freqtrade

Freqtrade gives crypto strategy developers one workflow from idea to operation. A strategy can be tested on historical candles, tuned, run with simulated funds, and later connected to live execution without changing frameworks.

cryptostrategy backtestingpaper tradingautomated tradingstrategy optimization
GitHub Stars52,772
Primary languagePython
LicenseGPL-3.0
Official repositoryOpen GitHub ↗

Is it a fit?

The quick decision view, grounded in the ranking data and verification record.

Best for

Crypto strategy developers who want a CLI path from backtesting to dry-run and live automation.

Not ideal for

People who need traditional assets, a completely offline backtest, or minimal command-line configuration.

Tested status

Passed at least one reproducible local task test

Setup difficulty

Medium

Last verified

2026-07-31

What it can do

Research and testing

Strategy backtesting
Yes
LLM or agent based
No

Trading

Paper trading
Yes
Automated trading
Yes

Getting started

API key required to start
No
Registration required to start
No
Self-hostable
Yes

Capabilities shown as Yes or No come from the official project source. Unconfirmed fields remain “Not confirmed”.

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