CKAN
CKAN is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Archiving category, licensed AGPL-3.0 and written mainly in Python. It has 5,146 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 26, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 5,146
- Forks
- 2,121
- Open issues
- 663
- Commits, last 12 months
- 1,008
- Last commit
- Oct 26, 2026
- Latest release
- ckan-2.12.0Aug 26, 2026
- Created
- Nov 10, 2011
- License
- AGPL-3.0Open source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 26, 2026, 1,008 commits in 12 months.
- Regular releases7 releases in 12 months
- Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub
| Last commit | Oct 26, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 1,008 |
| Latest release | ckan-2.12.0 (Aug 26, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 7 |
| Releases, all time | 20 |
| Open issues | 663 |
| Open pull requests | 205 |
| Good first issues | 0 |
| Contributing guide | Yes |
| Security policy | Yes |
| Created | Nov 10, 2011 |
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About CKAN
Make open data websites.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/ckan/ckan.
Topics
- python
- open-data
- data
- catalog
- api
- ckan
- ckanext
- digitalpublicgoods
- dpg
- sdg16
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Is CKAN free and open source?
Yes. CKAN is open-source software released under the AGPL-3.0 license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.
Can I run CKAN with Docker?
CKAN does not list an official Docker image. It installs natively (Python), so follow the install steps in its README or look for a community-maintained container.
What are the best alternatives to CKAN?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to CKAN include Paperless-ngx, ArchiveBox and Wallabag.
Is CKAN actively maintained?
The most recent commit to CKAN was on Oct 26, 2026 with 1,008 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is ckan-2.12.0, published Aug 26, 2026. It had 663 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.