README

Open Data Platform by OpenBB (ODP) is the open-source toolset that helps data engineers integrate proprietary, licensed, and public data sources into downstream applications like AI copilots and research dashboards.

ODP operates as the "connect once, consume everywhere" infrastructure layer that consolidates and exposes data to multiple surfaces at once: Python environments for quants, OpenBB Workspace and Excel for analysts, MCP servers for AI agents, and REST APIs for other applications.


  
  
  


Get started with: pip install openbb

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


Data integrations available can be found here: 

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 OpenBB Workspace

While the Open Data Platform provides the open-source data integration foundation, OpenBB Workspace offers the enterprise UI for analysts to visualize datasets and leverage AI agents. The platform's "connect once, consume everywhere" architecture enables seamless integration between the two.

You can find OpenBB Workspace at .

  
  
  


Data integration:

- You can learn more about adding data to the OpenBB workspace from the docs or this open source repository.

AI Agents integration:

- You can learn more about adding AI agents to the OpenBB workspace from this open source repository.

 Integrating Open Data Platform to the OpenBB Workspace

Connect this library to the OpenBB Workspace with a few simple commands, in a Python (3.11 - 3.14) environment.

 Run an ODP backend

- Install the packages.

sh
pip install openbb


- Start the API server over localhost.

sh
openbb-api


This will launch a FastAPI server, via Uvicorn, at 127.0.0.1:6900.

You can check that it works by going to .

 Integrate the ODP Backend to OpenBB Workspace

Sign-in to the OpenBB Workspace, and follow the following steps:

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1. Go to the "Apps" tab
2. Click on "Connect backend"
3. Fill in the form with:
   Name: Open Data Platform
   URL: 
4. Click on "Test". You should get a "Test successful" with the number of apps found.
5. Click on "Add".

That's it.

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    Installation
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 1. Installation

The ODP Python Package can be installed from PyPI package by running pip install openbb

or by cloning the repository directly with git clone https://github.com/OpenBB-finance/OpenBB.git.

Please find more about the installation process, in the OpenBB Documentation.

 ODP CLI installation

The ODP CLI is a command-line interface that allows you to access the ODP directly from your command line.

It can be installed by running pip install openbb-cli

or by cloning the repository directly with  git clone https://github.com/OpenBB-finance/OpenBB.git.

Please find more about the installation process in the OpenBB Documentation.

 2. Contributing

There are three main ways of contributing to this project. (Hopefully you

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Latest release

This is the latest stable release (v2.0.0)

This release always points to the most recent stable version.
For version-specific details and release notes, see: ODP Desktop v2.0.0

The latest.json file in this release is used by the auto-updater to check for new versions.