🆚 CKAN vs. Mastodon CMS

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

Type

Content management system
Content management system

About

CKAN is an open-source data management system for powering data hubs and data portals.

Mastodon is free, open-source software for running self-hosted, federated social networking services based on the ActivityPub protocol.

It allows users to host independent “instances” that communicate across the global “Fediverse,” supports up to 500-character posts (toots), images, video, audio, polls, local and federated timelines, chronological feeds with no ads or algorithms, and community-based moderation.

Headquarters

London, United Kingdom
Berlin, Germany

Website

Pricing

Free ✔️Open source
Free ✔️Open source

Categories

CMS › Rank #198
CMS › Rank #59

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Mastodon CMS is 13 times more popular than CKAN.
Total websites

Market share

CMS

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Mastodon CMS is more popular in Germany, France, and the United States, while CKAN is more popular in Mexico and Brazil.
Germany
France
United States
Portugal
United Kingdom
Japan
Netherlands
Finland
Canada
Australia

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Mastodon CMS is more popular among sites focused on social networking, business, and content server, while CKAN is more commonly used on public information and government and military sites.
Social Networking
Business
Content Server
Internet Services
Public Information
Entertainment
Government/Military
Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO
Blogs/Wiki
Games

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#58,368
#95,694
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Name
Rank
#35,763
#148,953
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See also

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