ckan/ckan
CKAN is an open-source DMS (data management system) for powering data hubs and data portals. CKAN makes it easy to publish, share and use data. It powers catalog.data.gov, open.canada.ca/data, data.humdata.org among many other sites. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
99/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 99
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_license
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: 0.0
- age_days: 5410
- days_rel: 7
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 13
Adoption not part of the score
5106 stars · 2110 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
CKAN is an open-source data management system (DMS) for powering data hubs and open data portals, providing dataset cataloging, storage, rich search, a full API, and visualization tools. It is a mature, extensible Python web application used by governments and enterprises worldwide, including catalog.data.gov and data.humdata.org.
Use cases
- publish and catalog open datasets for a government data portal
- run a self-hosted data hub with a searchable dataset catalog
- expose structured data via a REST API for a data catalog
- build a federated network of data portals sharing datasets
- add metadata management and dataset previews to an organization's data assets
- visualize cataloged data as charts and geospatial views
When to choose
- you need a mature, battle-tested open data portal with a large extension ecosystem
- you want cataloging, search, datastore, API, and visualization out of the box
- you are a government or enterprise publishing large numbers of public datasets
- you need theming and plugin (ckanext) extensibility
When to avoid
- you only need a lightweight dataset file store without cataloging or metadata workflows
- you want a general-purpose relational database rather than a cataloging platform
- you need a real-time streaming or ETL pipeline tool rather than a data portal
Facets
application · maturity stable
database search-engine api-framework data-visualization web-framework geospatial databases analytics self-hosted web-development python self-hosted open-data data-portal data-catalog metadata-management dms digital-public-good dataset-publishing data-engineering search linux web-server docker
5 sources
- readme: https://github.com/ckan/ckan · fetched 2026-08-28 · 0cfba5d82415
- homepage: https://ckan.org/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 3087b66bee68
- site_page: https://ckan.org/features · fetched 2026-08-29 · 59ed0fc1f296
- site_page: https://ckan.org/faq · fetched 2026-08-29 · 6162c9740ee0
- site_page: https://ckan.org/blog/ckan-is-now-a-digital-public-good · fetched 2026-08-29 · 73fb1d704ed7
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| ckan/ckan | main | 99 |
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