Open source research data repository software
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The Dataverse software has an extensive set of features, such as support for the FAIR Data Principles. Try them out on our demo server.
The 2023 Dataverse Community Meeting in Braga, Portugal. Join us in 2025!
Dataverse installations around the world
Installations of the Dataverse software from countries all over the world. More details.
Try the Dataverse software
You are very welcome to try the Dataverse software at https://demo.dataverse.org or (for the brave of heart) https://beta.dataverse.org! The demo server runs our latest release while the beta server runs unreleased software just merged on GitHub.🚀
Feedback is a gift.🎁 Please tell us what you like and don’t like on Google Groups or Zulip. Or email us privately at support@dataverse.org. Thanks!
Installing the software
Our Installation Guide will help you install the Dataverse software. Be sure to consider using dataverse-ansible. Please reach out if you have any difficulty. Feedback on our experimental Docker-based installation is especially welcome.
Additionally, client-side software is available, such as uploaders in Java and Python, various integrations and apps, and API client libraries in Python, JavaScript, R, Julia, Rust, Go, and more!
Free research data hosting with Harvard Dataverse
If you are looking free research data hosting, one of the many Dataverse installations around the world can help (within limits): Harvard Dataverse.
You can read the story of how the Dataverse software was created at and continues to be lead by Harvard’s Institute for Quantitative Social Science (IQSS) with incredible support from the community.
Finding research data
To find research data you can try DataCite, Google Dataset Search, and DataONE. Many of the installations of Dataverse around the world make their data searchable in these platforms.
Alternatively, you can search Dataverse installations individually. 🔍
Some Dataverse installations harvest metadata from each other (and non-Dataverse data repositories), making datasets more discoverable across the Dataverse network and the broader data-sharing ecosystem. Harvard Dataverse is one of these.
Joining the community
We have a large, friendly, growing community. Please feel free to browse through discussions on Google Groups, Zulip, and GitHub Issues. You are welcome to join our monthly community calls, watch some DataverseTV, and read the Dataverse Community News. Our working groups are open to all. Come meet us in person at one of our events!
The 2024 Dataverse Community Meeting in Texcoco, Mexico. Join us in 2025!