epidWaves: A code for fitting multi-wave epidemic models

The COVID-19 pandemic has given rise to a great demand for computational models capable of describing and inferring the evolution of an epidemic outbreak in the short term. In this sense, we introduce epidWaves, a package that provides a framework for fitting multi-wave epidemic models to data from actual outbreaks of COVID-19 and other infectious diseases. •epidWaves is a package for multi-wave epidemic models fitting.•It includes model calibration and model selection features.•It provides a framework for real time (or near real-time) epidemic analysis.•The implementation follows a minimalist style, aiming to be intuitive and extensible.