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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
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.
N/A
English
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.avoind…
* This information is self-reported and updated annually









While CKAN is used by many different organizations tackling many different challenges related to the SDGs, it is specially used to help attain SDG 16 (Promote just, peaceful, and inclusive societies). Perhaps the target most contributes to is 16.10 (Ensure public access to information and protect fundamental freedoms) by providing a free, community-led tool for official institutions to publish their data, which is easy to use for users and provides capabilities for advanced users to monitor and explore the datasets. Being widely used by government and civil society institutions to publish open data, it also helps attain among others target 16.6 (Develop effective, accountable, and transparent institutions) by helping publish data about official budgets, expenditures, declared interests etc, allowing citizens to hold institutions accountable. Other examples where CKAN helps meet the targets of the SDGs include CKAN being used by UNHCR to centralize and standardize refugee-related data, helping with target 10.7 (Facilitating orderly, safe, regular, and responsible migration and mobility of people), and by UNOCHA to host humanitarian data, as well as by several other non-profit organizations working on tackling inequalities around the world (SDG1, SDG10). It is also trusted by many government institutions to publish data that is critical for transparency, accountability and that promotes economic growth (SDG11, SDG8, SDG16). Other organizations like Energinet in Denmark use CKAN to publish energy-related data (SDG7).
No mandatory proprietary dependencies
Yes
Test Driven Development, Open Source, Code Review
PII data is collected and stored but NOT distributed.
CKAN follows industry best practices at different levels to safely store sensitive data. At the database level, it encourages secure practices to keep credentials safe, and appropriately encrypts sensitive data like passwords or API tokens. At the application level, datasets can be marked as private so only selected organization users or collaborators have access to them, both in terms of the metadata and to access the actual data. For more complex scenarios, like providing access to just the metadata, certain parts of it, etc maintainers can use the plugins mechanism to customize the authorization further, to make sure it fits their needs. Security audits are regularly performed on existing CKAN sites, and the CKAN maintainers consistently addresses security reports that might lead to the exposure of sensitive data.
Content is collected and stored but NOT distributed.
CKAN provides mechanisms for administrators to permanently delete any inappropriate or illegal content via the user interface or API, as well as audit trails to capture the activity surrounding a particular asset.
Yes
The CKAN project has an active community that interacts in the community channels - https://ckan.org/community/ . All users are asked to adhere to the Code of Conduct - https://github.com/ckan/ckan/blob/master/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md , which is actively enforced. Users can report issues related to the CoC at a dedicated address (conduct@ckan.org)
2026-08-21 23:16:02
Luis Sanchez (L1 Reviewer) submitted their review of CKAN (14294)
2026-08-21 23:15:48
Luis Sanchez (L1 Reviewer) passed 8. Standards & Best Practices for CKAN (14294)
2026-08-21 23:15:47
Luis Sanchez (L1 Reviewer) edited 8. Standards & Best Practices for CKAN (14294)
2026-08-21 23:15:27
Luis Sanchez (L1 Reviewer) passed 4. Platform Independence for CKAN (14294)
2026-08-21 23:15:14
Luis Sanchez (L1 Reviewer) passed Scale of Solution for CKAN (14294)
2026-08-21 23:15:10
Luis Sanchez (L1 Reviewer) passed 9C. Protection from Harassment for CKAN (14294)
2026-08-21 23:15:03
Luis Sanchez (L1 Reviewer) passed 9B. Inappropriate & Illegal Content for CKAN (14294)
2026-08-21 23:14:54
Luis Sanchez (L1 Reviewer) failed 9A. Data Privacy & Security for CKAN (14294)
2026-08-21 23:13:58
Luis Sanchez (L1 Reviewer) passed 7. Privacy & Applicable Laws for CKAN (14294)
2026-08-21 23:13:53
Luis Sanchez (L1 Reviewer) passed 6. Mechanism for Extracting Data for CKAN (14294)
2026-08-21 23:13:51
Luis Sanchez (L1 Reviewer) edited 6. Mechanism for Extracting Data for CKAN (14294)
2026-08-21 23:13:29
Luis Sanchez (L1 Reviewer) passed 5. Documentation for CKAN (14294)
2026-08-21 23:13:17
Luis Sanchez (L1 Reviewer) passed 3. Clear Ownership for CKAN (14294)
2026-08-21 23:13:11
Luis Sanchez (L1 Reviewer) edited 3. Clear Ownership for CKAN (14294)
2026-08-21 23:13:02
