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GeoNode vs deegree: catalog facts
GeoNode	deegree
Best for: Organisations running their own spatial data infrastructure	Best for: Organisations publishing spatial data through OGC web services
Free Free and open source under the GPL.	Free Free and open source, supported by donations and sponsorship.
Web, Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Supports OGC standards such as WMS, WFS, WCS, WMTS and CSW Fine-grained permissions and groups for sharing data All 4 strengths for GeoNode Supports OGC standards such as WMS, WFS, WCS, WMTS and CSW Fine-grained permissions and groups for sharing data Django base with REST APIs for customisation Active maintenance and development release lines	Includes the OGC WMS reference implementation Fully compliant WFS plus CSW, WPS and WMTS All 3 strengths for deegree Includes the OGC WMS reference implementation Fully compliant WFS plus CSW, WPS and WMTS Long-running OSGeo project with several maintaining organisations
A server platform that needs setup and administration Aimed at organisations rather than individual map users	Requires running and configuring a Java server Aimed at GIS administrators rather than end users
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: GPL	License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for GeoNode geonode.org Catalog checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for deegree deegree.org Catalog checked October 2, 2026

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