yahoo-finance/yahoo-finance
Python module to get stock data from Yahoo! Finance observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
23/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_license
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: 4506
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 982
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1445 stars · 362 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
A Python module for fetching stock quotes and historical price data from Yahoo! Finance's public API. It provides a simple Share class for retrieving open, close, high, low, and volume data.
Use cases
- get stock prices in python
- download historical stock data from yahoo finance
- fetch current share price for a ticker symbol
- python library for stock market data
- get OHLCV data for backtesting
When to choose
- you need a minimal, simple API for Yahoo Finance quotes in Python 2-era code
- you want quick access to historical OHLC data for research or education
When to avoid
- you need a maintained library - this repo is abandoned and Yahoo's API has changed since 2017
- you need Python 3 support or production reliability
- you need real-time or licensed market data
Facets
library · maturity abandoned
http-client sdk data-science fintech data-science apis python cross-platform yahoo-finance stock-data market-data financial-data unmaintained
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/yahoo-finance/yahoo-finance · fetched 2026-08-28 · b530295778af
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| yahoo-finance/yahoo-finance | main | 23 |
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