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Open Data Editor

The Open Data Editor (ODE) is a free, open-source tool designed to help nonprofits, data journalists, activists, and public servants detect errors in their datasets. It is designed for people working with tabular data (Excel, Google Sheets, CSV) who don’t know how to code or don’t have programming skills.

Posted byby OKFN
July 2, 2025

Building AI-Ready Communities: Meet the Global Cohort Transforming Data Practice with Open Data Editor

ODE in action: A new cohort of pilot organisations will start testing ODE with new responsible AI-powered features on issues as varied as data journalism, academic research, cultural heritage, and public sector data.

Posted byby Topuzogullari Sayat
June 24, 2025

How Open Data Editor empowers our weapon watch network

The coordinator of The Observatoire des armements reports on his experience piloting ODE: "It enabled us to better organize our data processes."

Posted byby Richard Muraya
June 24, 2025

How Open Data Editor simplifies open data analysis processes

The Executive Director of The Demography Project reports on their experience piloting ODE: "It rekindle the spark that inspires why we do our work and boosted my team’s collegiality."

Posted byby Nikesh Balami
June 24, 2025

How Open Data Editor improves our local government data practices

The CEO of Open Knowledge Nepal reports on their experience piloting ODE: "It wasn’t just a success in terms of outputs; it was a cultural shift."

Posted byby Kristian Ravić
June 24, 2025

How Open Data Editor helps us embrace FAIR data principles

The senior advisor of the City of Zagreb reports on his experience piloting ODE: "It has been incredibly beneficial in my data work."

Posted byby Pauline Karega
June 24, 2025

How Open Data Editor makes Genomic data approachable for our bioinformatics community

The coordinator of the Bioinformatics Hub of Kenya Initiative reports on her experience piloting ODE: "It simplified everything."

Posted byby OKFN
June 3, 2025

[Call for Organisations] Join a pilot to try AI that helps you fix, clean, and understand your data — no coding needed

Apply to explore how local, privacy-preserving AI can make your data work easier and safer while using the Open Data Editor.

Posted byby OKFN
May 20, 2025

Open Data Editor in Action: Enhancing genomic data literacy among researcher communities in Kenya

Bioinformatics Hub of Kenya initiative (BHKi) was able to find errors in over-complex spreadsheets and use ODE's metadata panel to standardise schemas for future surveys.

Posted byby OKFN
May 20, 2025

Open Data Editor in Action: Streamlining data governance and unlocking the potential value of urban data in Croatia

The City of Zagreb was able to reduce error-resolution time, comply with open data standards and foster a culture of data literacy across different city offices in the capital of Croatia

Posted byby OKFN
May 19, 2025

Open Data Editor in Action: Empowering local government staff across municipalities in Nepal

Open Knowledge Nepal was able to cut error-resolution time from weeks to hours and audit 40+ datasets across 5 municipalities, enabling public servants to validate data independently.

Open Technology Research Officially Launches to Strengthen Global Research Community

The Road to a Press Freedom AI Commons

Open Knowledge Foundation Priorities for the 2025 OGP

Travis Gerke: ‘Academia is still very supportive of the singular hero scientist. But most things take teams’

Andrés Vázquez: ‘90% of technological problems can be solved with tools that have been around for decades’

Jaya Klara Brekke: ‘Know who runs your infrastructure’

Our Network Contribution to Shape the European Open Digital Ecosystem Strategy

School of Data Returns: Scaling Digital Literacy Through Trainer Multipliers

Presentation & Expert Roundtable: ‘From Software to Society — Openness in a Changing World’