CKAN

CKAN is a powerful open source data management system designed for building data portals and catalogs. It provides a robust platform for publishing, sharing and accessing datasets with extensive API support and visualization capabilities.

Key Features

• Data Publishing & Management:

  • Dataset hosting and cataloging
  • Rich metadata support
  • Dataset versioning
  • Access control and permissions
  • Data preview and visualization
  • Full-text search

• API & Integration:

  • Comprehensive REST API
  • Harvesting from other portals
  • Extensions framework
  • Custom workflows
  • OAuth2 support
  • DataStore API

• Organization Features:

  • Multi-tenant architecture
  • User management
  • Activity streams
  • Dataset analytics
  • Custom branding
  • Multilingual support

• Data Discovery:

  • Faceted search
  • Spatial search
  • Dataset relationships
  • Data previews
  • Custom metadata
  • RSS feeds

Who Should Use CKAN

CKAN is ideal for:

• Government Agencies publishing open data
• Research Organizations sharing datasets
• Enterprises managing internal data catalogs
• NGOs distributing public information

Getting Started

CKAN can be installed via package or Docker:

1. Package Installation:

   # Install system dependencies
   sudo apt-get install python3-dev postgresql libpq-dev
   
   # Create virtualenv and install CKAN
   python3 -m venv /usr/lib/ckan/default
   pip install -e 'git+https://github.com/ckan/ckan.git#egg=ckan'
   

2. Docker Installation:

   git clone https://github.com/ckan/ckan
   cd ckan
   docker-compose up -d
   

The platform provides extensive documentation and an active community to help users get started with data portal management.