The Software Heritage Archive is now an officially recognized digital public good (DPG). Marking a decade of operation, the Archive has evolved from a preservation project into a verified, high-impact pillar of global digital infrastructure, protecting over 27 billion unique source files.
By adopting the UN Open Source Principles, the archive moves beyond storage to actively champion security, diversity, and inclusivity as the foundation for global digital commons.
2025 milestones: from SWHID becoming an ISO standard to scaling the Archive with Kraken and expanding our global mirror network.
Research relies on fragile software. Experts discuss the crisis of « software rot, » and the role of open source and artificial intelligence.
Dans cet entretien, Fanny Sébire et Bertrand Néron expliquent comment ils collaborent pour faire évoluer la perception du code source et du logiciel au sein de leur institution.
Join the movement shaping CodeMeta v4.0. We’re defining the standards for software metadata to improve discovery, trust, and interoperability across the global research ecosystem.
CTO Thomas Aynaud on the SWHID: How the new ISO standard defeats fragile dependencies and guarantees code integrity.
Les bibliothèques font progresser l’enseignement, la recherche et l’apprentissage en fournissant des ressources, en facilitant la découverte et en offrant des conseils spécialisés. Le code source des logiciels devenant de…
The Netherlands eScience Center’s Research Software Directory (RSD) adopted the Software Heritage Identifier (SWHID) to ensure source code is archived for the long term.
A skills shortage limits the future of tech in Europe. In a white paper from the Eclipse Foundation, Roberto Di Cosmo argues that open source can offer a fix.
