- Stars
- 11,267
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Last commit
- 3 days ago
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Best Data Catalogs & Governance Tools
Explore leading tools in the Data Catalogs & Governance category, including open-source options and SaaS products. Compare features, use cases, and find the best fit for your workflow.
9 open-source projects · 9 SaaS products
Top open-source Data Catalogs & Governance
These projects are active, self-hostable choices for knowledge management teams evaluating alternatives to SaaS tools.
OpenMetadata
Unified platform for data discovery, governance, and observability
- Stars
- 8,104
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Last commit
- 3 days ago
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- Stars
- 4,897
- License
- Unknown
- Last commit
- 9 days ago
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Amundsen
Google‑style search engine for data assets across your organization
- Stars
- 4,702
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Last commit
- 4 days ago
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Apache Gravitino
Geo-distributed federated metadata lake for unified data governance
- Stars
- 2,387
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Last commit
- 3 days ago
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- Stars
- 2,065
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Last commit
- 21 days ago
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Unified metadata platform for modern data discovery and governance
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3 days ago
OpenMetadata delivers a unified metadata repository, column‑level lineage, 84+ connectors, and collaborative tools for data discovery, governance, quality, and observability—all in an open‑source platform.
Popular SaaS Platforms to Replace
Understand the commercial incumbents teams migrate from and how many open-source alternatives exist for each product.
Alation
Data catalog platform for data discovery, governance, and lineage
Data Catalogs & Governance
Alternatives tracked
9 alternatives
Ataccama
Unified data management platform combining catalog, governance, data quality, and MDM
Data Catalogs & Governance
Alternatives tracked
9 alternatives
Atlan
Modern data catalog and collaborative metadata platform for data discovery and governance
Data Catalogs & Governance
Alternatives tracked
9 alternatives
AWS Glue Data Catalog
Centralized metadata repository with crawlers, schema management, and lineage
Data Catalogs & Governance
Alternatives tracked
9 alternatives
Azure Purview
Unified data governance service for discovering, classifying, and governing on-premises and cloud data assets across the enterprise
Data Catalogs & Governance
Alternatives tracked
9 alternatives
Collibra
Data intelligence platform with catalog, governance, and data quality
Data Catalogs & Governance
Alternatives tracked
9 alternatives
Most compared product
9 open-source alternatives
Alation helps teams find, trust, and use data with search, business glossary, lineage, and AI-assisted curation across cloud and on-prem sources.
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