openjournals/joss
The Journal of Open Source Software observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
77/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 3874
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1910 stars · 214 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
The Journal of Open Source Software (JOSS) is a developer-friendly, open-access academic journal for research software packages with a formal peer review process. This repository contains the Rails application powering the submission tool and website at joss.theoj.org, which mints Crossref DOIs for accepted papers.
Use cases
- submit a research software paper for peer review
- publish software with a citable DOI
- run an open-access journal for research software
- manage editorial peer review workflow for software papers
- browse recently published research software papers
- volunteer as a reviewer for software papers
When to choose
- you are a researcher wanting a citable publication for well-documented research software
- you want to read or cite peer-reviewed research software papers
- you want to study or contribute to the platform running an open-access software journal
When to avoid
- you need a general-purpose journal management system like OJS for non-software journals
- your software is not research software in a scientific or academic context
- you want a self-hosted review tool unrelated to academic publishing
Facets
application · maturity active
web-framework search-engine documentation workflow-automation education documentation developer-tools apis ruby self-hosted academic-journal open-access peer-review publishing research-software doi crossref rails web-server docker
3 sources
- readme: https://github.com/openjournals/joss · fetched 2026-08-28 · 97726cb6d43f
- homepage: https://joss.theoj.org · fetched 2026-08-29 · 7a1bddc59fd8
- site_page: https://joss.theoj.org/about · fetched 2026-08-29 · 8ea610312543
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| openjournals/joss | main | 77 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="openjournals/joss")
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