": "import",
+        "format_name": "SPSS",
+        "import_function": "haven::read_sav",
+        "export_function": "haven::write_sav",
+        "note": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "input": "zsav",
+        "fmt": "zsav",
+        "ext": "zsav",
+        "type": "import",
+        "format_name": "SPSS (compressed)",
+        "import_function": "haven::read_sav",
+        "export_function": "haven::write_sav",
+        "note": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "input": "por",
+        "fmt": "spss",
+        "ext": "spss",
+        "type": "import",
+        "format_name": "SPSS Portable",
+        "import_function": "haven::read_por",
+        "export_function": "",
+        "note": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "input": "rda",
+        "fmt": "rdata",
+        "ext": "rdata",
+        "type": "import",
+        "format_name": "Saved R objects",
+        "import_function": "base::load",
+        "export_function": "base::save",
+        "note": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "input": "rdata",
+        "fmt": "rdata",
+        "ext": "rdata",
+        "type": "import",
+        "format_name": "Saved R objects",
+        "import_function": "base::load",
+        "export_function": "base::save",
+        "note": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "input": "rds",
+        "fmt": "rds",
+        "ext": "rds",
+        "type": "import",
+        "format_name": "Serialized R objects",
+        "import_function": "base::readRDS",
+        "export_function": "base::saveRDS",
+        "note": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "input": "qs",
+        "fmt": "qs",
+        "ext": "qs",
+        "type": "suggest",
+        "format_name": "Serialized R objects (Quick)",
+        "import_function": "qs::qread",
+        "export_function": "qs::qsave",
+        "note": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "input": "xml",
+        "fmt": "xml",
+        "ext": "xml",
+        "type": "suggest",
+        "format_name": "Shallow XML documents",
+        "import_function": "xml2::read_xml",
+        "export_function": "xml2::write_xml",
+        "note": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "input": "sss",
+        "fmt": "sss",
+        "ext": "sss",
+        "type": "known",
+        "format_name": "Standard Survey Structure (Triple-S)",
+        "import_function": "sss::read.sss",
+        "export_function": "",
+        "note": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "input": "dta",
+        "fmt": "dta",
+        "ext": "dta",
+        "type": "import",
+        "format_name": "Stata",
+        "import_function": "haven::read_dta",
+        "export_function": "haven::write_dta",
+        "note": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "input": "stata",
+        "fmt": "dta",
+        "ext": "dta",
+        "type": "import",
+        "format_name": "Stata",
+        "import_function": "haven::read_dta",
+        "export_function": "haven::write_dta",
+        "note": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "input": "sdmx",
+        "fmt": "sdmx",
+        "ext": "sdmx",
+        "type": "known",
+        "format_name": "Statistical Data and Metadata eXchange",
+        "import_function": "sdmx::readSDMX",
+        "export_function": "",
+        "note": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "input": "syd",
+        "fmt": "syd",
+        "ext": "syd",
+        "type": "import",
+        "format_name": "Systat",
+        "import_function": "foreign::read.systat",
+        "export_function": "",
+        "note": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "input": "systat",
+        "fmt": "syd",
+        "ext": "syd",
+        "type": "import",
+        "format_name": "Systat",
+        "import_function": "foreign::read.systat",
+        "export_function": "",
+        "note": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "input": "tif",
+        "fmt": "tiff",
+        "ext": "tiff",
+        "type": "known",
+        "format_name": "TIFF images",
+        "import_function": "tiff::readTIFF",
+        "export_function": "",
+        "note": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "input": "tiff",
+        "fmt": "tiff",
+        "ext": "tiff",
+        "type": "known",
+        "format_name": "TIFF images",
+        "import_function": "tiff::readTIFF",
+        "export_function": "",
+        "note": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "input": "\\t",
+        "fmt": "tsv",
+        "ext": "tsv",
+        "type": "import",
+        "format_name": "Tab-separated data",
+        "import_function": "data.table::fread",
+        "export_function": "data.table::fwrite",
+        "note": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "input": "tsv",
+        "fmt": "tsv",
+        "ext": "tsv",
+        "type": "import",
+        "format_name": "Tab-separated data",
+        "import_function": "data.table::fread",
+        "export_function": "data.table::fwrite",
