Zenodo
CERN's catch-all repository for any research output.
At a Glance
- Publisher
- CERN, developed with OpenAIRE
- Coverage
2M+ records of any output type — datasets, software, publications, posters, presentations — each assigned a DOI
- Access
free
- Regional
global.
Our Take
Zenodo is the general-purpose home for research outputs that don’t fit a specialized repository — datasets, code, slides, anything — with a citable DOI and GitHub integration that made it a default for software and data archiving, backed by CERN’s long-term infrastructure. Its openness and flexibility are the point; the trade-off is that it’s uncurated, so quality and metadata vary. Use it to deposit and cite data, software, and other outputs, and to find them; for curated data, Dryad applies more review.
Power Tips
- Archive datasets and software in Zenodo to get a citable DOI (and use the GitHub integration to snapshot code releases)
- when reusing Zenodo data, check the metadata and license carefully, since deposits are uncurated.
Alternatives & Complements
Figshare · Dryad · OpenAIRE · Figshare.
Figures last verified: August 16, 2026