Online Software Sustainability Evaluation

A free evaluation of your software to highlight any sustainability issues.

SSI can provide a free, quick evaluation of your software to review any and all sustainability issues with the software you are developing for your research project. You will need to fill in a quick, 15-minute form and SSI will send you a report covering issues including:

Online Software Sustainability Evaluation
  • What your software does
  • Documentation
  • Availability of your software
  • Open standards
  • Installing the binary
  • Support
  • Plans for the future
  • Source code structure
  • Portability
  • Copyright
  • Building from source
  • Testing
  • Community
  • Licences
  • Contributor policy
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Free or paid for:

Free

Product Features

  • 15 minute questionnaire

Applicable Disciplines

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Business, Management and Accounting
  • Computer Sciences
  • Energy
  • Health Professions
  • Material Science
  • Neuroscience
  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Veterinary
  • Arts and Humanities
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Engineering
  • Immunology and Microbiology
  • Mathematics
  • Nursing
  • Psychology
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Chemistry
  • Economics, Econometrics and Finance
  • Environmental Science
  • Medicine
  • Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics
  • Social Sciences

Terms & Conditions

If you would like a more thorough evaluation, you will need to contact the SSI via their helpdesk.

Technical Requirements

  • None 

Skills Required

  • None

Support and Training Available