openbb-yfinance

What it is and what it does

openbb-yfinance is an extension that plugs Yahoo!Finance into the OpenBB Platform, a financial data and analysis framework. It acts as a provider adapter, translating OpenBB's standardized data requests into Yahoo!Finance queries and returning results in OpenBB's format. The package depends on openbb-core (the platform itself) and yfinance (the underlying data source), and is distributed as a pure-Python wheel with low installation friction.

You install it alongside OpenBB to add Yahoo!Finance as a data source option. It's maintained actively and supports Python 3.10 through 3.14. The AGPL-3.0-only license means any modifications or derivative works must be shared under the same license terms.

Use it for:

• Fetch stock prices and historical market data from Yahoo!Finance within an OpenBB application workflow.
• Integrate Yahoo!Finance as a standardized data source alongside other OpenBB-compatible financial providers.
• Build financial analysis tools that leverage OpenBB's unified data interface with Yahoo!Finance as the backend.
• Access market data programmatically without writing direct Yahoo!Finance API calls.

Worth the install?

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Integrates Yahoo!Finance data into the OpenBB Platform, enabling access to financial market data through a standardized provider interface.

Yes, if you are already using OpenBB Platform and want Yahoo!Finance as a data provider. The package has low install friction, active maintenance, no known vulnerabilities, and integrates cleanly into the OpenBB ecosystem. The AGPL license is a consideration for proprietary deployments. Not relevant if you are not using OpenBB.

Install

openbb-yfinance on PyPI

pip install openbb-yfinance

uv add openbb-yfinance

poetry add openbb-yfinance

Installing openbb-yfinance

Before you install

Low install friction with a pure-Python wheel distribution. Active maintenance status with a release 80 days ago. Requires openbb-core and yfinance as runtime dependencies.

License in practice

Licensed under AGPL-3.0-only, which requires derivative works and modifications to be distributed under the same license and makes source code available to users who interact with the software.

Quickstart

pip install openbb-yfinance

from openbb_yfinance import YFinanceProvider
provider = YFinanceProvider()

Requires Python 3.10 or later and an existing OpenBB Platform installation to function as an extension.

Verify before relying

• Specific financial data types and market coverage available through this provider beyond what yfinance offers
• Whether this extension requires an active OpenBB Platform installation or can function standalone
• Performance characteristics and rate limits when querying Yahoo!Finance through this provider

Package facts

Evidence: openbb_yfinance-1.6.3-py3-none-any.whl

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