ib_api vs mlfinlab

ib_api

Interactive Brokers API in TypeScript / Kotlin / Java / Nim (by al6x)

mlfinlab

MlFinLab helps portfolio managers and traders who want to leverage the power of machine learning by providing reproducible, interpretable, and easy to use tools. (by hudson-and-thames)

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6	Mentions	126
44	Stars	3,763
-	Growth	1.7%
0.0	Activity	0.0
over 2 years ago	Latest Commit	7 months ago
Kotlin	Language	Python
-	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 or later

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ib_api

Posts with mentions or reviews of ib_api. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-08-08.

Best 3rd party interface for Interactive Brokers?
1 project | /r/interactivebrokers | 27 Aug 2021

I don't mind publishing it and already published 2 parts of this tool [IB API connector](https://github.com/al6x/ib_api) and [the visual part](http://pl0t.com). I'm going to publish the last part - the calculations itself too in the next couple of weeks/months if have time.
Crystal lacks auto casting
2 projects | /r/crystal_programming | 8 Aug 2021

Tried Crystal to write Crystal API for Interactive Brokers.
Interactive Brokers API in TypeScript
1 project | /r/interactivebrokers | 6 Aug 2021

TypeScript Library (scroll to the bottom for examples) https://github.com/al6x/ib_api/blob/main/deno/ib.ts
Python script to restart TWS?
1 project | /r/interactivebrokers | 2 Jun 2021

For the concrete code, I use my own TWS API wrapper, the code is public. The bug could be replicated by starting that driver and calling the url specified below for each stock in the list. It's doing basically the same things I described before, gets list of option contracts, and then gets price for each.
Why are Java server-side developers not adopting Kotlin?
2 projects | /r/Kotlin | 7 Mar 2021

I'm using Kotlin for REST API for Interactive Brokers, example of route
How To Get Bid Ask Last Prices For The Whole
1 project | /r/interactivebrokers | 21 Dec 2020

Repository https://github.com/al6x/ib_api

mlfinlab

Posts with mentions or reviews of mlfinlab. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects.

mlfinlab: open source library maintained by hudson and thames though much of the content has moved to a subscription model. Idea is to implement academic research in python code and aggregate it as a package. Sources from [Journal of financial data s
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