GitHub launches Arctic Code Vault to preserve open source software for 1,000 years

guest · Nov 15, 2019

GitHub launches Arctic Code Vault to preserve open source software for 1,000 years
November 13, 2019
https://venturebeat.com/2019/11/13/...preserve-open-source-software-for-1000-years/

GitHub today shared plans to open the Arctic Code Vault, an effort to store and preserve open source software like Flutter and TensorFlow. Code for all open source projects will be stored here on film with frames that include 8.8 million pixels each, designed to last 1,000 years.

The code will be housed in a decommissioned coal mine in Svalbard, Norway, the same city chosen to host a global seed vault.
Archivists believe the cold and near-constant conditions can help in preservation.
In a press conference following the keynote address, Friedman said the Arctic Code Vault is part of a larger effort to store its top repositories in multiple places.

The GitHub Arctic Code Vault is a part of the GitHub Archive Program, a collaboration between Microsoft’s GitHub and groups like the Internet Archive, which hosts repository snapshots in its Wayback Machine; The Long Now Foundation; and Microsoft Research’s Project Silica.
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GitHub: Preserving open source software for future generations

The mission of the GitHub Archive Program is to preserve open source software for future generations.

We will protect this priceless knowledge by storing multiple copies, on an ongoing basis, across various data formats and locations, including a very-long-term archive designed to last at least 1,000 years.
The GitHub Archive Program will include much longer-term media to address the risk of data loss over time.
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CNET: GitHub wants code to survive the apocalypse in an Arctic vault

GitHub says the data will be "stored on 3,500-foot film reels, provided and encoded by Piql, a Norwegian company that specializes in very-long-term data storage," adding that the film technology "relies on silver halides on polyester" which should give it a "lifespan of 500 years."

The company says that "simulated aging tests indicate Piql's film will last twice as long," to allow for the data to survive a millennium. While "most of the data will be stored QR-encoded" GitHub says that a "human-readable index and guide will itemize the location of each repository and explain how to recover the data."
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guest · Jul 17, 2020

GitHub just buried a giant open-source archive in an Arctic vault for 1,000 years
GitHub ships a snapshot of all public repositories taken to an archiving vault in the Arctic
July 17, 2020
https://www.zdnet.com/article/githu...ce-archive-in-an-arctic-vault-for-1000-years/

Microsoft-owned GitHub has finally moved its snapshot of all active public repositories on the site to a vault in Norway.

GiHub announced the archiving plan last November and on February 20 followed through with the 21 terabyte snapshot written to 186 reels of film.
The archive is being stored in Svalbard, Norway, a group of islands that's also home to the global seed bank.

"The code landed in Longyearbyen, a town of a few thousand people on Svalbard, where our boxes were met by a local logistics company and taken into intermediate secure storage overnight," said Julia Metcalf, director of strategic programs at GitHub.
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The repository includes public code repositories and significant dormant repos. The snapshot consists of the HEAD of the default branch of each repository, minus any binaries larger than 100kB in size. Each repository is then packaged as a single TAR file, and for efficiency's sake, most of the data will be stored as QR codes.
A human-readable index and guide will itemize the location of each repository and explain how to recover the data.
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GitHub: GitHub Archive Program: the journey of the world’s open source code to the Arctic

Your code is safe and sound in the Arctic
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