+        "note": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "input": "txt",
+        "fmt": "tsv",
+        "ext": "tsv",
+        "type": "import",
+        "format_name": "Tab-separated data",
+        "import_function": "data.table::fread",
+        "export_function": "data.table::fwrite",
+        "note": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "input": "dump",
+        "fmt": "dump",
+        "ext": "dump",
+        "type": "import",
+        "format_name": "Text Representations of R Objects",
+        "import_function": "base::dump",
+        "export_function": "base::source",
+        "note": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "input": "arff",
+        "fmt": "arff",
+        "ext": "arff",
+        "type": "import",
+        "format_name": "Weka Attribute-Relation File Format",
+        "import_function": "foreign::read.arff",
+        "export_function": "foreign::write.arff",
+        "note": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "input": "weka",
+        "fmt": "arff",
+        "ext": "arff",
+        "type": "import",
+        "format_name": "Weka Attribute-Relation File Format",
+        "import_function": "foreign::read.arff",
+        "export_function": "foreign::write.arff",
+        "note": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "input": "dbf",
+        "fmt": "dbf",
+        "ext": "dbf",
+        "type": "import",
+        "format_name": "XBASE database files",
+        "import_function": "foreign::read.dbf",
+        "export_function": "foreign::write.dbf",
+        "note": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "input": "yaml",
+        "fmt": "yml",
+        "ext": "yml",
+        "type": "suggest",
+        "format_name": "YAML",
+        "import_function": "yaml::read_yaml",
+        "export_function": "yaml::write_yaml",
+        "note": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "input": "yml",
+        "fmt": "yml",
+        "ext": "yml",
+        "type": "suggest",
+        "format_name": "YAML",
+        "import_function": "yaml::read_yaml",
+        "export_function": "yaml::write_yaml",
+        "note": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "input": "zip",
+        "fmt": "zip",
+        "ext": "zip",
+        "type": "archive",
+        "format_name": "Zip files",
+        "import_function": "utils::unzip",
+        "export_function": "utils::zip",
+        "note": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "input": ",",
+        "fmt": "csv",
+        "ext": "csv",
+        "type": "import",
+        "format_name": "Comma-separated data",
+        "import_function": "data.table::fread",
+        "export_function": "data.table::fwrite",
+        "note": ""
+    }
+]
+
diff --git a/vignettes/rio.Rmd b/vignettes/rio.Rmd
index c3c7732..3529e56 100644
--- a/vignettes/rio.Rmd
+++ b/vignettes/rio.Rmd
@@ -33,45 +33,32 @@ install_formats()
 
 The full list of supported formats is below:
 
-| Format | Typical Extension | Import Package | Export Package | Installed by Default |
-| ------ | --------- | -------------- | -------------- | -------------------- |
-| Comma-separated data | .csv | [**data.table**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=data.table) | [**data.table**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=data.table) | Yes |
-| Pipe-separated data | .psv | [**data.table**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=data.table) | [**data.table**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=data.table) | Yes |
-| Tab-separated data | .tsv | [**data.table**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=data.table) | [**data.table**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=data.table) | Yes |
-| CSVY (CSV + YAML metadata header) | .csvy | [**data.table**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=data.table) | [**data.table**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=data.table) | Yes |
-| SAS | .sas7bdat | [**haven**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=haven) | [**haven**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=haven) | Yes |
-| SPSS | .sav | [**haven**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=haven) | [**haven**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=haven) | Yes |
-| SPSS (compressed) | .zsav | [**haven**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=haven) | [**haven**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=haven) | Yes |
-| Stata | .dta | [**haven**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=haven) | [**haven**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=haven) | Yes |
-| SAS XPORT | .xpt | [**haven**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=haven) | [**haven**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=haven) | Yes |
-| SPSS Portable | .por | [**haven**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=haven) |  | Yes |
-| Excel | .xls | [**readxl**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=readxl) |  | Yes |
