---
title: ldapps
description: This page provides documentation for ldapps functions used in the OpenBB
  finance terminal. These functions retrieve and display information about listed
  DeFi protocols, their current Total Valued Locked (TVL), and changes to it.
keywords:
- DeFi protocols
- ldapps
- dApps
- cryptocurrency
- Total Valued Locked (TVL)
- dataframe
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Returns information about listed DeFi protocols, their current TVL and changes to it in the last hour/day/week.

Source Code: [[link](https://github.com/OpenBB-finance/OpenBBTerminal/tree/main/openbb_terminal/cryptocurrency/defi/llama_model.py#L35)]

```python
openbb.crypto.defi.ldapps(limit: int = 100, sortby: str = "", ascend: bool = False, description: bool = False, drop_chain: bool = True)
```

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## Parameters

| Name | Type | Description | Default | Optional |
| ---- | ---- | ----------- | ------- | -------- |
| limit | int | The number of dApps to display | 100 | True |
| sortby | str | Key by which to sort data |  | True |
| ascend | bool | Flag to sort data descending | False | True |
| description | bool | Flag to display description of protocol | False | True |
| drop_chain | bool | Whether to drop the chain column | True | True |


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## Returns

| Type | Description |
| ---- | ----------- |
| pd.DataFrame | Information about DeFi protocols |
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Prints table showing information about listed DeFi protocols, their current TVL and changes to it in

Source Code: [[link](https://github.com/OpenBB-finance/OpenBBTerminal/tree/main/openbb_terminal/cryptocurrency/defi/llama_view.py#L94)]

```python
openbb.crypto.defi.ldapps_chart(sortby: str, limit: int = 20, ascend: bool = False, description: bool = False, export: str = "")
```

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## Parameters

| Name | Type | Description | Default | Optional |
| ---- | ---- | ----------- | ------- | -------- |
| limit | int | Number of records to display | 20 | True |
| sortby | str | Key by which to sort data | None | False |
| ascend | bool | Flag to sort data descending | False | True |
| description | bool | Flag to display description of protocol | False | True |
| export | str | Export dataframe data to csv,json,xlsx file |  | True |


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## Returns

This function does not return anything

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