Since its inception, CKAN has evolved and is the leading[citation needed] open data platform software in the world, used by governments including the US and UK, to publish millions of public datasets.

[9] CKAN's back end, the part running on the Web server, is written mainly in Python.

CKAN maintains information about the data sets to be offered to users in PostgreSQL databases.

[10] The CKAN Stewardship proposal jointly put forward by Link Digital and Datopian received support from the Open Knowledge Foundation Board.

In appointing joint stewardship put up jointly by Link Digital and Datopian, the Board felt there was a clear practical path with strong leadership and committed funding to see CKAN grow and prosper in the years to come.