Software Heritage
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| Software Heritage | |
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| URL | https://www.softwareheritage.org/ |
| Status | Online! |
| Archiving status | one mirror at ENEA |
| Archiving type | mirrorable |
| IRC channel | [ #swh] (on Libera.Chat) |
Software Heritage is a European-funded effort to archive software source code of all kinds, including all the versions thereof. It offers instant saving of individual repos, slightly delayed saving of bulk amounts of repos (restricted to privileged users) and regularly saving all repos on a forge. The archive is publicly available and the LWN article "Preserving the global software heritage" gives more details.
Live interaction methods
Software Heritage members are on Matrix, but those wishing to use IRC can do so by connecting to Libera.Chat as these IRC channels are bridged to Matrix,
| Channel name | Channel hashtag | Channel description |
|---|---|---|
| Software Heritage | #swh (on Libera.Chat) (ircs:) | Software Heritage - The Great Library of Source Code - https://www.softwareheritage.org - Community discussion channel, try #swh-devel for development discussions |
| -devel | #swh-devel (on Libera.Chat) (ircs:) | "Development of www.softwareheritage.org , more info: http://deb.li/swhdev | Try #swh for user discussions | Voices are SWH staffers | Digital objects last forever – or 5 years, whichever comes first http://xkcd.com/1683/" |
| -offtopic | #swh-offtopic (on Libera.Chat) (ircs:) | Off-topic chit-chat for www.softwareheritage.org |
| -sysadm | #swh-sysadm (on Libera.Chat) (ircs:) | www.softwareheritage.org | sysadm channel, you can also head to #swh-devel for development discussions | weekly meeting at https://meet.jit.si/LargeFrustrationsFourSWHSysadm |
Other software archives
Not intended to be an exhaustive list. Other software archives includes:
- Codearchiver
- Code hosting services
- https://codeberg.org
- https://snapshot.debian.org/ (archive of all Debian history including binaries and source code)
- https://archive.org/details/software (focuses on binaries and the most ephemeral software; open submission)
- http://openhub.net/ (focused on analysis; open submission)