In Category on 19 Oct 2026
How Greece built its national data portal on CKAN
data.gov.gr now holds 22,000+ datasets from 510+ public bodies, with DCAT-AP metadata, quality scores and harvesting into data.europa.eu
We are happy to announce that the new patch release for 2.8.x is now available to download and install. This patch release fix important bugs and security issues, so users should upgrade as soon as possible to the latest patch release for the CKAN version they are using.
Patch release upgrades are very straight-forward and do not contain any backwards incompatible changes or involve any change in the requirements, database or Solr schema.
Please refer to the CHANGELOG file to see if you might be affected:
For details on how to upgrade, see the following links depending on your install method:
If you find any problem, let us know in the mailing list or the IRC channel.
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In Category on 02 Sep 2026
CKAN 2.12: A Major Release That Changes How You Work With Your Data
If you run a CKAN portal, 2.12 is the release to pay attention to. Large downloads stop crawling, files become things you can manage in their own right, the interface gets a modern refresh, and older instances get critical security fixes. It's the last 2.x release — and the groundwork for everything 3.0 brings.