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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

We are thrilled to present the recently created Software Heritage documentation landing page for users and contributors at docs.softwareheritage.org. On the landing page, you can browse the available resources and also contribute to improving the documentation! Knowledge about Software Heritage exists in various forms, in many places and for different […]

We are delighted to introduce our 8th ambassador in 2023, Bertrand Néron! Bertrand holds a PhD in cellular physiology and has been working as a research software engineer at the Pasteur Institute since 2003. He specializes in the field of bioinformatics, within the «Bioinformatics and Biostatistics Hub», which serves as […]

Software metadata is vital for the classification, curation, and sharing of free and open-source software (FOSS). In a recent presentation at the Software Heritage Ambassador’s plenary, Morane Gruenpeter and Valentin Lorentz discussed the collection, preservation, and sharing of software metadata to build the semantic web of FOSS. Software Heritage aims […]

We are thrilled to present Agustín Benito Bethencourt as our 7th ambassador of the year! Agustín (toscalix) met Free Software during his studies at the Universidad de La Laguna in the late nineties. In 2003, Agustin decided to shift his career as an entrepreneur towards Open Source. Since then, he […]