Purpose & principles
About CSR
An industry-neutral home for software discovery and accountable project review.
Community Software Registry brings private proposal development, administrative review, and a public record of approved projects into one process.
Facts
How CSR works
CSR supports private planning, proposal review, and separate public publication. Review scope and reviewer relationships are disclosed on each public record. Publication alone does not certify security, legality, or production readiness.
Facts: review and publication
Every project follows the same submission and approval process. CSR retains the review record; downstream repositories are recorded separately. Publication records an approved revision and its disclosed review scope.
Organization & access
Organization and software access
Community Software Registry, LLC is formed, as confirmed by its owner.
Paid memberships and training may be offered. The registry software remains free and open source, and organizations may use or self-host it without purchasing membership. Community participation in technical governance does not convey ownership of the LLC.
CSR v0.1
A foundation for shared software.
Private submission, administrative review, public registry publication, and manually recorded repository links are implemented.