-| Excel | .xlsx | [**readxl**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=readxl) | [**openxlsx**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=openxlsx) | Yes |
-| R syntax | .R | **base** | **base** | Yes |
-| Saved R objects | .RData, .rda | **base** | **base** | Yes |
-| Serialized R objects | .rds | **base** | **base** | Yes |
-| Epiinfo | .rec | [**foreign**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=foreign) |  | Yes |
-| Minitab | .mtp | [**foreign**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=foreign) |  | Yes |
-| Systat | .syd | [**foreign**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=foreign) |  | Yes |
-| "XBASE" database files | .dbf | [**foreign**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=foreign) | [**foreign**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=foreign) | Yes |
-| Weka Attribute-Relation File Format | .arff | [**foreign**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=foreign) | [**foreign**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=foreign) | Yes |
-| Data Interchange Format | .dif | **utils** |  | Yes |
-| Fortran data | no recognized extension | **utils** |  | Yes |
-| Fixed-width format data | .fwf | **utils** | **utils** | Yes |
-| gzip comma-separated data | .csv.gz | **utils** | **utils** | Yes |
-| Apache Arrow (Parquet) | .parquet | [**arrow**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=arrow) | [**arrow**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=arrow) | No |
-| EViews | .wf1 | [**hexView**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=hexView) |  | No |
-| Feather R/Python interchange format | .feather | [**arrow**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=arrow) | [**arrow**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=arrow) | No |
-| Fast Storage | .fst | [**fst**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=fst) | [**fst**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=fst) | No |
-| JSON | .json | [**jsonlite**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=jsonlite) | [**jsonlite**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=jsonlite) | No |
-| Matlab | .mat | [**rmatio**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=rmatio) | [**rmatio**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=rmatio) | No |
-| OpenDocument Spreadsheet | .ods | [**readODS**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=readODS) | [**readODS**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=readODS) | No |
-| HTML Tables | .html | [**xml2**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=xml2) | [**xml2**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=xml2) | No |
-| Shallow XML documents | .xml | [**xml2**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=xml2) | [**xml2**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=xml2) | No |
-| YAML | .yml | [**yaml**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=yaml) | [**yaml**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=yaml) | No |
-| Clipboard | default is tsv | [**clipr**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=clipr) | [**clipr**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=clipr) | No |
-| [Google Sheets](https://www.google.com/sheets/about/) | as Comma-separated data |  |  |  |
-| Serialized R objects | .qs | [**qs**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=qs) | [**qs**](https://cran.r-project.org/package=qs) | No |
+```{r, include = FALSE}
+suppressPackageStartupMessages(library(data.table))
+```
+
+```{r featuretable, echo = FALSE}
+rf <- data.table(rio:::rio_formats)[!input %in% c(",", ";", "|", "\\t") & type %in% c("import", "suggest", "archive"), !"ext"]
+short_rf <- rf[, paste(input, collapse = " / "), by = format_name]
+type_rf <- unique(rf[,c("format_name", "type", "import_function", "export_function", "note")])
+
+feature_table <- short_rf[type_rf, on = .(format_name)]
+
+colnames(feature_table)[2] <- "signature"
+
+setorder(feature_table, "type", "format_name")
+feature_table$import_function <- stringi::stri_extract_first(feature_table$import_function, regex = "[a-zA-Z0-9\\.]+")
+feature_table$import_function[is.na(feature_table$import_function)] <- ""
+feature_table$export_function <- stringi::stri_extract_first(feature_table$export_function, regex = "[a-zA-Z0-9\\.]+")
+feature_table$export_function[is.na(feature_table$export_function)] <- ""
+
+feature_table$type <- ifelse(feature_table$type %in% c("suggest"), "Suggest", "Default")
+feature_table <- feature_table[,c("format_name", "signature", "import_function", "export_function", "type", "note")]
+
+colnames(feature_table) <- c("Format", "Extensions / \"fmt\"", "Import Package", "Export Package", "Type", "Note")
+
+knitr::kable(feature_table)
+```
 
 Additionally, any format that is not supported by **rio** but that has a known R implementation will produce an informative error message pointing to a package and import or export function. Unrecognized formats will yield a simple "Unrecognized file format" error.