Being Future Ready: Software Heritage, a Resilient Infrastructure

Software Heritage collects publicly available source code from numerous software projects and tracks their ongoing development. The poster was presented at the 20th edition of the International Digital Curation Conference (IDCC26), which took place in Zagreb, Croatia, between 16-18 February 2026. The main theme for the conference was "AI, austerity, and authoritarianism: contemporary challenges in digital curation". About the poster Software Heritage builds the library of Alexandria of source code. Why should this infrastructure be trusted? How does SWH anticipate and mitigate risks? First, as in a risky world, decentralization is key, SWH implements living copies of the archive, in and soon, outside Europe. SWH also created the Software Hash Identifier, which is cross-platform and tooling-agnostic. Second, good tech can’t replace organizational stability. SWH is a multistakeholder org with a core team. Both public and private entities fund it.Finally, tomorrow starts today. The SWH advisory board is developing a more autonomous organizational structure. About the files - One version of the poster can be presented as is.- The other version includes margins to make it easier to print.