The Comprehensive Knowledge Archive Network is an open source product from the Open Knowledge Foundation that provides data catalog capabilities.

CKAN is the Comprehensive Knowledge Archive Network and is an open source product from the Open Knowledge Foundation that provides data catalog capabilities. CKAN is a data portal platform that allows an organization to manage, publish, and share data and for others to find and use that data.

CKAN is an open source product that incorporates additional open source products like Solr and Ubuntu. CKAN installation guidelines are detailed on the site.