Name,Type,Website,Region,Discipline,Software Focus,Notes,,,,,, Alliance of German Science Organisations: Working group on Software and Services,,https://www.allianzinitiative.de/fields-of-action-projects/digital-tools-software-and-services/?lang=en,Germany,all,general,"search software organisations, initiatives, programs, projects, grants, communities of practice, networks, journals, conferences",,,,,, Allianz-Initiative,Government/community initiative,https://www.allianzinitiative.de/fields-of-action-projects/digital-tools-software-and-services/?lang=en,Germany,all,general,,,,,,, Apache Foundation,Community initiative,https://www.apache.org/,global,all,open science,,,,,,, Astrophysics Source Code Library,Registry,https://ascl.net/,global,astronomy,"indexing, citation",,,,,,, Australian Research Data Commons,Government initiative,https://ardc.edu.au/collaborations/strategic-activities/software-and-platforms/,Australia,all,software development and sustainability,,,,,,, Better Scientific Software (BSSw),Community initiative,http://bssw.io,"USA, international",all,"sustainability, productivity",,,,,,, CANARIE (Canada),Government initiative,https://www.canarie.ca/language/,Canada,all,sustainability,,,,,,, Community Surface Dynamics Modeling System (CSDMS),Community initiative,https://csdms.colorado.edu/,global,geosciences,general,,,,,,, de-RSE,RSE group,https://www.de-rse.org/en/,Germany,all,general,,,,,,, de-RSE - Society for Research Software Engineers,Community initiative,https://de-rse.org/de/index.html,Germany,all,general,,,,,,, Debian Astro,Community initiative,https://blends.debian.org/astro,global,astrophysics,productivity,,,,,,, Digital Preservation Coalition,Community initiative,https://www.dpconline.org/,global,all,sustainability,has some software events: https://www.dpconline.org/knowledge-base/preservation-lifecycle/software,,,,,, EaaSI,"Not-for-profit entity, Community initiative, Program, Project, Grant, Community of practice, Network",https://www.softwarepreservationnetwork.org/eaasi/,"USA, international",all,preservation,,,,,,, ELIXIR,International government initiative,https://elixir-europe.org/,all,Life sciences,"registry of tools, training",,,,,,, "EOSC-Context: OpenAireAdvanced, EOSChub, EOSCpilot",International government initiative,https://ec.europa.eu/research/openscience/index.cfm?pg=open-science-cloud,Europe,all,"interoperability, registry of tools",,,,,,, ePLAN,Community initiative,https://escience-platform.nl/,"Netherlands ",all,general,,,,,,, Five recommendations for FAIR software,Project,https://fair-software.nl/,global,domain agnostic,general,,,,,,, FORCE11 Software Citation Implementation Working Group,Community initiative,https://www.force11.org/group/software-citation-implementation-working-group,global,all,citation,,,,,,, German Research Foundation,Government initiative,https://www.dfg.de/en/index.jsp,Germany,all,sustainability,,,,,,, Helmholtz Open Science,Not-for-profit entity,https://os.helmholtz.de/open-science-in-der-helmholtz-gemeinschaft/forschungssoftware/,Germany,"natural sciences, life sciences, engineering",open science,,,,,,, Hidden REF,Community initiative,https://hidden-ref.org/,UK,all,citation ,,,,,,, IDEAS Software Productivity,Project,https://ideas-productivity.org/,USA,all,"sustainability, productivity",,,,,,, Journal of Open Research Software (JORS),Journal,https://openresearchsoftware.metajnl.com/,global,all,"citation, preservation",,,,,,, Journal of Open Source Software (JOSS),Journal,http://joss.theoj.org,global,all,"citation, preservation",,,,,,, "Knowledge Exchange (cooperation of Jisc, SURF, CSC, DFG, DEFF, CNRS)",,http://www.knowledge-exchange.info/,,,,,,,,,, "Knowledge Exchange (cooperation of Jisc, SURF, CSC, DFG, DEFF, CNRS)",,http://www.knowledge-exchange.info/,global,all,sustainability,,,,,,, Molecular Science Software Institute,Project,https://molssi.org,global,molecular science,,,,,,,, Mozilla,company,https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/,global,all,open science,,,,,,, Netherlands eScience Center,Government initiative,https://www.esciencecenter.nl/,Netherlands,all,general,,,,,,, New Zealand eScience Infrastructure (NeSI),Government initiative,https://www.nesi.org.nz/,NZ,all,general,,,,,,, NIH Data Commons,Government initiative,https://commonfund.nih.gov/commons,USA,all,interoperability,,,,,,, NL-RSE,RSE group,https://nl-rse.org/,Netherlands,all,general,,,,,,, Nordic-RSE Group,Community initiative,https://nordic-rse.org/,Nordic countries,all,general,,,,,,, NumFOCUS,Not-for-profit entity,https://numfocus.org/,global,all,open science,,,,,,, Open Bioinformatics Foundation,Community initiative,https://www.open-bio.org/,global,biosciences,general,,,,,,, Open Force Field Initiative,Community initiative,https://openforcefield.org/,global,"biosciences, chemistry, materials, physics",software development & interoperability,,,,,,, PLAN-E,Community initiative,https://plan-europe.eu/,EU,all,sustainability,,,,,,, RDA Software Source Code IG,Community initiative,https://www.rd-alliance.org/groups/software-source-code-ig,all,all,general,,,,,,, Research Data Alliance,Community initiative,https://www.rd-alliance.org/,global,all,general,,,,,,, Research Software Engineers Assoc,Community initiative,https://rse.ac.uk/,global,all,general,,,,,,, rOpenSci,Community initiative,https://ropensci.org,global,all,general,,,,,,, RSE Assoc of Aust/NZ ,Community initiative,https://rse-aunz.github.io/,Australia/New Zeland,all,general,,,,,,, Science Gateways Community Institute (SGCI),Community initiative / project,http://sciencegateways.org,USA,all (science gateways),general,,,,,,, SE4Science,Community initiative,https://se4science.org/workshops/,all,all,"open science, sustainability",,,,,,, Software Heritage,Platform,https://www.softwareheritage.org,global,all,"preservation, citation",,,,,,, Software Impacts,Journal,https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/software-impacts,global,all,"citation, preservation",,,,,,, Software Preservation Network,Community initiative,https://www.softwarepreservationnetwork.org/,global,all,preservation,,,,,,, Software Sustainability Institute (SSI) ,Community initiative / project,https://www.software.ac.uk/,UK,all,general,,,,,,, The Carpentries,Not-for-profit entity,https://carpentries.org/,all,all,software development,,,,,,, The EinsteinPy Project,Project,https://einsteinpy.org,"India, Europe","Gravitational Physics, General Relativity","sustainability, productivity, preservation",,,,,,, "UKRI (UK research councils) e-infrastructure expert group, RSE fellowships etc",Government initiative,https://www.ukri.org/,UK,all,"sustainability, productivity","e-infrastructure expert group, RSE fellowships etc",,,,,, URSSI,Government/community initiative,http://urssi.us/,USA,all,sustainability,,,,,,, US-RSE Association,Community initiative,https://us-rse.org/,USA,all,general,,,,,,, WSSSPE (Working towards Sustainable Software for Science: Practice and Experiences),Community initiative,http://wssspe.researchcomputing.org.uk,global,all,general,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,"coordinated mainly by the Netherlands eScience Center, but 150+ members from over 30 Dutch institutes" ,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,network of eScience and software oriented and data-intensive research organizations