Luis Sanchez (L1 Reviewer) passed 2. Open Licensing for CKAN (14294)
2026-08-21 23:12:52
Luis Sanchez (L1 Reviewer) passed 1. SDG Relevance for CKAN (14294)
2026-08-21 23:12:48
Luis Sanchez (L1 Reviewer) edited 1. SDG Relevance for CKAN (14294)
2026-08-21 23:12:35
Luis Sanchez (L1 Reviewer) passed General Information for CKAN (14294)
2026-08-21 23:12:10
Luis Sanchez (L1 Reviewer) edited General Information for CKAN (14294)
2026-08-21 23:10:51
Luis Sanchez (L1 Reviewer) pulled CKAN (14294) under review
2026-07-29 04:35:01
Automatically submitted renewal application for CKAN (14294)
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
2025-07-28 03:03:26
System remove tag Late from CKAN (12341)
2025-07-28 03:03:22
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) passed Scale of Solution for CKAN (12341)
2025-07-28 03:00:58
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) passed 9C. Protection from Harassment for CKAN (12341)
2025-07-28 03:00:46
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) passed 9B. Inappropriate & Illegal Content for CKAN (12341)
2025-07-28 03:00:08
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) passed 9A. Data Privacy & Security for CKAN (12341)
2025-07-28 02:59:52
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) passed 8. Standards & Best Practices for CKAN (12341)
2025-07-28 02:58:25
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) passed 7. Privacy & Applicable Laws for CKAN (12341)
2025-07-28 02:58:24
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) edited 7. Privacy & Applicable Laws for CKAN (12341)
2025-07-28 02:58:12
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) passed 6. Mechanism for Extracting Data for CKAN (12341)
2025-07-28 02:57:52
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) passed 5. Documentation for CKAN (12341)
2025-07-28 01:53:23
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) passed 4. Platform Independence for CKAN (12341)
2025-07-28 01:04:21
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) passed 3. Clear Ownership for CKAN (12341)
2025-07-28 01:03:06
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) passed 2. Open Licensing for CKAN (12341)
2025-07-28 01:02:31
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) passed 1. SDG Relevance for CKAN (12341)
2025-07-22 22:00:02
System add new tag Late to CKAN (12341)
2025-07-22 13:58:43
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) passed General Information for CKAN (12341)
2025-07-22 13:58:39
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) pulled CKAN (12341) under review
2025-06-27 05:57:12
System remove tag Late from CKAN (12341)
2025-06-27 05:57:12
Bolaji Ayodeji (L1 Reviewer) submitted their review of CKAN (12341)
2025-06-27 05:56:58
Bolaji Ayodeji (L1 Reviewer) passed Scale of Solution for CKAN (12341)
2025-06-27 05:56:49
Bolaji Ayodeji (L1 Reviewer) passed 9C. Protection from Harassment for CKAN (12341)
2025-06-27 05:56:20
Bolaji Ayodeji (L1 Reviewer) passed 9B. Inappropriate & Illegal Content for CKAN (12341)
2025-06-27 05:56:08
Bolaji Ayodeji (L1 Reviewer) passed 9A. Data Privacy & Security for CKAN (12341)
2025-06-27 05:55:31
Bolaji Ayodeji (L1 Reviewer) passed 8. Standards & Best Practices for CKAN (12341)
2025-06-27 05:55:02
Bolaji Ayodeji (L1 Reviewer) passed 7. Privacy & Applicable Laws for CKAN (12341)
2025-06-27 05:54:45
Bolaji Ayodeji (L1 Reviewer) passed 6. Mechanism for Extracting Data for CKAN (12341)
2025-06-27 05:54:39
Bolaji Ayodeji (L1 Reviewer) passed 5. Documentation for CKAN (12341)
2025-06-27 05:54:25
Bolaji Ayodeji (L1 Reviewer) passed 4. Platform Independence for CKAN (12341)
2025-06-27 05:54:20
Bolaji Ayodeji (L1 Reviewer) edited a note on 4. Platform Independence for CKAN (12341)
2025-06-27 05:35:54
Bolaji Ayodeji (L1 Reviewer) passed 3. Clear Ownership for CKAN (12341)
2025-06-27 05:35:30
Bolaji Ayodeji (L1 Reviewer) passed 2. Open Licensing for CKAN (12341)
2025-06-27 05:34:06
Bolaji Ayodeji (L1 Reviewer) passed 1. SDG Relevance for CKAN (12341)
2025-06-26 18:00:02
System add new tag Late to CKAN (12341)
2025-06-26 10:03:15
Bolaji Ayodeji (L1 Reviewer) passed General Information for CKAN (12341)
2025-06-26 10:01:39
Bolaji Ayodeji (L1 Reviewer) edited General Information for CKAN (12341)
2025-06-26 09:35:17
Bolaji Ayodeji (L1 Reviewer) pulled CKAN (12341) under review
2025-02-28 08:12:44
Patricio Del Boca (Applicant) submitted application for CKAN (12341)
2025-02-14 01:30:06
System created a refresher application for CKAN (11476)
2025-02-14 01:30:06
System created an autofill refresher application for CKAN (12341)
2024-04-15 09:54:53
Richard Kagaba (L2 Reviewer) submitted their review of CKAN (1051) and found it to be a DPG
2024-04-15 09:54:51
System moved CKAN (11476) to expired because parent applcation is now DPG.
