OpenBB/openbb_platform

OpenBB Platform

OpenBB is committed to build the future of investment research by focusing on an open source infrastructure accessible to everyone, everywhere.
Check our website at openbb.co

Overview

The OpenBB Platform provides a convenient way to access raw financial data from multiple data providers. The package comes with a ready to use REST API - this allows developers from any language to easily create applications on top of OpenBB Platform.

Please find the complete documentation at docs.openbb.co.

Installation

PyPI

The command below provides access to the core functionalities behind the OpenBB Platform, and a selection of sources.

pip install openbb

This will install the core, router modules, and the following data providers:

Extension Name	Description	Installation Command	Minimum Subscription Type Required
openbb-benzinga	Benzinga data connector	pip install openbb-benzinga	Paid
openbb-bls	Bureau of Labor Statistics data connector	pip install openbb-bls	Free
openbb-congress-gov	US Congress API data connector	pip install openbb-congress-gov	Free
openbb-cftc	Commodity Futures Trading Commission data connector	pip install openbb-cftc	Free
openbb-econdb	EconDB data connector	pip install openbb-econdb	None
openbb-imf	IMF data connector	pip install openbb-imf	None
openbb-fmp	FMP data connector	pip install openbb-fmp	Free
openbb-fred	FRED data connector	pip install openbb-fred	Free
openbb-intrinio	Intrinio data connector	pip install openbb-intrinio	Paid
openbb-oecd	OECD data connector	pip install openbb-oecd	Free
openbb-polygon	Polygon data connector	pip install openbb-polygon	Free
openbb-sec	SEC data connector	pip install openbb-sec	None
openbb-tiingo	Tiingo data connector	pip install openbb-tiingo	Free
openbb-tradingeconomics	TradingEconomics data connector	pip install openbb-tradingeconomics	Paid
openbb-yfinance	Yahoo Finance data connector	pip install openbb-yfinance	None

Extras

These packages are not installed when pip install openbb is run. They are available for installation separately or by running pip install openbb[all].

Extension Name	Description	Installation Command	Minimum Subscription Type Required
openbb-mcp-server	Run the OpenBB Platform as a MCP server	pip install openbb-mcp-server	None
openbb-charting	Integrated Plotly charting library and dedicated window rendering.	pip install openbb-charting	None
openbb-alpha-vantage	Alpha Vantage data connector	pip install openbb-alpha-vantage	Free
openbb-biztoc	Biztoc News data connector	pip install openbb-biztoc	Free
openbb-cboe	Cboe data connector	pip install openbb-cboe	None
openbb-deribit	Deribit data connector	pip install openbb-deribit	None
openbb-ecb	ECB data connector	pip install openbb-ecb	None
openbb-famafrench	Ken French Data Library connector	pip install openbb-famafrench	None
openbb-federal-reserve	Federal Reserve data connector	pip install openbb-federal-reserve	None
openbb-finra	FINRA data connector	pip install openbb-finra	None / Free
openbb-finviz	Finviz data connector	pip install openbb-finviz	None
openbb-government-us	US Government data connector	pip install openbb-us-government	None
openbb-nasdaq	Nasdaq Data Link connector	pip install openbb-nasdaq	None / Free
openbb-seeking-alpha	Seeking Alpha data connector	pip install openbb-seeking-alpha	None
openbb-stockgrid	Stockgrid data connector	pip install openbb-stockgrid	None
openbb-tmx	TMX data connector	pip install openbb-tmx	None
openbb-tradier	Tradier data connector	pip install openbb-tradier	None
openbb-wsj	Wall Street Journal data connector	pip install openbb-wsj	None

pip install openbb-equity openbb-yfinance

Python

>>> from openbb import obb
>>> output = obb.equity.price.historical("AAPL")
>>> df = output.to_dataframe()
>>> df.tail()

date	open	high	low	close
2025-09-30	254.86	255.92	253.11	254.63
2025-10-01	255.04	258.79	254.93	255.45
2025-10-02	256.58	258.18	254.15	257.13
2025-10-03	254.67	259.24	253.95	258.02
2025-10-06	257.945	259.07	255.05	256.69

API keys

To fully leverage the OpenBB Platform you need to get some API keys to connect with data providers (listed above).

Here's how to set them:

Local file

Specify the keys directly in the ~/.openbb_platform/user_settings.json file.

Populate this file with the following template and replace the values with your keys:

{
  "credentials": {
    "fmp_api_key": "REPLACE_ME",
    "polygon_api_key": "REPLACE_ME",
    "benzinga_api_key": "REPLACE_ME",
    "fred_api_key": "REPLACE_ME"
  }
}

Runtime

Credentials can be set for the current session only, using the Python interface.

>>> from openbb import obb
>>> obb.user.credentials.fred_api_key = "REPLACE_ME"
>>> obb.user.credentials.polygon_api_key = "REPLACE_ME"

Go to the documentation for more details.

REST API

The OpenBB Platform comes with a ready-to-use REST API built with FastAPI. Start the application using this command:

uvicorn openbb_core.api.rest_api:app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8000 --reload

API documentation is found under "/docs", from the root of the server address, and is viewable in any browser supporting HTTP over localhost, such as Chrome.

See the documentation for runtime settings and configurations.

Local Development

To develop with the source code, you need to have the following:

• Git
• Python 3.10 - 3.13.
• Virtual Environment with poetry installed.
  • Activate your virtual environment and run, pip install poetry.
• A local copy of the GitHub repository

Install the repository for local development by using the installation script.

1. Activate your virtual environment.
2. Navigate into the openbb_platform folder.
3. Run python dev_install.py -e to install all packages in editable mode.

See the documentation for an overview of the architecture and how to get started building your own extensions.