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 .. _swh-lister:
 
-Software Heritage listers
-=========================
+Software Heritage - Listers
+===========================
+
+Collection of listers for source code distribution places like development
+forges, FOSS distributions, package managers, etc. Each lister is in charge to
+enumerate the software origins (e.g., VCS, packages, etc.) available at a
+source code distribution place.
+
 
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 2