r/QuantLab

10 free GitHub repos that anyone with $100 and a laptop can use to trade like a hedge fund in 2026.

These are the same tools 300+ hedge funds quietly run on. Bookmark this. The list will save you years.

1. OpenBB

A free Bloomberg Terminal. Stocks, options, futures, crypto, forex, all in one platform. The Bloomberg Terminal costs $25,000 a year. This costs $0.

Repo → https://github.com/OpenBB-finance/OpenBB

2. Lean (QuantConnect)

The algorithmic trading engine 300+ real hedge funds use right now. Backtest on 25 years of data, deploy live to Interactive Brokers or Alpaca.

Repo → https://github.com/QuantConnect/Lean

3. qlib (Microsoft)

Microsoft's full quant investment platform. The most serious open-source quant infrastructure ever shipped.

Repo → https://github.com/microsoft/qlib

4. Backtrader

The Python backtesting framework every quant learns first. Used in graduate finance programs around the world.

Repo → https://github.com/mementum/backtrader

5. TradingAgents

A multi-agent LLM trading framework from UCLA and MIT. Autonomous AI agents acting as analyst, technician, and risk manager.

Repo → https://github.com/TauricResearch/TradingAgents

6. Riskfolio-Lib

The portfolio optimization library quants use to allocate capital. Mean-variance, Black-Litterman, CVaR, all in one place.

Repo → https://github.com/dcajasn/Riskfolio-Lib

7. yfinance

The free market data API every Python finance course starts with. Real-time and historical data on 100,000+ tickers.

Repo → https://github.com/ranaroussi/yfinance

8. FinanceToolkit

150+ financial ratios, indicators, and valuation models in one library.

Repo → https://github.com/JerBouma/FinanceToolkit

9. vectorbt

The fastest backtesting engine in Python. Test thousands of strategies in seconds.

Repo → https://github.com/polakowo/vectorbt

10. TradingView Lightweight Charts

The charting library powering real fintech apps in production. The reason your trading dashboard looks professional.

Repo → https://github.com/tradingview/lightweight-charts

Here's the wildest part:

A Bloomberg Terminal costs $25,000 a year. A junior hedge fund analyst costs $250,000. Goldman Sachs research costs millions.

These 10 repos give a kid with $100 and a laptop access to most of what Wall Street pays for.

A trading desk in 2010 cost $50,000 to set up. In 2026, the entire stack is free.

The barrier between retail and Wall Street has never been lower.

Save this before you forget.

100% free. 100% open source.