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OpenBB — An open financial-data integration layer for Python, REST APIs, MCP, analysts, quants, and AI agents

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Stars
73,133
Primary language
Python
License
AGPL-3.0-only
Repository last updated
Sep 17, 2026

Overview

OpenBB's Open Data Platform connects public, licensed, and proprietary financial data providers once and exposes them to Python, REST APIs, MCP servers, OpenBB Workspace, and other downstream surfaces. The repository's current OpenBB Python package version is 4.7.3, while the Desktop latest-stable pointer references v1.0.2.

Features and best fit

Based on official documentation; not hands-on tested · Content checked:

Normalize equities, economics, fixed income, and other providers behind a common Python interface

The openbb package exposes a shared API such as obb.equity.price.historical(...) while provider packages can be swapped or extended underneath downstream analysis code.

Sources: [2][3]

Serve the same data layer through FastAPI REST and MCP to analysts, quants, and AI agents

The README describes a connect-once, consume-everywhere architecture spanning Python, Workspace, Excel, MCP servers, and REST APIs.

Sources: [2][3]

For teams that do not want to reimplement provider integrations separately for notebooks, dashboards, and agents

It fits analysts, quants, data engineers, and AI teams that want provider changes isolated behind one reusable financial-data layer.

Sources: [2]

Workspace is separate, and provider licensing and data quality remain external concerns

The README distinguishes the open-source data platform from the enterprise Workspace UI. API keys, commercial data rights, redistribution rules, and data accuracy depend on each provider, and the repository's Desktop release pointer uses a different version track from the Python package.

Sources: [2][4][3]

Official sources

  1. [1]OpenBB-finance/OpenBB — GitHub repository metadata(2026-09-17)
  2. [2]OpenBB — README(2026-09-17)
  3. [3]OpenBB Platform — pyproject.toml(2026-09-17)
  4. [4]OpenBB ODP Desktop latest stable pointer(2026-09-17)
Supplemental curator note

Its value is a shared financial-data layer that can serve Python, REST, MCP, and analyst workflows instead of locking data into one UI.

Try it in 3 steps

  1. 1

    Get the source

    git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/OpenBB-finance/OpenBB.git
  2. 2

    Enter the repository

    cd OpenBB
  3. 3

    Check the official steps

    Continue with the commands in the README Installation, Quick Start, or Getting Started section.

    find . -maxdepth 1 -iname 'README*' -exec sed -n '1,220p' {} \; -quit
Check the official README

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GitHub Topics

  • python
  • machine-learning
  • finance
  • stocks
  • quantitative-finance
  • economics
  • crypto
  • openbb
  • ai
  • derivatives
  • equity
  • fixed-income
Stars
73,133
Forks
7,564
Watchers
468
Open issues
54
Primary language
Python
Repository last updated
Sep 17, 2026
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