2024-04-15 09:54:51
System unmarked CKAN (11476) as a nominee
2024-04-15 09:54:38
Richard Kagaba (L2 Reviewer) passed 9B. Inappropriate & Illegal Content for CKAN (11476)
2024-04-15 09:54:11
Richard Kagaba (L2 Reviewer) passed 9A. Data Privacy & Security for CKAN (11476)
2024-04-15 09:47:50
Richard Kagaba (L2 Reviewer) passed Scale of Solution for CKAN (11476)
2024-04-15 09:47:23
Richard Kagaba (L2 Reviewer) passed 9C. Protection from Harassment for CKAN (11476)
2024-04-15 09:46:53
Richard Kagaba (L2 Reviewer) passed 8. Open Standards & Best Practices for CKAN (11476)
2024-04-15 09:46:47
Richard Kagaba (L2 Reviewer) passed 7. Privacy & Applicable Laws for CKAN (11476)
2024-04-15 09:38:32
Richard Kagaba (L2 Reviewer) passed 6. Non-PII Data Extraction for CKAN (11476)
2024-04-15 09:36:55
Richard Kagaba (L2 Reviewer) passed 5. Documentation for CKAN (11476)
2024-04-15 09:36:35
Richard Kagaba (L2 Reviewer) passed 4. Platform Independence for CKAN (11476)
2024-04-15 09:34:28
Richard Kagaba (L2 Reviewer) passed 3. Clear Ownership for CKAN (11476)
2024-04-15 09:34:05
Richard Kagaba (L2 Reviewer) passed 2. Open Licensing for CKAN (11476)
2024-04-15 09:32:57
Richard Kagaba (L2 Reviewer) passed 1. SDG Relevance for CKAN (11476)
2024-04-15 09:32:35
Richard Kagaba (L2 Reviewer) passed General Information for CKAN (11476)
2024-04-15 09:32:16
Richard Kagaba (L2 Reviewer) pulled CKAN (11476) under review
2024-04-12 18:57:13
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) submitted their review of CKAN (11476)
2024-04-12 18:56:53
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) passed Scale of Solution for CKAN (11476)
2024-04-12 18:56:42
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) passed 9C. Protection from Harassment for CKAN (11476)
2024-04-12 18:55:10
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) passed 9B. Inappropriate & Illegal Content for CKAN (11476)
2024-04-12 18:55:06
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) edited a note on 9B. Inappropriate & Illegal Content for CKAN (11476)
2024-04-12 18:54:21
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) passed 9A. Data Privacy & Security for CKAN (11476)
2024-04-12 18:54:19
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) edited a note on 9A. Data Privacy & Security for CKAN (11476)
2024-04-12 18:46:10
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) passed 8. Open Standards & Best Practices for CKAN (11476)
2024-04-12 18:45:18
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) passed 7. Privacy & Applicable Laws for CKAN (11476)
2024-04-12 18:45:16
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) edited a note on 7. Privacy & Applicable Laws for CKAN (11476)
2024-04-12 18:44:48
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) edited 7. Privacy & Applicable Laws for CKAN (11476)
2024-04-12 18:42:36
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) passed 6. Non-PII Data Extraction for CKAN (11476)
2024-04-12 18:42:08
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) passed 5. Documentation for CKAN (11476)
2024-04-12 18:34:11
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) passed 4. Platform Independence for CKAN (11476)
2024-04-12 13:39:34
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) passed 3. Clear Ownership for CKAN (11476)
2024-04-12 13:29:24
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) edited a note on 2. Open Licensing for CKAN (11476)
2024-04-12 13:29:13
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) passed 2. Open Licensing for CKAN (11476)
2024-04-12 13:24:45
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) failed 2. Open Licensing for CKAN (11476)
2024-04-12 13:20:11
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) passed 1. SDG Relevance for CKAN (11476)
2024-04-12 13:19:01
