Elite Dangerous Data Network is a tool that facilitates players of the game Elite Dangerous, including its expansions, sharing data about the game galaxy with others. By pooling data in a common format, tools and analyses can be produced that add an even greater depth and vibrancy to the in-game universe.

EDDN is not run by or affiliated with the developer of the game - Frontier Developments.

The live EDDN service itself does not store any data, and thus makes no archive or "current state" available to anyone. What it provides is a stream of live data to any interested parties. Some of those then make aggregated data available for general use.

Using EDDN

Game players

It might be useful to consult the EDCD Cmdr's Guide for a general overview of how players can contribute and use game data.

Contributing data

There are a variety of tools available to players in order for them to help out by contributing data, and to then utilise that data to enhance their gameplay experience.

For the most part any player who wishes to share data will need to be playing the game on a PC, as that gives direct access to "Journal" files written by the game client. These are the best source of game data. There are, however, some tools that utilise an API provided by the game developer that can supply some data if you are playing on a console.

So, on PC, look into installing one of the following tools:

This list is not exhaustive, or intended to particular endorse any of these projects over another, listed here or not.

If you are playing on console some options are:

The 'console updater', available in a user's 'dashboard' on EDSM.
Journal Limpet.

Utilising data

If you're looking for tools that utilise EDDN data to enhance your experience then you're probably looking for one of the sites listed below. NB: These are listed in name-alphabetical order and no particular ranking or endorsement is intended.

EDDB - a website which tries to act as a database of all the data available in the game. In general EDDB tries to help finding stuff which players are looking for.
EDSM - originally focused on being a 'Star Map', but has since expanded its functionality. Of particular interest to in-game explorers.
Inara - a popular alternative to EDDB, with a lot of its own unique functionality.
Spansh - originally this had one tool, a 'Neutron Star' route plotter, but has since expanded into offering many other route plotting tools and general data searching.

There are many other third-party tools for Elite Dangerous, both for contributing data and utilising it, listed on Elite: Dangerous Codex. Some of them interact with EDDN - check the EDDN tag.

Developers

If you are a developer of a third-party tool that could be enhanced by uploading data to EDDN then please consult the live branch documentation . DO NOT assume that any code or documentation in the master (or any other) branch on GitHub truly reflects the current live service!

Anyone planning to send data too EDDN MUST comply with all the advice in that document, and the individual schema README files as applicable. It's also the best resource for those listening to the EDDN data stream.

Misc

Service Status

Consult EDDN Status for some information about, and statistics for, the live service.

Hosting of the live service

Hosting is currently provided by the Elite: Dangerous Community Developers.

Contacting the EDDN team

EDCD Discord - Use the #eddn channel.
E:D forum thread

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