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Ckan

ckan/ckan

An open-source alternative to Socrata.

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. (from the repository)

Stars
5,140
Licence
NOASSERTION
Last push
2026-10-19
Written in
Python
Source on GitHub ↗Project website ↗

Is it alive?

Four readings from the repository, each with the rule behind it. No blended score.
Activity
Active
Last push 8 days ago
Active: pushed within 90 days. Slowing: within a year. Quiet: longer.
Releases
Recent
ckan-2.12.0, 2 months ago
Recent: a tagged release within six months. Some projects ship from the main branch and never tag.
Issues
82% closed
663 open · 3,016 closed
Share of all issues ever filed that are now closed. Under 20 issues is too few to read.
Momentum
+8 in 9 days
5,140 stars
Change in stars across our daily readings, over up to 30 days. Needs a week of readings.

What a business may do with it

Not identifiedNOASSERTION

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Run it yourself

Ckan’s README does not show a docker run, docker compose up or helm install in a code block, so this page will not guess one. It may be a desktop app, a library, or documented on its website.

Ckan’s own install instructions ↗

Where this page comes from

  • Stars, licence, activity, issues, releases and the self-host command are read from the repository. 2026-10-19
  • The pairing with Socrata and the category come from opensourcealternative.to, a community directory of open-source alternatives. We re-read it weekly.
  • Star momentum comes from our own daily readings of the repository. How we collect data