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) passed General Information for CKAN (11476)
2024-04-12 11:39:44
L1 Reviewer (L1 Reviewer) pulled CKAN (11476) under review
2024-04-11 13:00:00
Admin (Admin) modified owner from 852 (Adrià Mercader) to 4181 (Patricio Del Boca) for CKAN (10593)
2024-04-11 12:59:54
Admin (Admin) modified owner from 852 (Adrià Mercader) to 4181 (Patricio Del Boca) for CKAN (11476)
2024-04-10 17:59:13
Adrià Mercader (Applicant) submitted application for CKAN (11476)
2024-04-10 17:54:55
Adrià Mercader (Applicant) created a refresher application for CKAN (10593)
2023-06-05 05:46:12
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) submitted their review of CKAN (152) and found it to be a DPG
2023-06-05 05:46:10
System unmarked CKAN (10593) as a nominee
2023-06-05 05:46:02
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) passed 9C. Protection from Harassment for CKAN (10593)
2023-06-05 05:46:00
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) passed 9A. Data Privacy & Security for CKAN (10593)
2023-06-05 05:45:57
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) passed 7. Privacy & Applicable Laws for CKAN (10593)
2023-06-05 05:45:51
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) passed 1. SDG Relevance for CKAN (10593)
2023-06-05 05:45:42
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) pulled CKAN (10593) under review
2023-06-05 05:43:15
L1 Reviewer - Support (L1 Reviewer) submitted their review of CKAN (10593)
2023-06-05 05:42:59
L1 Reviewer - Support (L1 Reviewer) passed 9C. Protection from Harassment for CKAN (10593)
2023-06-05 05:42:53
L1 Reviewer - Support (L1 Reviewer) edited 9C. Protection from Harassment for CKAN (10593)
2023-06-05 05:41:17
L1 Reviewer - Support (L1 Reviewer) passed 9A. Data Privacy & Security for CKAN (10593)
2023-06-05 05:41:14
L1 Reviewer - Support (L1 Reviewer) edited 9A. Data Privacy & Security for CKAN (10593)
2023-06-05 05:39:09
L1 Reviewer - Support (L1 Reviewer) passed 7. Privacy & Applicable Laws for CKAN (10593)
2023-06-05 05:39:03
L1 Reviewer - Support (L1 Reviewer) edited 7. Privacy & Applicable Laws for CKAN (10593)
2023-06-05 05:37:48
L1 Reviewer - Support (L1 Reviewer) passed 1. SDG Relevance for CKAN (10593)
2023-06-05 05:37:44
L1 Reviewer - Support (L1 Reviewer) edited 1. SDG Relevance for CKAN (10593)
2023-06-05 05:30:13
L1 Reviewer - Support (L1 Reviewer) pulled CKAN (10593) under review
2023-05-23 11:12:24
Application clarifications submitted, Application move to L1 for review again
2023-05-23 11:12:24
New tag (Clarifications) added to application
2023-05-17 18:15:02
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) requested clarifications for CKAN (10593)
2023-05-17 18:15:00
System marked CKAN (10593) as a nominee
2023-05-17 18:14:49
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) passed Scale of Solution for CKAN (10593)
2023-05-17 18:14:39
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) require clarification on 9C. Protection from Harassment for CKAN (10593)
2023-05-17 18:13:40
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) passed 9B. Inappropriate & Illegal Content for CKAN (10593)
2023-05-17 18:12:36
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) require clarification on 9B. Inappropriate & Illegal Content for CKAN (10593)
2023-05-17 18:11:09
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) require clarification on 9A. Data Privacy & Security for CKAN (10593)
2023-05-17 17:50:55
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) passed 8. Open Standards & Best Practices for CKAN (10593)
2023-05-17 17:50:53
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) edited 8. Open Standards & Best Practices for CKAN (10593)
2023-05-17 17:49:20
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) require clarification on 7. Privacy & Applicable Laws for CKAN (10593)
