At Software Heritage, the universal source code archive, metadata is the software’s identity card. It provides information that can be used to identify, describe and curate software. To make it easier for users to discover software projects among the millions we archive, having accurate metadata is crucial. However, there are […]

With great pleasure, we announce that The Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries (CSAL) on behalf of its members is partnering with Software Heritage. We welcome the CSAL members who have already committed to support with their financial contribution to the long-term mission of Software Heritage: Universität Bern ETH Zürich Universität […]

Since its inception, the Software Heritage archive has been dedicated to serving multiple societal needs: preserving the software commons for future generations, providing a referenceable catalogue of software source code for technology creators, enhancing scientific reproducibility through software archival and persistent identification, and enabling large-scale analyses of public code for […]

We are delighted to introduce our 3rd ambassador in 2024, Giacomo Lorenzetti! Giacomo Lorenzetti works as a Research Software Engineer at Centro de Estudios de Física del Cosmos de Aragón (CEFCA). After an education in physics, he joined libre software communities, being an Open Source Developer at Stockfish, an open-source […]

Software Heritage at PIDFest: The Conference on Persistent Identifiers! We are delighted to share that Miguel Colom, senior researcher at Centre Borelli, ENS Paris-Saclay, will be presenting SWHID at PIDFest, the conference on persistent identifiers. Morane Gruenpeter, Head of Open Science at Software Heritage, will be joining it online. Session Overview: […]

With great pleasure, we announce that the Canadian Research Knowledge Network – Réseau canadien de documentation pour la recherche (CRKN-RCDR) is partnering with Software Heritage by way of the fifth funding cycle of the Global Sustainability Coalition for Open Science Services (SCOSS). We welcome the CRKN members who have already […]

We are delighted to introduce our 2nd ambassador in 2024, Linda Angulo-Lopez! Linda is a Data Research Officer at Ecole Centrale Lyon, a scientific graduate school. Her role involves defining, implementing, and managing support services for researchers in research data management, in collaboration with various stakeholders within the institution, such […]

Reproducible research? Challenge accepted!  If massive data and complex calculations (in terms of duration and/or code size) are part of your daily life, then you should register now for the new edition of the MOOC “Reproducible Research”. Its contents are aimed at researchers and engineers who are looking for good […]

We are pleased to announce that a dedicated session called “Infrastructures for Research Software: Moving toward adoption” will be part of the Research Data Alliance (RDA) P22 plenary, online.  ℹ️  This session will occur on Wednesday, May 15th, 2024 at 14:00 UTC.  🔁  A repeat session is planned on May […]

Our Software Heritage ambassador Camille Françoise asked experts, with different backgrounds, to share their thoughts on software preservation in an interview series published in Medium. This blogpost will give you an overview of the series.  Camille Françoise is a passionate open culture advocate. Camille is Product Manager Research and Heritage […]