{ "name": "Top 10 most-starred AI trading repos on GitHub", "page": "https://bestaitradingtools.com/github-repos/top-10", "dataChecked": "2026-10-29", "items": [ { "rank": 1, "name": "TradingAgents", "github": "TauricResearch/TradingAgents", "githubUrl": "https://github.com/TauricResearch/TradingAgents", "stars": 117975, "communityScore": 85, "summary": "An AI research desk in a box: analyst agents argue, a risk manager signs off.", "catch": "It researches. It does not trade on its own, and the project publishes no audited track record. One Hacker News reviewer who read the code found news being counted twice. Treat it as a sparring partner, not a fund manager.", "trades": [ "Stocks", "ETFs", "Crypto" ], "plugsInto": [ "ChatGPT", "Claude", "Gemini", "DeepSeek", "Local models", "Alpha Vantage", "Yahoo Finance" ] }, { "rank": 2, "name": "OpenBB", "github": "OpenBB-finance/OpenBB", "githubUrl": "https://github.com/OpenBB-finance/OpenBB", "stars": 74845, "communityScore": 85, "summary": "The free, open-source take on a Bloomberg Terminal.", "catch": "Its history is bumpy. Users complained the free terminal was gutted in favor of a paid enterprise product, and an August 2026 Hacker News post says the project is winding down. The repo has also moved to a new GitHub organization. Check its status before you build on it.", "trades": [ "Stocks", "Options", "Crypto", "Forex", "Macro data" ], "plugsInto": [ "SEC EDGAR", "Yahoo Finance", "Alpha Vantage", "Polygon", "Financial Modeling Prep", "Claude" ] }, { "rank": 3, "name": "AI Hedge Fund", "github": "virattt/ai-hedge-fund", "githubUrl": "https://github.com/virattt/ai-hedge-fund", "stars": 64330, "communityScore": 83, "summary": "Famous-investor AI personas debate a stock before a portfolio agent decides.", "catch": "The personas are AI imitations, not the real investors. Its backtests are also shaky, because the AI models already know what happened in recent markets. That is like grading a student on a test they have seen.", "trades": [ "US stocks", "Large ETFs" ], "plugsInto": [ "ChatGPT", "Claude", "Financial Modeling Prep" ] }, { "rank": 4, "name": "Freqtrade", "github": "freqtrade/freqtrade", "githubUrl": "https://github.com/freqtrade/freqtrade", "stars": 56110, "communityScore": 96, "summary": "The most widely run open-source crypto trading bot, with machine learning built in.", "catch": "Crypto only, and the learning curve is real. Free strategies shared online mostly lose money once tested honestly. The bot is excellent. Your strategy is still your problem.", "trades": [ "Crypto spot", "Crypto futures" ], "plugsInto": [ "Binance", "Bybit", "OKX", "Kraken", "Hyperliquid", "Telegram" ] }, { "rank": 5, "name": "Qlib", "github": "microsoft/qlib", "githubUrl": "https://github.com/microsoft/qlib", "stars": 49791, "communityScore": 90, "summary": "Microsoft Research's toolkit for building quant models from data to portfolio.", "catch": "Not for beginners. You need to understand machine learning to get value from it, and one r/quant commenter claims the model code can leak future data into its inputs. That claim is unconfirmed, but worth checking yourself.", "trades": [ "US stocks", "China A-shares" ], "plugsInto": [ "Microsoft", "Yahoo Finance" ] }, { "rank": 6, "name": "CCXT", "github": "ccxt/ccxt", "githubUrl": "https://github.com/ccxt/ccxt", "stars": 44614, "communityScore": 90, "summary": "One library that talks to more than 100 crypto exchanges.", "catch": "It is a library, not a bot, so you still write the strategy. Historical tests can also skew if delisted coins drop out of the data, which makes past results look better than they were.", "trades": [ "Crypto" ], "plugsInto": [ "Binance", "Coinbase", "Kraken", "OKX", "Bybit" ] }, { "rank": 7, "name": "Vibe-Trading", "github": "HKUDS/Vibe-Trading", "githubUrl": "https://github.com/HKUDS/Vibe-Trading", "stars": 37057, "communityScore": 84, "summary": "A multi-agent AI research workspace from the University of Hong Kong.", "catch": "Too new for independent reviews. We found no real user discussion yet, so its Community Score leans on GitHub activity alone. Agent backtests carry the same risk as every AI system: the model may already know the answers.", "trades": [ "Stocks", "Crypto" ], "plugsInto": [ "Claude", "Codex", "Local models" ] }, { "rank": 8, "name": "Nautilus Trader", "github": "nautechsystems/nautilus_trader", "githubUrl": "https://github.com/nautechsystems/nautilus_trader", "stars": 31017, "communityScore": 92, "summary": "A pro-grade trading platform where test code and live code are the same.", "catch": "This is a professional tool. Expect to read real documentation and write real code. Beginners will be happier starting with Backtrader.", "trades": [ "Stocks", "Futures", "Forex", "Crypto" ], "plugsInto": [ "Interactive Brokers", "Binance", "Bybit" ] }, { "rank": 9, "name": "Backtrader", "github": "mementum/backtrader", "githubUrl": "https://github.com/mementum/backtrader", "stars": 23610, "communityScore": 63, "summary": "The classic Python backtester that taught a generation of traders.", "catch": "No code updates since August 2024. It still works, but nobody official will fix it when a broker or data source changes. Great for learning, risky as the foundation of a live system.", "trades": [ "Stocks", "Futures", "Forex" ], "plugsInto": [ "Interactive Brokers", "Yahoo Finance" ] }, { "rank": 10, "name": "AI-Trader", "github": "HKUDS/AI-Trader", "githubUrl": "https://github.com/HKUDS/AI-Trader", "stars": 23021, "communityScore": 60, "summary": "A platform where AI coding agents act as traders.", "catch": "The repo has no license file, so your legal right to use the code is unclear. It also had not been updated since June 2026 when we checked, and we found no independent user reviews. Letting an AI trade on vibes is an experiment, not a plan.", "trades": [ "Stocks", "Crypto", "Forex" ], "plugsInto": [ "Claude", "Codex", "Cursor" ] } ] }