# Install ckan with Homebrew, Nix Comprehensive Kerbal Archive Network. Version 1.36.4 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-12. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:ckan ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install ckan ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#ckan ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ck/ckan/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:ckan - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.36.4 - **Source summary:** Comprehensive Kerbal Archive Network - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-05-12T20:50:11Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - ckan (cli) - ckan (alias) ## Dependencies - mono ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Caveats: To use the CKAN GUI, install the ckan-app cask. - Bottle: available on all ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 1.36.4 - Package-manager updated: 2026-05-12 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/KSP-CKAN/CKAN - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## 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 Notes 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. ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** ckan - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - ckan: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ck/ckan/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Archive and compression packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/archive-compression-tools/) - Matched archive or compression metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [mono](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mono/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [ferium](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ferium/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, games, mod-management, mods. - [pacmc](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pacmc/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, games, mod-management, mod-manager. - [scummvm-tools](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/scummvm-tools/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, game-tools, games. - [advancescan](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/advancescan/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, games. - [allureofthestars](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/allureofthestars/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, games. - [angband](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/angband/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, games. - [archi-steam-farm](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/archi-steam-farm/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, games. - [arx-libertatis](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/arx-libertatis/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, games. - [spaceinvaders-go](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/spaceinvaders-go/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, game, games, space. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/ckan.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/ckan.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph