Open source alternatives to Bloomberg Terminal

3 projects on starwire do the same job. Ranked by how much of what Bloomberg Terminal does each one covers, read from its README and website. Ties go to the most active.

What Bloomberg Terminal does

  1. Real-time market datacore
  2. Financial newscore
  3. Security and company analyticscore
  4. Charts
  5. Economic data
  6. Messaging with other users
  7. Trading tools
  8. Screeners

Each dot in the table is one job, in this order. Square dots are core jobs and count double. Full means yes, half means partly. "See the evidence" under a project shows the line behind each one. Coverage is what a project documents, not how well it works or how hard it is to move to. How we score this

ProjectCoversStarsCommits, 12 weeksLast releaseClosed vs openedSetupLicense
OpenTerminalTerminal-style stock and market dashboard using free public data Covers one part86%2.4k+66
28
2 months ago67% Runs in a browser MIT
Covers all 3 core jobs. Partly: Trading tools. Not shown: Messaging with other users.See the evidence
  • Real-time market datacoreYesquotes and indexes refresh every second
  • Financial newscoreYesmultiple RSS sources
  • Security and company analyticscoreYesmarket cap, P/E, EPS, dividend yield
  • ChartsYescandlesticks, bars, line, area, volume
  • Economic dataYeslive US Treasury yield curve, VIX
  • Messaging with other usersNot shownNeither the README nor the website mentions it.
  • Trading toolsPartlylog buy/sell transactions, track average cost
  • ScreenersYesfilter by sector, market cap, % change, and volume
FinceptTerminalDesktop finance terminal with market analytics and economic data tools Covers one part68%34k+224
48
5 days ago100% Install like an app AGPL-3.0
Covers 2 of 3 core jobs. Partly: Real-time market data; Charts. Not shown: Messaging with other users; Screeners.See the evidence
  • Real-time market datacorePartlyFree public feeds, your own API keys
  • Financial newscoreYesNews RSS Feeds
  • Security and company analyticscoreYesinstitutional-grade financial analytics
  • ChartsPartlyvisual trade analysis
  • Economic dataYesderivatives and macro coverage
  • Messaging with other usersNot shownNeither the README nor the website mentions it.
  • Trading toolsYesPaper + live trading via your broker
  • ScreenersNot shownNeither the README nor the website mentions it.
OpenBBPython data platform for financial research, usable by analysts and agents Covers one part23%75k+194
23
45 days ago78% Runs in a browser Custom license
Covers 0 of 3 core jobs. Partly: Real-time market data; Security and company analytics; Charts. Not shown: Financial news; Economic data; Messaging with other users; Trading tools; Screeners.See the evidence
  • Real-time market datacorePartlyobb.equity.price.historical("AAPL")
  • Financial newscoreNot shownNeither the README nor the website mentions it.
  • Security and company analyticscorePartlyConnect filings, transcripts, and internal models in one view
  • ChartsPartlyenterprise UI for analysts to visualize datasets
  • Economic dataNot shownNeither the README nor the website mentions it.
  • Messaging with other usersNot shownNeither the README nor the website mentions it.
  • Trading toolsNot shownNeither the README nor the website mentions it.
  • ScreenersNot shownNeither the README nor the website mentions it.

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