Or this could go in the community engagement section
Perhaps one of the most impactful outcomes of having software throughly reviewed by a community of peers, regardless of whether it results in a journal publication or not, is the improvement of the software itself. One prominent exemplar of a community led software review system is the software onboarding process (https://ropensci.org/blog/2017/09/01/nf-softwarereview/) created by the rOpenSci project (https://ropensci.org/), a non-profit initiative that promotes reproducible research through software development, advocacy, and community outreach.
rOpenSci follows an open peer review model and the entire review process is designed to be non-adversarial and constructive. rOpenSci blends best practices from publication peer-review with newer practices that address the unique challenges of reviewing software. This system combines elements of traditional academic peer review (relying on externa