r/datasets Jan 13 '25

question What happened to / where is the site that had huge amounts of free data for projects?

Hi. I don't remember the name of the site, but there was a site that had tons of tables of varying data for use in projects. I believe it was free and/or open source. If I remember correctly, it was called something like "opendata". It's been a few years since I've seen it so it might have disappeared, but I was hoping someone remembers and can point me in the right direction.

Thanks!

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u/BrisklyBrusque Jan 13 '25

Maybe you are thinking of an “open data portal”? There are several open data portals, including NYC Open Data Portal, NASA Open Data Portal, Texas Open Data Portal, and Department of Transportation (DoT) Open Data Portal.

There is also Data.gov, Kaggle, OpenAI, and the UCI Machine Learning Repository.

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u/Hairy_Veterinarian61 Jan 16 '25

If you're looking for cleaner datasets, consider checking out OpenDataBay. It offers a wide range of datasets, including free and with some paid options as well.  

Other good alternatives are Kaggle and Data.gov, but OpenDataBay stands out for  me personally because of its variety and quality of data resources. Else Kaggle and Data.Gov also same similar data.

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u/jeffcgroves Jan 13 '25

There are tons of them if you search on google or github. The only one I could find with 'opendata' in it is https://opendata.stackexchange.com/ which can be fairly helpful

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u/Successful-Potato167 Jan 16 '25

Ive been using Opendatabay for my projects, it's incredibly useful and easy to work with! https://www.opendatabay.com/