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ccxt

ccxt

A cryptocurrency trading API with more than 100 exchanges in JavaScript / TypeScript / Python / C# / PHP / Go / Java
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No known security advisories. The current version has no OSV.dev malware reports and no critical or high-severity vulnerabilities.

ccxt has 4.1M monthly downloads and 43K GitHub stars. Version 4.5.64, first published in 2017.

It is actively maintained under a permissive license, last released in Jul 2026.

It is built on top of aiodns, aiohttp and certifi. It is used by 253 tracked packages, including freqtrade, lumibot and octobot-trading.

GitHub topics include altcoin, api and arbitrage.

Shared Repository
This package shares its GitHub repository (ccxt/ccxt) with 20 other packages. Stars, forks, and other GitHub metrics reflect the entire repository.
Downloads
Day
131.1K
Week
953.8K
Month
4.1M
Stars
43.2K
Forks
8.7K
Issues
792
Version
4.5.64

Package Insights

What's this?
Score breakdown - each component scores 0-100, weighted by percentage
Maintenance
100
Popularity
94
Adoption
80
Community
90
Provenance
100
How the maintenance status was determined
Last commit
0 days ago
Monthly downloads
4,061,714
• Active
Activity within 30 days
Stable
Activity within 31-180 days
Minimal
Activity within 181-365 days, or no activity data
At Risk
No activity for > 365 days, but > 10,000 monthly downloads
Archived
Repository flagged as archived on GitHub
How the popularity category was determined
Monthly downloads
4,061,714
Stars
43,223
Stars per 1k downloads
10.64
Industry Standard
> 10,000,000 monthly downloads
Hidden Gem
< 0.5 stars per 1k downloads and > 100,000 monthly downloads
• Community Favorite
> 5 stars per 1k downloads
Rising Star
Balanced ratio of stars to downloads
Unknown
Fewer than 1,000 monthly downloads, or no star data
How download momentum is calculated
Week daily avg
136,262
Month daily avg
135,390
Momentum
+0.6%
((week_daily_avg - month_daily_avg) / month_daily_avg) * 100
Python version support tiers
requires_python
Not specified
Cutting Edge
Minimum supported version is 3.12 or newer
Modern
Minimum supported version is 3.9, 3.10, or 3.11
Legacy
Supports 3.8 or older (or Python 2)
• Unknown
No requires_python specified or unparseable
Package does not declare a minimum Python version.
License categories
License
MIT
• Permissive
MIT, Apache, BSD, ISC, Unlicense, CC0, etc.
Copyleft
GPL, LGPL, AGPL, MPL, EPL, etc.
Proprietary
Commercial, all rights reserved, custom EULAs
Unknown
No license specified, or none of the above match
How the release cadence was determined
Last release
3 days ago
Total releases
14,699
Releases/year
1628.3
• Rapid
Last release within 365 days and > 12 releases/year
Regular
Last release within 365 days
Slow
Last release 366-730 days ago
Stalled
Last release > 730 days ago, or no releases
Unknown
No usable release date available
How contributor risk was determined
Contributors
761
Monthly downloads
4,061,714
High Load
≤ 2 contributors and ≥ 50,000 monthly downloads
Moderate Load
< 10 contributors and ≥ 500,000 monthly downloads
Low Load
< 25 contributors and ≥ 5,000,000 monthly downloads, or sole maintainer with ≥ 10,000 monthly downloads
• Balanced
Enough contributors for the package's popularity
Unknown
No contributor data available
Engagement
75
 
Issue Burden
18.3
per 1k stars
Discussions
0.0
per 1k stars
Fork Ratio
8.7%
contrib / forks
Stale Release
No
 
PR Velocity
Active
 

Weekly Downloads

GitHub Stars

Not all downloads include detailed metadata. Breakdowns reflect the subset that does.

Downloads by OS

Linux 105.4K
Windows 12.2K
macOS 5.0K

Python Versions

3.12
33.9% 40.6K
3.11
32.3% 38.8K
3.14
15.7% 18.9K
3.13
10.7% 12.9K
3.10
7.3% 8.8K

Top Countries

1. US US
90.7K
2. DE DE
8.0K
3. ID ID
6.1K
4. SG SG
2.9K
5. RU RU
2.7K
6. IN IN
2.3K
7. CN CN
2.2K
8. NL NL
2.1K
9. NG NG
1.7K
10. JP JP
1.3K
GitHub Topics
Tags from the package's GitHub repository describing what it does.

Package Information

License
MIT
First Release
June 28, 2017
Last Release
4 days ago
Last Commit
21 hr ago
Latest Version
4.5.64
Total Releases
14,699
Contributors
761
Open PRs
506
Archived
No
Author
Igor Kroitor
Python Versions
2 2.7 3 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.10 3.11
Wheels
py2 py3
Keywords
algorithmic algotrading altcoin altcoins api arbitrage real-time realtime backtest backtesting bitcoin bot btc cny coin coins crypto cryptocurrency crypto currency crypto market currency currencies darkcoin dash digital currency doge dogecoin e-commerce etc eth ether ethereum
Tracking Since
January 6, 2026
Data Updated
July 5, 2026
Data Freshness
Fresh

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