# fawazahmed0/exchange-api

Free Currency Exchange Rates API with 200+ Currencies & No Rate Limits

Repository: https://github.com/fawazahmed0/exchange-api
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/exchange-api
Homepage: https://github.com/fawazahmed0/exchange-api#readme
Language: Python
License: CC0-1.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: bitcoin, cryptocurrency, currency, currency-api, currency-conversion, currency-exchange, currency-exchange-rates, currency-rates, forex, forex-api
Last push: 2026-08-20T12:53:06+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 69/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 35, longevity 65
- inputs: {"age_days": 916, "days_push": 13, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2602, forks 221 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:03.424508+00:00)

## What it is
A free currency exchange rates API serving 200+ currencies, including cryptocurrencies and metals, with daily updates and no rate limits. Data is delivered as JSON via CDN endpoints (jsDelivr and Cloudflare Pages) with historical date support.

## Use cases
- get current exchange rates for 200+ currencies
- convert currency amounts between fiat and crypto
- fetch historical exchange rates for a specific date
- get bitcoin or metal exchange rates
- integrate free forex rates into an app without API keys
- build a currency converter tool

## When to choose
- you need free, keyless exchange rate data with no rate limits
- you want historical daily rates via simple JSON GET requests
- you need coverage of fiat currencies, cryptocurrencies, and metals in one API

## When to avoid
- you need real-time or intraday tick-level forex data
- you require guaranteed SLAs or commercial support
- you need rates updated more frequently than daily

## Facets
- artifact type: service
- maturity: active
- function: api-framework, http-server, developer-tools
- domain: fintech, apis, self-hosted
- platform: cloud, python
- tags: currency-exchange-rates, forex-api, no-rate-limits, free-api, cryptocurrency-rates, cdn-hosted, daily-updated, cryptocurrency, web-server

## Member repositories
- fawazahmed0/exchange-api (main) score 69

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:03.424508+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:21:08.537027+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/fawazahmed0/exchange-api (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:03.424508+00:00, sha 1cf17cf50d46)
  - homepage: https://github.com/fawazahmed0/exchange-api#readme (fetched 2026-08-29T10:04:06.185145+00:00, sha 4de1f541516e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.