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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
We are delighted to introduce our 9th ambassador in 2023, Frédéric Santos! After a master’s degree in applied mathematics, Frédéric has been working since 2010 as a data analyst in PACEA, a research laboratory in archaeological sciences at the CNRS and University of Bordeaux. His research activities are focused on statistical methods allowing for establishing […]
We are excited to announce that the Global Sustainability Coalition for Open Science Services (SCOSS) board has selected Software Heritage for its next pledging round, recognizing Software Heritage as a crucial open science infrastructure ensuring continuous access to the software code outputs generated by researchers worldwide. We look forward to seeing SCOSS members join the […]
Modern mathematical research goes beyond conventional publications, encompassing a substantial collection of knowledge embedded in software source code. In recognition of the importance of preserving this wealth of information and in the spirit of encouraging an Open Science ecosystem, a partnership has been established between Software Heritage and the swMATH portal. The swMATH portal serves […]
We are delighted to present a new Landmark Legacy Software Story to Inria’s stories collection: the story of the web browser and editor Amaya. Preserving landmark legacy software Software Heritage’s mission is to collect, preserve and share all software source code. Within this mission, there is a category of software which had a profound impact […]
Our mission at Software Heritage is to collect, preserve, and make publicly available the entire body of software, in the preferred form for making modifications to it. We consider that publicly available source code, and even more so Free and Open Source Software (FOSS), is a digital commons that embodies decades of human creative effort. […]
