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awesomedata/awesome-public-datasets resource

A topic-centric list of HQ open datasets. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/awesomedata/awesome-public-datasets · homepage · MIT (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

67/100

  • Activity 99
  • Release rhythm 8
  • Longevity 100
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 4304
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 7
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

78657 stars · 11813 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

A topic-centric, curated list of high-quality free and open public datasets, organized by domain (agriculture, finance, health, etc.). It is maintained as an awesome-list and auto-generated from a core metadata repository.

Use cases

  • find open datasets for machine learning projects
  • locate public data sources for a data science portfolio
  • download sample data to practice data analysis
  • find benchmark datasets for research
  • source training data for a new model
  • discover domain-specific open data for a report

When to choose

  • you need a curated starting point for finding public datasets across many topics
  • you want free, community-vetted data sources for learning or prototyping

When to avoid

  • you need a guaranteed-clean, ready-to-use dataset rather than links to external sources
  • you require datasets with licensing or SLA guarantees, since some listed sources are not free

Facets

dataset · maturity active

data-science machine-learning developer-tools data-science big-data machine-learning awesome-lists cross-platform awesome-list open-data curated-list public-datasets

1 source

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
awesomedata/awesome-public-datasetsmain67

For agents

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