GitHub’s Arctic Code Vault and Future Glass Storage for Open Source Code

GitHub’s Arctic Code Vault initiative has archived millions of open‑source projects on film stored in a Norwegian Arctic facility, and the company now plans to preserve code for millennia using quartz glass through Microsoft’s Project Silica, highlighting long‑term data preservation strategies for software.

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GitHub’s Arctic Code Vault and Future Glass Storage for Open Source Code

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Jul 17, 2020 · Operations

How GitHub Is Preserving Open‑Source Code in the Arctic for a Millennium

GitHub’s Arctic Code Vault initiative archives snapshots of public repositories onto 21 TB of data stored on piqlFilm reels in a sealed chamber on Norway’s Svalbard archipelago, aiming to preserve open‑source software for over a thousand years despite pandemic setbacks.

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How GitHub Is Preserving Open‑Source Code in the Arctic for a Millennium