Research Software Quality Kit (RSQKit), developed as part of the EVERSE project, contains curated best practices in improving the quality of research software. It is intended for use by researchers, research software engineers, those managing and procuring funding for projects with a large research software component, those running research infrastructures involving software and those developing research software related policy at organisations and in projects.

The RSQKit is currently in a startup phase and still under heavy development which means its structure and content is likely to change a lot. During this phase, we mainly organise contributions through the EVERSE project's internal documents and communication channels, although it is possible for people external to the project to contribute. We particularly welcome reports on issues and problems with existing pages, fixes to existing content, and reviews of proposed changes.

The content of RSQKit is currently being approved and curated by the RSQKit Editorial Board, who are also acting as the official Maintainers of the RSQKit repository. The RSQKit Editorial Board Members work together with general Contributors to identify where and how their contribution fits best in RSQKit.

Please see the Contribution Guidelines for more details on how to contribute to RSQKit or Installation Guide on how to install and run RSQKit locally.

You can cite RSQKit as follows:

RSQKit Community. (2025). Research Software Quality Kit (RSQKit) (v1.0.0). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14923573

See also CITATION.cff.

Please get in touch with the RSQKit Editorial Board & Maintainers with any questions about this project or content.

• RSQKit presentation by Shoaib Sufi at the CoSeC Staff Celebration Day, 16th October 2025
• RSQKit presentation by Shoaib Sufi at the ReSA Research Software Infrastructure Forum meeting, 9 July 2025 video available
• RSQKit workshop by Shoaib Sufi and Aleks Nenadic at Software Sustainability Institute's Collaborations Workshop (CW25), 13th May 2025
• RSQKit presentation by Shoaib Sufi at the ELIXIR STEERS WP2 meeting, 24 April 2025
• RSQKit workshop by Shoaib Sufi, Aleks Nenadic and Patrick Bos, EVERSE GAM meeting, 20 March 2025
• RSQKit workshop by Giacomo Peru, Shoaib Sufi and Aleks Nenadic, deRSE25 conference, 26 February 2025

• RSQKit is heavily inspired and replicating the work done by ELIXIR's Research Data Management Kit (RDMKit) within the research software space
• RSQKit website is built using the ELIXIR Toolkit Theme
• Flaticon - free icons:
  • Puzzle icons created by monkik - Flaticon
  • Tools icons created by Freepik - Flaticon
  • Support icons created by Freepik - Flaticon
  • Repair icons created by Freepik - Flaticon
  • Partnership icons created by kosonicon - Flaticon
  • Problem solving icons created by Canticons - Flaticon
  • Research icons created by iconixar
  • Journalist icons created by juicy_fish - Flaticon
  • Task management icons created by ARIF MIFTAHUL ANWAR - Flaticon
  • Maintenance icons created by Stockes Design - Flaticon
  • Quality icons created by Freepik - Flaticon
  • Quality icons created by Freepik - Flaticon
  • Management icons created by srip - Flaticon
  • Analyze icons created by Dewi Sari - Flaticon
  • Analyze icons created by Icon.verse - Flaticon
• Font awesome - free icons
• All authors and contributors

EVERSE project is funded by the European Commission HORIZON-INFRA-2023-EOSC-01-02.

2025 RSQKit Authors and Organisations, including https://everse.software/RSQKit/contributors, https://everse.software/about/consortium/

Information about the licenses that apply to various RSQKit resources can be found in our REUSE.toml file.