# GeoNode/geonode

GeoNode is an open source platform that facilitates the creation, sharing, and collaborative use of geospatial data.

Repository: https://github.com/GeoNode/geonode
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/geonode
Homepage: https://geonode.org/
Language: Python
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: python, django, gis, sdi, spatial-data-infrastructure
Last push: 2026-08-26T16:44:12+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 95/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 86, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5935, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 15, "gap_med": 42.5, "n_releases_24m": 11}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1713, forks 1197 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:25.933030+00:00)

## What it is
GeoNode is an open-source geospatial content management system (CMS) built on Django, GeoServer, PostGIS, and PyCSW for publishing, sharing, and collaboratively managing geospatial data. It provides a web-based platform for building spatial data infrastructures (SDI) with OGC-compliant services, interactive mapping, metadata cataloguing, and fine-grained permissions.

## Use cases
- publish and share geospatial datasets and maps online
- build a spatial data infrastructure with OGC-compliant WMS/WFS/CSW services
- upload shapefiles, GeoTIFFs, KML, and CSVs and manage their metadata
- create interactive web maps with layer styling and sharing controls
- run a searchable metadata catalogue for an organization's GIS data
- restrict access to geospatial data by user, group, or permission level
- self-host a collaborative GIS portal for a team or agency

## When to choose
- you need a full-featured, self-hosted platform for publishing and sharing geospatial data
- your organization requires OGC standards compliance (WMS, WFS, WCS, CSW, WMTS)
- non-technical users need to upload, style, and share maps through a web interface
- you want a Django-based, extensible platform with REST APIs for custom GIS applications
- you need fine-grained permissions and social/collaborative features around spatial data

## When to avoid
- you only need a lightweight map library or tile server rather than a full CMS
- you need a simple desktop GIS application rather than a web platform
- your use case is real-time sensor streaming or high-frequency telemetry rather than dataset publication
- you cannot operate the supporting stack (GeoServer, PostGIS, Docker) or lack sysadmin resources

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: stable
- function: web-framework, search-engine, api-framework, auth, authorization, data-visualization, geospatial
- domain: web-development, self-hosted, cms, databases
- platform: python, self-hosted
- tags: gis, geospatial-data, spatial-data-infrastructure, django, geoserver, postgis, ogc-standards, wms, wfs, csw, metadata-catalog, interactive-maps, mapstore, maps, web-server, docker, linux

## Member repositories
- GeoNode/geonode (main) score 95

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:25.933030+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:34:40.601093+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/GeoNode/geonode (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:25.933030+00:00, sha 5493e0d856a1)
  - homepage: https://geonode.org/ (fetched 2026-08-29T11:11:16.383156+00:00, sha 86efe24a7742)
  - site_page: https://geonode.org/user_features (fetched 2026-08-29T11:11:16.386115+00:00, sha 899101b2f115)
  - site_page: https://geonode.org/dev_features (fetched 2026-08-29T11:11:16.388323+00:00, sha eb005ab7f806)
  - site_page: https://geonode.org/admin_features (fetched 2026-08-29T11:11:16.390420+00:00, sha 8552235d3723)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/geonode/json (fetched 2026-08-29T11:11:16.396340+00:00, sha 35f418f86ed9)
  - site_page: https://geonode.org/faqs (fetched 2026-08-29T11:11:16.394327+00:00, sha b0e382968f79)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.