Data & Analytics
Data Catalogs & Portals
Tools for cataloging, publishing, discovering, and managing metadata for datasets across one or more data sources.
Best Data Catalogs & Portals tools by public signals
These picks are computed from scored public evidence. Use the openness column in the ranking to separate OSI-approved, source-available, open-core, proprietary, and unverified-license tools.
Use Case Rankings
Ordered by ToolVitals score, then health, shipping, confidence, GitHub stars, and name.
| # | Tool | Health | Shipping | Openness | Stars | Score | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Project Nessie Transactional catalog for data lakes with Git-like semantics. | 95 | 93 | OSI-approved OSS | 1.5k | 94 | Active |
| 02 | Magda Federated open-source data catalog for big and small data. | 85 | 89 | OSI-approved OSS | 606 | 87 | Active |
| 03 | odd-platform First open-source data discovery and observability platform. We make a life for data practitioners easy so you can focus on your business. | 58 | 33 | OSI-approved OSS | 1.4k | 48 | Warning |
| 04 | FirstData Open-source data source knowledge base for structured reference and discovery. | 53 | 31 | OSI-approved OSS | 185 | 44 | Warning |
| 05 | parsimony A lightweight Python framework for financial data discovery, indexing, retrieval and ingestion. | 53 | 30 | OSI-approved OSS | 1 | 44 | Warning |
| 06 | Datannur Portable data catalog that can run without a server. | 49 | 31 | OSI-approved OSS | 4 | 42 | Critical |