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The latest patch releases for CKAN, packed with enhancements, bug fixes, and updates to improve your platform’s stability and functionality.
Rufus Pollock, creator of CKAN and founder of the Open Knowledge Foundation, shares the origin story of CKAN, lessons from 25 years in open data, and a vision for building sensemaking tools in the age of AI.
Join the CKAN POSE team’s community listening sessions this June to share your ideas, connect with others, and help shape a stronger, more inclusive CKAN ecosystem. Open to all—register now.
The second CKAN Extensions Demo Day brought another round of focused, real-world solutions for CKAN-based data portals. Each extension demo tackled persistent challenges—from upload validation and custom data listings to cloud-scale performance and system diagnostics.
The first CKAN Extensions Demo Day brought together developers and practitioners to showcase practical enhancements for CKAN-based data portals. Each extension directly addresses common operational challenges—improving usability, security, metadata management, and user interaction.
When we talk about data portals, we usually focus on their role in collecting and cataloguing data, improving its quality and making it more discoverable and shareable. But even with the very best data portal, it can still just be data sitting on a site.
From fragmented spreadsheets to actionable insights—how NRC leverages CKAN’s open-source power for better decision-making in crisis response.
CKAN sites can now easily expose their datasets to ML pipelines with the help of the newly released croissant plugin.
Discover how the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is using CKAN to streamline humanitarian data management, improve collaboration, and enhance data accessibility for field teams across 40+ countries.
