install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install ckan

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#ckan

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ck/ckan/package.nix · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Comprehensive Kerbal Archive Network

Project links

Commands and aliases

ckan

history

Project history and usage

CKAN is the Comprehensive Kerbal Archive Network, a metadata repository and mod manager for Kerbal Space Program. In packaging culture it is a game-specific package manager inspired by Debian and CPAN ideas.

Project history

The official README defines CKAN as metadata and tools for finding, installing, and managing Kerbal Space Program mods, with dependency and conflict handling. The official specification presents it as an RFC for a standardized archive network for KSP mods.

The GitHub repository was created in 2014, and the release API shows public releases from the same year. The README says the project remains under active development.

Adoption history

The batch input records CKAN in Homebrew and Nix. Upstream also publishes GitHub releases and a NuGet package badge, while the README points players to the wiki user guide and modders to metadata contribution workflows.

How it is used

Players use CKAN to find, install, update, and manage KSP mods with compatibility, dependency, and conflict checks. Mod authors and metadata contributors use the CKAN metadata specification and schema to describe mod releases.

Why package nerds care

CKAN is package-nerd significant because it transposes classic package-manager ideas into a game-mod ecosystem: detached JSON metadata, dependency constraints, conflict metadata, validation, indexes, and an authoritative metadata repository.

Timeline

2014: Official GitHub repository created.
2014: Early GitHub release v1.3.3 published.
2014: CKAN specification describes Debian and CPAN as design inspirations.
2026: Official repository metadata shows continuing activity.

Related projects

The CKAN specification cites CPAN metadata, Debian Policy, and KSP-RealSolarSystem-Bundler as design influences.
The README distinguishes KSP-CKAN from the unrelated open-data portal software also named CKAN.

Sources

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for ckan. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 1 platform targets.
Installs with 1 runtime dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`ckan`	cli	global executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08

manager version1.36.4

manager updated2026-05-12

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

https://github.com/KSP-CKAN/CKAN

infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/KSP-CKAN/CKANnone confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:ckan
Version	1.36.4
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/ckan
Homepage	https://github.com/KSP-CKAN/CKAN/
Repository	https://github.com/KSP-CKAN/CKAN
Upstream docs	https://github.com/KSP-CKAN/CKAN#readme
License	MIT
Source archive	https://github.com/KSP-CKAN/CKAN/releases/download/v1.36.4/ckan.exe
Last updated	2026-05-12T20:50:11Z
Pulse	updated
Dependencies	mono
Bottle	available (on all)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared
Caveats	To use the CKAN GUI, install the ckan-app cask.

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	ckan
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix95%

ckan

nix profile install nixpkgs#ckan

normalized package name match
Matched by: Ckan

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package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/ckan.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
av.db category and tag curation
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

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