Software Heritage
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
3recommend
1warn against
Nov 5, 2025first mention
Oct 17, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“https://archive.softwareheritage.org/”
“There is a copy of it on Software Heritage:”
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“I really think it should still receive much more attention and funding to really pursue its goal: Software Heritage.”
“SWH in particular has a large amount of GitHub repos”
“https://archive.softwareheritage.org/browse/origin/directory/”
Caveats and dissent
“but is still a single point of failure”
From the makers not counted in the ranking
“I think they would be an ideal organisation to play that role.”
external contractor for Software Heritageon “Space Cadet Pinball on Linux”
Threads where it came up
- Before GitHub 2 mentions
- Llama.cpp on a jailbroken PS5: run any GGUF model natively on the console 1 mention
- Software Ownership Is Rotting. Can We Archive It? 1 mention
- The OnlyOffice Git repository for Android has been deleted 1 mention
- Space Cadet Pinball on Linux 1 mention
- Ask HN: Git Mirrors. Who's running one? What repos are you mirroring? 1 mention
Data: software-heritage.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 7
“but is still a single point of failure”
“https://archive.softwareheritage.org/”
“There is a copy of it on Software Heritage:”
“I really think it should still receive much more attention and funding to really pursue its goal: Software Heritage.”
“Although they're mostly the code / commit history, not so much surrounding metadata”
“SWH in particular has a large amount of GitHub repos”
“https://archive.softwareheritage.org/browse/origin/directory/”