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OpenBB vs macro-chat
OpenBB has 73,153 GitHub stars, 7,565 forks, 117 open issues and last shipped yesterday. macro-chat has 4,345 stars, 416 forks, 100 open issues and last shipped yesterday. OpenBB leads on adoption by 1,584% (73,153 vs 4,345 stars). OpenBB is written in Python under a custom or non-standard licence; macro-chat is written in Rust under AGPL-3.0. OpenBB has attracted 10% as many forks as stars, macro-chat 10%. macro-chat was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (ai), so they are genuine substitutes rather than adjacent tools.
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 | macro-chat | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 73K | ★ 4.3K |
| License | Custom / other | AGPL-3.0 |
| Written in | Python | Rust |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-17 |
| Forks | ⑂ 7.6K | ⑂ 416 |
| 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 macro-chat if
- You want the macro-chat feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the AGPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Rust
- You evaluated both and macro-chat 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 macro-chat
Macro is an open source all in one workspace for teams, built in Rust and SolidJS under AGPL 3.0. It combines email, messages, docs, tasks, agents, calls, file storage, pull requests, and CRM, linking them with a bidirectional graph.
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Frequently asked questions
Is OpenBB or macro-chat more popular?
OpenBB has 73,153 GitHub stars and macro-chat has 4,345. OpenBB has the larger community by that measure.
Are OpenBB and macro-chat free?
Both are open source. OpenBB has no licence declared in this registry, and macro-chat is licensed under AGPL-3.0. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between OpenBB and macro-chat?
OpenBB is written in Python and macro-chat in Rust. 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 macro-chat?
Choose OpenBB if you want the larger community (73,153 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose macro-chat if its feature set, stack or AGPL-3.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.