Exodata
July 21, 2026 ยท View on GitHub
A web application for exploring the NASA Exoplanet Archive data. Browse stellar hosts and exoplanets through an interactive UI or query the data programmatically via REST API.
Live site: https://exodata.space/
Source: https://github.com/oiwn/exodata
Built with Rust using Leptos for the frontend, Axum for the backend, and Polars for data processing.
Features
- Interactive Web UI - Browse and sort stellar hosts and exoplanets tables with customizable columns
- REST API - Paginated endpoints for stellarhosts and exoplanets with sorting and column selection
- SQL Queries - Execute SELECT queries directly against the dataset via API
- Hosted MCP - Read-only MCP endpoint for agent access to curated insights
- Swagger Documentation - Interactive API docs at
/swagger-ui - Schema Introspection - Get column metadata including descriptions and units
Quick Start
cargo leptos watch
Open your browser to http://127.0.0.1:3000.
Documentation
| Topic | Description |
|---|---|
| REST API | Endpoints, query parameters, SQL queries, response formats |
| MCP Server | Hosted agent endpoint, tool list, and per-client configuration |
| CLI Tools | exodata package and commands for catalog queries, downloads, and insights |
| Testing | Unit tests, Playwright e2e, code coverage |
| Deployment | Docker, Ansible, DigitalOcean setup |
| Architecture | System design and component overview |