Magda

github.com/magda-io/magda AI Data & Analytics Open-source projectOpen source

A federated, open-source data catalog for all your big data and small data.

github.com/magda-io/magda
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About Magda

Magda is an open-source, federated data catalog. It aims to give organizations a single place to catalogue, enrich, search, track, and prioritize data, whether the data is big or small, internal or external, and stored as files, databases, or APIs. The system is designed around federation, providing a single view across data of interest regardless of where it is stored or where it was sourced. It can crawl external data sources, track changes, make automatic enhancements, and send notifications when changes occur.

Magda has been used in production for over a year by data.gov.au and is described as relatively mature for open data search. The project is under active development by a small team; newer features may not be documented well or may require specific configuration. General-purpose data catalog use is supported but may have rough edges.

Key features

  • Crawls external data sources and tracks changes
  • Makes automatic enhancements and sends notifications when changes occur
  • Provides a federated single view across data of interest
  • Catalogues, enriches, searches, tracks and prioritizes organizational data
  • Handles data available as files, databases or APIs
  • Open-source codebase with search, registry, storage and authorization APIs
Best for: Organizations and open data portals that need to discover, search, and track data across multiple internal and external sources.
Good for
  • Open source and designed for federation across different data storage locations
  • Used in production for over a year by data.gov.au for open data search
  • Can crawl sources, track changes, make automatic enhancements and send notifications
Watch out for
  • Under active development by a small team with competing priorities
  • Newer features may not be documented well or may require specific configuration
  • General-purpose data catalog use may have rough edges

Magda at a glance

Type
Open-source project
Pricing
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Open source
Yes · Source code
Language
English
Last checked
Oct 6, 2026 · Online when checked
Listed
Oct 5, 2026

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Magda FAQ

What is Magda?
Magda is an open-source data catalog system that provides a single place to catalogue, enrich, search, track, and prioritize an organization's data, whether big or small, internally or externally sourced, and available as files, databases, or APIs.
Is Magda mature for open data search?
Magda has been used in production for over a year by data.gov.au and is described as relatively mature for that use case.
What limitations should users expect?
The project is under active development by a small team, so newer features may not be documented well or may require specific configuration, and general-purpose data catalog use may have rough edges.
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