2023-05-17 17:48:14
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) require clarification on 7. Privacy & Applicable Laws for CKAN (10593)
2023-05-17 17:44:19
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) require clarification on 1. SDG Relevance for CKAN (10593)
2023-05-17 17:39:56
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) passed 6. Non-PII Data Extraction for CKAN (10593)
2023-05-17 17:39:34
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) passed 5. Documentation for CKAN (10593)
2023-05-17 17:39:30
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) edited 5. Documentation for CKAN (10593)
2023-05-17 17:38:12
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) passed 4. Platform Independence for CKAN (10593)
2023-05-17 17:38:09
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) passed 3. Clear Ownership for CKAN (10593)
2023-05-17 17:38:04
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) edited 3. Clear Ownership for CKAN (10593)
2023-05-17 17:36:47
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) edited 2. Open Licensing for CKAN (10593)
2023-05-17 17:36:25
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) passed 2. Open Licensing for CKAN (10593)
2023-05-17 17:35:03
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) passed General Information for CKAN (10593)
2023-05-17 17:34:45
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) moved CKAN (10593) to under review
2023-05-17 05:39:47
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) finished consultation on 4. Platform Independence for CKAN (10593)
2023-05-16 09:45:20
Ivan Perdomo (Expert) submitted their inputs on 4. Platform Independence for CKAN (10593) as “input”
2023-05-15 19:53:40
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) requested consultation on 4. Platform Independence for CKAN (10593)
2023-05-15 19:53:16
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) moved CKAN (10593) to under consultation
2023-05-15 19:53:12
Ricardo Torres (L2 Reviewer) pulled CKAN (10593) under review
2023-05-12 03:52:26
Tanushka L1 (L1 Reviewer) submitted their review of CKAN (10593)
2023-05-12 03:52:07
Tanushka L1 (L1 Reviewer) passed Scale of Solution for CKAN (10593)
2023-05-12 03:51:51
Tanushka L1 (L1 Reviewer) passed 9C. Protection from Harassment for CKAN (10593)
2023-05-12 03:51:44
Tanushka L1 (L1 Reviewer) passed 9B. Inappropriate & Illegal Content for CKAN (10593)
2023-05-12 03:51:34
Tanushka L1 (L1 Reviewer) passed 9A. Data Privacy & Security for CKAN (10593)
2023-05-12 03:51:16
Tanushka L1 (L1 Reviewer) passed 8. Open Standards & Best Practices for CKAN (10593)
2023-05-12 03:51:04
Tanushka L1 (L1 Reviewer) failed 7. Privacy & Applicable Laws for CKAN (10593)
2023-05-12 03:50:35
Tanushka L1 (L1 Reviewer) edited a note on 7. Privacy & Applicable Laws for CKAN (10593)
2023-05-12 03:50:05
Tanushka L1 (L1 Reviewer) passed 6. Non-PII Data Extraction for CKAN (10593)
2023-05-12 03:49:51
Tanushka L1 (L1 Reviewer) passed 5. Documentation for CKAN (10593)
2023-05-12 03:49:13
Tanushka L1 (L1 Reviewer) passed 4. Platform Independence for CKAN (10593)
2023-05-12 03:48:59
Tanushka L1 (L1 Reviewer) passed 3. Clear Ownership for CKAN (10593)
2023-05-12 03:47:38
Tanushka L1 (L1 Reviewer) passed 2. Open Licensing for CKAN (10593)
2023-05-12 03:47:30
Tanushka L1 (L1 Reviewer) edited a note on 2. Open Licensing for CKAN (10593)
2023-05-12 03:46:06
Tanushka L1 (L1 Reviewer) passed 1. SDG Relevance for CKAN (10593)
2023-05-12 03:46:05
Tanushka L1 (L1 Reviewer) edited a note on 1. SDG Relevance for CKAN (10593)
2023-05-12 03:43:10
Tanushka L1 (L1 Reviewer) passed General Information for CKAN (10593)
2023-05-12 03:42:11
Tanushka L1 (L1 Reviewer) pulled CKAN (10593) under review
2023-05-11 10:07:05
() submitted application for CKAN (10593)