GitHub facts 2026-10-22
Best open-source trading agents
The repositories in the first table are multi-agent or LLM trading entries from chapters 3 and 4. They are ordered by GitHub star count on 2026-10-22. Star count is a public attention figure. It is not profit, drawdown, or a code review. The second table is execution software this list files next to those agents, included so the two are not mixed together.
Trading-agent repositories
| Repository | Stars | Forks | Last commit | License | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TradingAgents · TauricResearch/TradingAgents | 112,764 | 21,808 | 2026-10-16 | Apache-2.0 | Python |
| ai-hedge-fund · virattt/ai-hedge-fund | 64,139 | 11,259 | 2026-10-19 | MIT | Python |
| Vibe-Trading · HKUDS/Vibe-Trading | 36,286 | 5,872 | 2026-10-21 | MIT | Python |
| TradingAgents-CN · hsliuping/TradingAgents-CN | 32,404 | 6,752 | 2026-09-22 | Hybrid; API: NOASSERTION | Python |
| AI-Trader · HKUDS/AI-Trader | 22,916 | 3,457 | 2026-06-11 | No LICENSE file detected | Python |
| nofx · NoFxAiOS/nofx | 13,128 | 3,065 | 2026-10-21 | AGPL-3.0 | Go |
| valuecell · ValueCell-ai/valuecell | 11,027 | 1,803 | 2026-02-11 | Apache-2.0 | Python |
| OpenAlice · TraderAlice/OpenAlice | 7,355 | 1,153 | 2026-10-22 | AGPL-3.0 | TypeScript |
| OctoBot · Drakkar-Software/OctoBot | 6,837 | 1,309 | 2026-10-07 | GPL-3.0 | Python |
| FinRL-Trading · AI4Finance-Foundation/FinRL-Trading | 3,845 | 1,123 | 2026-09-18 | Apache-2.0 | Python |
Source: GitHub API, 2026-10-22.
TradingAgents
Multi-agent trading framework. pyproject.toml depends on LangGraph and LangChain provider packages. A project page records the rest.
ai-hedge-fund
The README calls it an AI hedge-fund proof of concept and says the system does not place trades. Dependencies are LangChain provider packages and a Textual UI.
HKUDS/Vibe-Trading
The README title is “Vibe-Trading: Your Personal Trading Agent.” pyproject.toml depends on langchain and langgraph. This list marks it sim.
hsliuping/TradingAgents-CN
The GitHub description calls it a Chinese-enhanced TradingAgents framework. pyproject.toml depends on FastAPI, MongoDB, and Redis; requirements.txt includes LangGraph, AKShare, Tushare, and Baostock. The license is hybrid; see the note under the table.
HKUDS/AI-Trader
The README calls it an agent-native trading platform. service/requirements.txt includes FastAPI, uvicorn, and yfinance. No LICENSE file was detected. The last default-branch commit date is in the table.
nofx
Go and TypeScript trading terminal. go.mod declares go 1.26.10 and exchange clients. GitHub reports AGPL-3.0. This list marks it sim/live. See the project page.
ValueCell-ai/valuecell
The GitHub description calls it a community-driven multi-agent platform for financial applications. This list uses the same framing. The default-branch commit date is in the table.
TraderAlice/OpenAlice
The README calls it an AI orchestrator for trading and a one-person desk. package.json depends on the Anthropic SDK, the OpenAI SDK, and @modelcontextprotocol/sdk. GitHub reports AGPL-3.0. This list marks it live.
Drakkar-Software/OctoBot
The README calls it an open-source crypto trading bot with a visual interface. This list adds that it has AI/LLM strategy modes alongside grid, DCA, and TradingView signals, and marks it sim/live. GitHub reports GPL-3.0.
FinRL-Trading
FinRL-X, the modular trading stack from AI4Finance. requirements.txt includes PyTorch, LightGBM, and alpaca-py. See the project page.
License notes
- hsliuping/TradingAgents-CN. The LICENSE file describes a hybrid: Apache-2.0 for tradingagents/, cli/, docs/, tests/, web/, and root config files; a source-available proprietary license for app/, frontend/, and core/. GitHub's license API returns SPDX NOASSERTION.
- HKUDS/AI-Trader. The GitHub license API returns 404. No LICENSE file was detected for this repository on the fetch date.
Execution engines filed beside them
| Repository | Stars | Forks | Last commit | License | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| freqtrade · freqtrade/freqtrade | 55,740 | 11,544 | 2026-10-22 | GPL-3.0 | Python |
| NautilusTrader · nautechsystems/nautilus_trader | 30,589 | 4,121 | 2026-10-22 | LGPL-3.0 | Rust |
| hummingbot · hummingbot/hummingbot | 20,626 | 5,035 | 2026-09-22 | Apache-2.0 | Python |
Source: GitHub API, 2026-10-22.
freqtrade/freqtrade
GitHub description: “Free, open source crypto trading bot.” This list files it as an execution backend agents often sit on, not as an LLM agent. GitHub reports GPL-3.0.
NautilusTrader
Rust-native event-driven engine with a Python control plane. This list files it in chapter 10 as a substrate, not as an LLM agent. See the project page.
hummingbot/hummingbot
GitHub description: open-source software for creating and deploying high-frequency crypto trading bots. This list files it as a market-making and execution framework. GitHub reports Apache-2.0.
Chapter lists, which are longer than this page: chapter 3, chapter 4. Project pages exist for TradingAgents, ai-hedge-fund, nofx, FinRL-Trading, and NautilusTrader.