openbb

An open data platform that gives analysts, quants and AI agents access to financial data such as equities, crypto, options and economics through Python.

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Overview

Open Data Platform by OpenBB is an open source toolset for connecting proprietary, licensed and public data sources to downstream uses such as AI copilots and research dashboards. The idea is to connect once and consume everywhere: from Python for quants, from OpenBB Workspace and Excel for analysts, through MCP servers for AI agents, and through REST APIs for other applications. It covers financial data such as equities, crypto, options and economics. Install it with pip install openbb.

Key features

  • One Python interface, for example obb.equity.price.historical
  • Results convert to a pandas DataFrame
  • Serves data to OpenBB Workspace, Excel, MCP servers and REST APIs
  • Integrates proprietary, licensed and public data sources
  • Local API server to connect a backend to OpenBB Workspace

Best for

Analysts, quants and data engineers who want one layer that feeds financial data to notebooks, dashboards and AI agents. The license is listed as unspecified, so check the terms first.

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OpenBB-finance/OpenBB
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Guo-astro/openbb
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Category
Finance, data and research
License
Custom license (see repository)
Forked
2026-09-26
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In syncLast synced 2026-09-29