# stellar-deprecated/kelp

Kelp is a free and open-source trading bot for the Stellar DEX and 100+ centralized exchanges

Repository: https://github.com/stellar-deprecated/kelp
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/kelp
Homepage: https://kelpbot.io
Language: Go
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: cryptocurrency, stellar, stellar-network, stellar-lumens, trading-bot, trading-strategies, trading-algorithms, trading, trading-platform, trading-api, blockchain, liquidity, market-maker, market-making, ccxt-rest, ethereum, xlm
Archived: true
Last push: 2023-11-03T05:46:15+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2947, "days_push": 1034, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1127, forks 258 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:41.517719+00:00)

## What it is
Kelp is a free and open-source trading bot written in Go for the Stellar DEX and 100+ centralized exchanges like Binance, Kraken, and CoinbasePro. It offers configurable trading strategies, exchange integrations, and a GUI for market making and liquidity provision.

## Use cases
- run a market-making bot on the Stellar DEX
- provide liquidity for a token or ICO
- trade on Binance or Kraken with automated strategies
- mimic orderbooks from other exchanges
- price and trade custom stablecoins
- make spreads on crypto markets

## When to choose
- you want an open-source, configurable crypto market-making bot
- you trade on the Stellar DEX or exchanges supported via CCXT
- you want to customize trading strategies in Go

## When to avoid
- you expect guaranteed profits - it is experimental software with real financial risk
- you need actively maintained software - the repo is deprecated
- you need a no-code hosted trading service

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: trading
- domain: blockchain, fintech
- platform: windows, go, cli
- tags: trading-bot, market-making, stellar-dex, ccxt, centralized-exchanges, liquidity, cryptocurrency, linux, macos, docker

## Member repositories
- stellar-deprecated/kelp (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:41.517719+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 2026-08-30T06:38:55.379649+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/stellar-deprecated/kelp (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:41.517719+00:00, sha 98a3189a258d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.