CKAN
Open-source platform for publishing and finding datasets with metadata, resources, and organization controls.
Official site ↗At a glance
- Organization
- CKAN Project
- Type
- data catalog platform
- Access
- open source
- Deployment
- self hosted
- Lifecycle
- active
When to consider it
- When a team needs a searchable portal for publishing datasets and resources
Considerations
- Dataset visibility, ownership, and resource access depend on site configuration and authorization.
Connections
- In areaData & Preparation
- Supports functionCatalog datasets
- Uses approachDataset metadata cataloging
Sources
Last reviewed 2026-09-30