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, health, shipping, confidence, and then adoption as a tie-breaker.
| # | Tool | Health | Shipping | Openness | Stars | Score | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | CKAN CKAN is an open-source DMS (data management system) for powering data hubs and data portals. CKAN makes it easy to publish, share and use data. It powers catalog.data.gov, open.canada.ca/data, data.humdata.org among many other sites. | 83 | 86 | OSI-approved OSS | 5.1k | 88 | Active |
| 02 | core-geonetwork GeoNetwork is a catalog application to manage spatially referenced resources. It provides powerful metadata editing and search functions as well as an interactive web map viewer. It is currently used in numerous Spatial Data Infrastructure initiatives across the world. | 83 | 84 | OSI-approved OSS | 510 | 87 | Active |