Fair enough. I've actually had some issues with CKAN being dumb in the past. But I've always been able to fix them myself. Though I guess that most people aren't as savy as you might expect.
I didn't see this on CKAN. You should add it! (CKAN is a HUGELY convenient mod manager for KSP that can automatically download and update your mods.)
https://github.com/KSP-CKAN/CKAN/wiki/Adding-a-mod-to-the-CKAN