ESCAPE OSSR CodeMeta generator

This tool helps you create a CodeMeta.json file for your software. Note however that it is not exhaustive and other fields can be manually added in your file following the CodeMeta schema.

Most fields are optional. Mandatory fields will be highlighted when generating Codemeta.

The software itself

the software title


from SPDX licence list

Discoverability and citation


such as ISBNs, GTIN codes, UUIDs etc.. http://schema.org/identifier


grant funding software development


organization funding software development

Authors and contributors can be added below
Development community / tools


Run-time environment


Current version of the software


Additional Info


see www.repostatus.org for details

Authors (add at least one)
Contributors (optional, order does not matter)
Maintainer (required)

codemeta.json:



      Note that you can validate your generated codemeta.json with the  eOSSR CLI tool
      eossr-metadata-validator