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:

- 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
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.