As we enter 2024, we publish, as usual, our annual report on the past year, and like last year this is now available as a → standalone document ←, making it easier to grasp the breadth of the mission, follow the progress made and share it with a broader audience. The start of 2023 witnessed the […]
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We’re excited to share the news that the Software Heritage Symposium 2024 materials are now accessible online: those who couldn’t join us in person for our annual event on February 1st, 2024 will now find video recordings of all sessions and the detailed slide decks from our speakers on the event webpage. Over the past […]
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The Software Heritage project Software Heritage is a universal software source code archive project, whose aim is to recover, preserve for the very long term and share all publicly available source code, together with its development history (e.g., as stored in version control systems). The Software Heritage archive already contains over 17 billion unique source […]
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Software Heritage’s mission is to collect, preserve, and make the entire body of software source code easily available, especially emphasizing Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) as a digital commons encapsulating decades of human ingenuity. Our journey is dedicated not only to safeguarding this invaluable resource for future generations but also to maximizing its utility […]
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We’re happy to share with you a new opportunity emerging from the FAIR-IMPACT European project: the Research Software support offer. Software Heritage is a partner in the FAIR-IMPACT project to increase recognition of research software and improve software curation and metadata standardization in the scholarly ecosystem. The current support offer is open to researchers, practitioners, […]
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We’re excited to announce the Software Heritage Annual Symposium on February 1st, 2024, hosted at UNESCO Headquarters. Now in its third iteration, this exclusive gathering will focus on the preservation and sharing of software source code, addressing its impact on digital development, scientific innovation, and cultural heritage. The hybrid event, offering both virtual and on-site […]
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We are delighted to introduce our 10th ambassador in 2023, Wendy Hagenmaier! Wendy Hagenmaier is the Software Preservation Program Manager at Yale University Library, where she leads the Emulation-as-a-Service Infrastructure (EaaSI) program to empower the widespread use of emulation for interaction with software, computer systems, collections, and data. The Yale University Library software preservation team […]
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We are excited to announce that ENEA, the Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, has successfully deployed the first mirror as part of the Software Heritage Mirror Network. This significant development marks a crucial step towards preserving and protecting our software commons. You can visit the ENEA mirror today, available […]
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Interview with Céline Rousselot and Joenio Marques da Costa On Nov. 13th, 2023, our ambassador Joenio Marques da Costa delivered a talk during a session of “Rendez-vous Data”, by “Data Univ Eiffel”, the data and software management cluster implemented at Gustave Eiffel University. This local cluster is part of the French national network of clusters dedicated […]
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We are thrilled to share the news that Software Heritage is participating in the SoFAIR project, awarded through the CHISTERA Open Research Data & Software Call. This collaborative initiative is geared towards elevating the discoverability and reusability of open research software, aligning with our commitment to advancing the accessibility of software source code artifacts. The […]
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