erdewit/ib_insync
Python sync/async framework for Interactive Brokers API observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
10/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases archived
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: 3339
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 902
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
3284 stars · 875 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
A Python library providing a sync and asyncio-based framework for the Interactive Brokers Trader Workstation API, making it easy to connect to TWS or IB Gateway for trading and market data. It offers a linear programming style, live data syncing, and interactive use in Jupyter notebooks.
Use cases
- download historical market data from Interactive Brokers
- place and manage trades programmatically via TWS API
- stream live market data in a Jupyter notebook
- build automated trading strategies with asyncio
- sync account and order state with IB Gateway
- fetch option chains and contract details from Interactive Brokers
When to choose
- you trade through Interactive Brokers and want a friendlier Python API than the official ibapi
- you need both synchronous and asyncio-based access to TWS/IB Gateway
- you want interactive exploration of live IB data in Jupyter notebooks
When to avoid
- you need actively maintained software - the author passed away in March 2024 and development has stopped (consider the community fork ib_async)
- you trade with a broker other than Interactive Brokers
- you need a broker-agnostic trading abstraction layer
Facets
library · maturity abandoned
sdk http-client streaming concurrency fintech developer-tools apis python cross-platform interactive-brokers tws-api asyncio algorithmic-trading market-data jupyter trading-api trading
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/erdewit/ib_insync · fetched 2026-08-28 · 9f83ac329d9b
- registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/ib_insync/json · fetched 2026-08-29 · 838709537174
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| erdewit/ib_insync | main | 10 |
For agents
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