akshare

name akshare category data-source description AKShare financial data aggregator (18k+ stars). Free, no API key. Covers A-shares, US, HK, futures, macro, forex. Primary fallback for tushare and yfinance. Overview AKShare is a completely free, open-source Python financial data library. No registration or API key required. It aggregates data from public sources (Sina, East Money, etc.) covering Chinese and global markets. GitHub: https://github.com/akfamily/akshare (18k+ stars) Install: pip install akshare Quick Start import akshare as ak # A-share daily OHLCV (前复权) df = ak.stock_zh_a_hist(symbol= "000001" , period= "daily" , start_date= "20240101" , end_date= "20260101" , adjust= "qfq" ) # US stock daily df = ak.stock_us_hist(symbol= "105.AAPL" , period= "daily" , start_date= "20240101" , end_date= "20260101" , adjust= "qfq" ) # HK stock daily df = ak.stock_hk_hist(symbol= "00700" , period= "daily" , start_date= "20240101" , end_date= "20260101" , adjust= "qfq" ) Top 10 High-Frequency Interfaces A-shares Function Description Key Params stock_zh_a_hist() A-share OHLCV symbol, period, start_date, end_date, adjust stock_zh_a_spot_em() Real-time A-share quotes (none) stock_individual_info_em() Stock basic info symbol stock_zh_a_hist_min_em() Intraday bars symbol, period(1/5/15/30/60) US / HK Function Description Key Params stock_us_hist() US stock OHLCV symbol (e.g. "105.AAPL"), period, start_date, end_date stock_hk_hist() HK stock OHLCV symbol (e.g. "00700"), period, start_date, end_date Macro / Forex / Futures Function Description macro_china_gdp() China GDP data macro_china_cpi() China CPI data futures_main_sina() Futures main contract quotes currency_boc_sina() BOC forex rates Column Names AKShare returns Chinese column names by default: Chinese English Description 日期 date Trade date 开盘 open Open price 最高 high High price 最低 low Low price 收盘 close Close price 成交量 volume Volume 成交额 amount Turnover 涨跌幅 pct_change % change 换手率 turnover_rate Turnover rate Date Format Input: YYYYMMDD string (e.g. "20240101" ) Output: 日期 column as string, convert with pd.to_datetime() Symbol Format A-shares: pure digits "000001" (no .SZ suffix) US stocks: "105.AAPL" (NASDAQ prefix 105), "106.BABA" (NYSE prefix 106) HK stocks: "00700" (5-digit zero-padded) Built-in Loader The project has a built-in AKShare DataLoader at backtest/loaders/akshare_loader.py . When backtesting, the runner automatically falls back to AKShare when tushare/yfinance are unavailable. Reference Docs For less common interfaces, see the references/ subdirectory or the official docs at https://akshare.akfamily.xyz/