CKAN
CKAN is an Open Source Data Management System to build Data Portals. Trusted by hundreds of portals across the world and supported by an active community, it focuses on extensibility and integration with other tools.
Owner
Open Knowledge Foundation
Type
web, data portal
Licence
AGPL-3.0
Last evaluated
28.07.2025
Origin country
United Kingdom
contact
patricio.delboca@okfn.orgRelease date
-
DPG since
05.06.2023
Core Components Assessed/Included Repositories
The following repositories were submitted by the solution and included in our evaluation. Any repositories, add-ons, features not included in here were not reviewed by us.
Feature
Scale of the Solution*
Connected members
Participated Programs
N/A
Available Languages
English
Organisations using it
Several hundreds of CKAN instances exist around the world, including National Governments e.g. Canada (https://open.canada.ca/en/open-data), USA (https://catalog.data.gov), Finland (https://www.avoindata.fi/), Argentina (https://www.datos.gob.ar/), Japan (https://data.go.jp/), Germany (https://www.govdata.de/) etc. and Sub-national and Local governments e.g. Montreal (https://donnees.montreal.ca/), Barcelona (https://opendata-ajuntament.barcelona.cat/), Buenos Aires (https://data.buenosaires.gob.ar/). A more comprehensive list may be found at https://datashades.info Food and Agriculture Organization, United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), World Food Programme. Sub-national and Local governments, e.g., Montreal (https://donnees.montreal.ca/), Barcelona (https://opendata-ajuntament.barcelona.cat/), Buenos Aires (https://data.buenosaires.gob.ar/). A more comprehensive list may be found at https://datashades.info
* This information is self-reported and updated annually
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Application Details
DPG ID
GID0090527
Status
DPG
Date Created
2025-02-14
Date Submitted
2025-02-28
Date Reviewed
2025-07-28
Date of Expiry
2026-07-28
Application Log Details
Timestamp
Activity
2026-05-29 01:30:06
System created a refresher application for CKAN (12341)
2026-05-29 01:30:06
System created an autofill refresher application for CKAN (14294)
2025-07-28 03:03:27
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) submitted their review of CKAN (152) and found it to be a DPG
2025-07-28 03:03:26
System moved CKAN (12341) to expired because parent application is now DPG.
2025-07-28 03:03:26
System unmarked CKAN (12341) as a nominee
