# Talking Drupal #545 - DKAN

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Podcast: [Talking Drupal](https://stenobird.com/podcast/talking-drupal-410099)
Published: 2026-03-23T18:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://sacstudio.libsyn.com/talking-drupal-545-dkan
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## Resource

Today we are talking about the open data platform DKAN, what it's used for, and how it applies to Drupal with guests Liz Tupper & Dan Feder. We'll also cover Modern Drupal Dashboard as our module of the week. For show notes visit: https://www.talkingDrupal.com/545 Topics What Is DKAN Who Uses Open Data 20:08 DKAN Origin Story Why Drupal Fits DKAN From Distribution to Module DKAN 2 Rebuild and JSON Shift Async Jobs and API First How Teams Publish Data What a Dataset Really Is Metadata vs Data Access Why DKAN Left Drupal Org Migration Path to DKAN Four Harvesting and Data Store ETL APIs Visualizations and Bots Roadmap Data Store and AI Contributing and Where to File Issues Resources DKAN DKAN Drupal Module DKAN on GitHub Public sites using DKAN 2 DKAN channel on Drupal Slack JSON Form Widget Guests Liz Tupper - civicactions.com etupper Dan Feder - getdkan.org dafeder Hosts Nic Laflin - nLighteneddevelopment.com nicxvan John Picozzi - epam.com johnpicozzi Steve Wirt - civicactions.com Swirt MOTW Correspondent Martin Anderson-Clutz - mandclu.com mandclu Brief description: Have you ever wanted to have your Drupal site admins start with a fast, widget-based interface that surfaces key site metrics, system health, and operational insights? There's a module for that. Module name/project name: Modern Drupal Dashboard Brief history How old: created in Feb 2026 by Gaurav Kapoor (gaurav.kapoor) of werk21 in Berlin Versions available: 1.0.5, which works with Drupal core 10.3 and 11 Maintainership Actively maintained Security coverage Number of open issues: no open issues Usage stats: 4 sites Module features and usage With the module installed, site visitors with the new "Access modern dashboard" permission can access a React-based dashboard with widgets to provide insights on topic…

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