Explorers
Resources open in a preview that matches their format, without downloading anything first. 14 explorers are built in; 7 have a live example in this catalog right now.
DataStore table
Any resource loaded into the CKAN DataStore
Server-side search, filters, sorting and paging over SQL; data dictionary with column profiles; filtered downloads; API snippets.
Map
GeoJSON, TopoJSON, Shapefile (zip), KML, KMZ, GPX, ArcGIS REST, ArcGIS Hub pages, WMS
MapLibre map with feature popups, attribute table and GeoJSON export. Large services are drawn as server-rendered images.
CSV / TSV table
CSV, TSV and other delimited text
Parsed in the browser (delimiter detected). Search, sort, page, hide columns and download the filtered rows.
The CSV files in this catalog are loaded into the DataStore, so they open in the DataStore table explorer instead.
Spreadsheet
XLSX, XLS, XLSM, ODS
Every sheet as a tab, read with SheetJS. Same table tools as CSV.
Parquet
Apache Parquet
Read in the browser with hyparquet (Snappy, Gzip, Brotli, Zstd), with the column schema.
No resource of this type in the catalog yet.
JSON
JSON, JSON Lines
Collapsible tree. Arrays of records also open as a table.
No resource of this type in the catalog yet.
PDF
PDF
The browser’s own PDF viewer, embedded on the page.
Image
PNG, JPEG, GIF, WebP, SVG
Shown inline with its pixel size; click to open full size.
Markdown
Markdown
Rendered as formatted text.
No resource of this type in the catalog yet.
Text
TXT, XML, RDF, YAML, SQL, logs
First 2 MB with line numbers; XML is indented.
No resource of this type in the catalog yet.
Word document
DOCX
Converted to HTML in the browser with mammoth (headings, lists, tables, images).
ZIP archive
ZIP
Lists every file with its size. Zipped shapefiles open as a map instead.
No resource of this type in the catalog yet.
Video
MP4, WebM, OGV
Native browser player.
No resource of this type in the catalog yet.
Audio
MP3, WAV, OGG, M4A
Native browser player.