rsqkit
Research Software Quality Kit - a resource for helping researchers improve the quality of software they write
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Repository
Research Software Quality Kit - a resource for helping researchers improve the quality of software they write
Basic Info
- Host: GitHub
- Owner: EVERSE-ResearchSoftware
- License: other
- Language: HTML
- Default Branch: main
- Homepage: https://everse.software/RSQKit/
- Size: 7.05 MB
Statistics
- Stars: 39
- Watchers: 14
- Forks: 41
- Open Issues: 73
- Releases: 3
Topics
Metadata Files
README.md
RSQKit
Research Software Quality Kit (RSQKit), developed as part of the EVERSE project, contains curated best practices in improving the quality of research software. It is intended for use by researchers, research software engineers, those managing and procuring funding for projects with a large research software component, those running research infrastructures involving software and those developing research software related policy at organisations and in projects.
[!NOTE] The content of RSQKit is still work in progress.
Contributing
The RSQKit is currently in a startup phase and still under heavy development which means its structure and content is likely to change a lot. During this phase, we mainly organise contributions through the EVERSE project's internal documents and communication channels, although it is possible for people external to the project to contribute. We particularly welcome reports on issues and problems with existing pages, fixes to existing content, and reviews of proposed changes.
The content of RSQKit is currently being approved and curated by the RSQKit Editorial Board, who are also acting as the official Maintainers of the RSQKit repository. The RSQKit Editorial Board Members work together with general Contributors to identify where and how their contribution fits best in RSQKit.
Please see the Contribution Guidelines for more details on how to contribute to RSQKit or Installation Guide on how to install and run RSQKit locally.
License
Information about the licenses that apply to RSQKit can be found in LICENSE.md.
Citation
You can cite RSQKit as follows:
RSQKit Community. (2025). Research Software Quality Kit (RSQKit) (v1.0.0). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14923573
See also CITATION.cff.
Contact
Please get in touch with the RSQKit Editorial Board & Maintainers with any questions about this project or content.
Outreach and presentations
- RSQKit workshop by Giacomo Peru, Shoaib Sufi and Aleks Nenadic, deRSE25 conference, 26 February 2025
- RSQKit workshop by Shoaib Sufi, Aleks Nenadic and Patrick Bos, EVERSE GAM meeting, 20 March 2025 - shared notes
- RSQKit presentation by Shoaib Sufi at the ELIXIR STEERS WP2 meeting, 24 April 2025 (slides internal to the EVERSE project)
- RSQKit workshop by Shoaib Sufi and Aleks Nenadic at Software Sustainability Institute's Collaborations Workshop (CW25), 14 May 2025 (slides internal to the EVERSE project)
- RSQKit presentation by Shoaib Sufi at the ReSA RIF meeting, 9 July 2025 (slides internal to the EVERSE project)
Acknowledgements
RSQKit website is heavily inspired and replicating the work done by ELIXIR's Research Data Management Kit (RDMKit) within the research software space and is built using the ELIXIR Toolkit Theme.
Funding
EVERSE project is funded by the European Commission HORIZON-INFRA-2023-EOSC-01-02.
Owner
- Name: EVERSE-ResearchSoftware
- Login: EVERSE-ResearchSoftware
- Kind: organization
- Repositories: 1
- Profile: https://github.com/EVERSE-ResearchSoftware
Citation (CITATION.cff)
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Research Software Quality Kit - a resource for helping
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license: Apache-2.0
version: v1.0.0
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- Total pull requests: 219
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- Average comments per pull request: 1.04
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