ib-api-reloaded/ib_async

Python sync/async framework for Interactive Brokers API (replaces ib_insync) observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/ib-api-reloaded/ib_async · Python · BSD-2-Clause (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

60/100

Activity 98
Release rhythm 8
Longevity 64

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

gap_med: n/a
age_days: 902
days_rel: 437
days_push: 14
n_releases_24m: 1

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1723 stars · 250 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

ib_async is a Python library providing a clean sync/async interface to Interactive Brokers' Trader Workstation (TWS) API and IB Gateway, succeeding the popular ib_insync. It handles connection management, automatic state synchronization, and reconnection so developers can build trading, market data, and portfolio applications.

Use cases

stream live market quotes and historical data from Interactive Brokers
place, modify, and monitor stock and option orders programmatically
track portfolio positions, account balances, and P&L in real time
analyze option chains and contract details for research
build automated trading bots on IBKR
monitor risk exposures with automated controls
explore IBKR data interactively in Jupyter notebooks

When to choose

you trade through Interactive Brokers and want a Pythonic API instead of the raw TWS API
you need both synchronous and asyncio-based access to IBKR
you're migrating from ib_insync and want a maintained successor
you want interactive IBKR data exploration in Jupyter

When to avoid

you trade with a different broker than Interactive Brokers
you need a broker-agnostic trading abstraction layer
you can't run TWS or IB Gateway alongside your application
you need a full backtesting or strategy framework rather than a broker API client

Facets

library · maturity active

sdk http-client concurrency streaming fintech apis developer-tools python cross-platform interactive-brokers ibkr trading-api asyncio market-data order-execution ib-insync-successor trading

2 sources

readme: https://github.com/ib-api-reloaded/ib_async · fetched 2026-08-28 · 901898d27dc4
registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/ib_async/json · fetched 2026-08-29 · 65845ed4e22e

Member repositories

Repository	Role	Health v2
ib-api-reloaded/ib_async	main	60

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