---
id: openbb-equity
version: "1.6.2"
license: AGPL-3.0-only
license_treatment: agpl
maintenance: active
---

# openbb-equity — Equity extension for OpenBB

License: agpl · Maintenance: active · Downloads: 88.8K/mo

## What it is and what it does

OpenBB Equity is an extension for the OpenBB Platform that bundles equity market data tools into organized sub-modules. It acts as a data access layer, letting you query stock prices, fundamentals, options chains, ownership structures, analyst estimates, and discovery data through a unified interface. The extension depends on openbb-core, which provides the platform infrastructure.

You install it as a standard Python package and access its functionality through the OpenBB app object. It's designed for developers building financial analysis tools, research workflows, or dashboards that need structured access to equity data. The modular design (calendar, compare, darkpool, discovery, estimates, fundamental, options, ownership, price, shorts) means you can work with specific data types without loading unnecessary code.

Use it for:

- Fetch historical stock prices and build backtesting systems for trading strategies.
- Analyze peer companies using the compare module for competitive research.
- Access analyst estimates and fundamental metrics for equity valuation models.
- Monitor dark pool and short interest data for market microstructure analysis.
- Discover new equities using the discovery module for screening workflows.
- Retrieve options chain data for derivatives pricing and risk analysis.

## Worth the install?

AI-flagged interpretation of the facts above — verify before relying.

Provides equity market data access through the OpenBB Platform, including pricing, fundamental analysis, options, ownership, and discovery tools via sub-modules.

Yes, if you are already using the OpenBB Platform and need equity data access. The low install friction, active maintenance, and modular design make it a natural fit for financial workflows. However, the AGPL-3.0-only license is a hard blocker for closed-source commercial applications. Verify that the specific data providers and coverage meet your needs before committing to the platform.

## Install

pip install openbb-equity
uv add openbb-equity
poetry add openbb-equity

## Installing openbb-equity

Before you install: Low friction installation as a pure Python wheel. Actively maintained with a release 80 days ago. Single runtime dependency on openbb-core keeps the dependency tree lean.

License in practice: Licensed under AGPL-3.0-only, which requires derivative works and modifications to be open-sourced under the same license. Suitable for open-source projects but restrictive for proprietary applications.

Quickstart:

pip install openbb-equity

from openbb_core.app import OpenBB
obb = OpenBB()
prices = obb.equity.price.historical(symbol='AAPL')

Requires Python 3.10 or later. Depends on openbb-core being installed and configured.

Verify before relying:

- Specific data providers and coverage for each sub-module (calendar, darkpool, estimates, etc.)
- API rate limits or data freshness guarantees
- Whether all sub-modules are fully functional in version 1.6.2 or if some are experimental

## Package facts

- License: AGPL-3.0-only (agpl)
- Python support: supports_current
- Install friction: low
- Maintenance: active
- Downloads: 88.8K/month (top 15,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

equity market data api, stock price and fundamentals, options and ownership data, equity discovery tools, analyst estimates and shorts, dark pool data access, financial data extension, financial-data, equity-markets, openbb-extension

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