What question did this study set out to answer?

The aim is to establish Software Heritage as a central repository for publicly available source code to enhance software development practices.

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June 11, 2026Open Access

Software Heritage: Towards A New Era for Software Engineering, Cybersecurity, and AI

Key Points

The aim is to establish Software Heritage as a central repository for publicly available source code to enhance software development practices.
Collects and organizes source code from various software projects.
Tracks ongoing development and provides a reference archive for research.
Highlights impacts on security and artificial intelligence applications.
Establishment of a comprehensive reference archive aiding in software research.
Significant improvements in open source security practices as a result of SWH(Sec).
Advancements in transparent AI models through the utilization of archived software.

Abstract

Software Heritage collects publicly available source code from numerous software projects and tracks their ongoing development. Outline1 Introduction2 Meet Software Heritage3 From archive to revolutionary infrastructure4 Software for research: reference archive5 Research on software: datasets from the archive6 Selected highlight: Impact on software studies7 A Very Large Telescope to explore the software development galaxy8 Selected highlight: Improving Open Source Security with SWH(Sec)9 Selected highlight: AI and transparent LLMs10 One last thing11 Conclusion

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