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OpenBB vs hanko
OpenBB has 73,164 GitHub stars, 7,569 forks, 117 open issues and last shipped yesterday. hanko has 9,032 stars, 1,016 forks, 64 open issues and last shipped yesterday. OpenBB leads on adoption by 710% (73,164 vs 9,032 stars). OpenBB is written in Python under a custom or non-standard licence; hanko is written in Go under a custom or non-standard licence. OpenBB has attracted 10% as many forks as stars, hanko 11%. OpenBB was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| OpenBB | hanko | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 73K | ★ 9.0K |
| License | Custom / other | Custom / other |
| Written in | Python | Go |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-17 |
| Forks | ⑂ 7.6K | ⑂ 1.0K |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick OpenBB if
- You weight community size — 73K stars and counting
- You want the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches Python
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick hanko if
- You want the hanko feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You evaluated both and hanko fits your workflow better
About OpenBB
OpenBB is an open source data platform for investment professionals, built as the Open Data Platform (ODP) and extended by the OpenBB Workspace UI. It lives in the quantitative finance and AI agent ecosystem, integrating equity, crypto, derivatives, fixed income, economics, and options data from proprietary, licensed, and public sources.
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About hanko
Hanko is an open source authentication and user management backend, written in Go, that gives teams a self hostable or fully managed alternative to Auth0, Clerk, WorkOS and Stytch for adding passwords, passkeys, MFA, social login and enterprise SSO to an application.
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Frequently asked questions
Is OpenBB or hanko more popular?
OpenBB has 73,164 GitHub stars and hanko has 9,032. OpenBB has the larger community by that measure.
Are OpenBB and hanko free?
Neither OpenBB nor hanko declares a licence in this registry, so check each project's own repository before relying on either for a commercial use. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between OpenBB and hanko?
OpenBB is written in Python and hanko in Go. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, OpenBB or hanko?
Choose OpenBB if you want the larger community (73,164 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose hanko if its feature set, stack or Custom / other licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.