OpenAlgo Desktop - Open Source Algorithmic Trading on Your Own Computer
What is OpenAlgo Desktop?
OpenAlgo on your own computer. Install, sign in, connect your broker, trade.
OpenAlgo Desktop is a free, open source, single-user desktop version of
OpenAlgo web. It runs on Windows,
macOS and Linux (x64 or ARM64), with the same screens, the same API and the
same market data feed as the web version, and connects to all 37 brokers
of OpenAlgo web, Delta Exchange for crypto among them. There is no server to
set up, no Python to install and no .env file: every setting and credential
is entered inside the app, and secrets are kept encrypted with a key locked by
your OpenAlgo password.
Everything runs on your computer, in one app you open like any other: the dashboard, the REST API, the market data feed, the strategy module, the charting and scalping terminals, the options tools, sandbox mode (analyzer mode), and the Telegram, WhatsApp and MCP connections. It is built with Tauri 2 and a Rust backend around the OpenAlgo React interface.
Works with everything that works with OpenAlgo web
OpenAlgo Desktop listens on the same addresses as OpenAlgo web:
| What | Address |
|---|---|
Dashboard and REST API (/api/v1) |
http://127.0.0.1:5000 |
| Market data WebSocket | ws://127.0.0.1:8765 |
| Broker redirect URL | http://127.0.0.1:5000/<broker>/callback |
The REST API accepts the same requests and sends the same responses as the web, and the WebSocket speaks the same protocol. So the OpenAlgo Python SDK, TradingView, Amibroker, Chartink, GoCharting, Excel and MCP clients work unchanged: point them at the desktop and use the API key from the desktop's API Key page.
from openalgo import api
client = api(
api_key="your-desktop-api-key",
host="http://127.0.0.1:5000",
ws_url="ws://127.0.0.1:8765",
)
print(client.funds())
Moving over from OpenAlgo web? See Moving from OpenAlgo web.
Ways to Trade with OpenAlgo Desktop
| Surface | Route | Who it's for |
|---|---|---|
| Unified Broker API | /api/v1/ |
External platforms and your own code: TradingView, Amibroker, Chartink, GoCharting, Excel, the Python SDK and the other official SDKs, and AI clients over MCP. One contract across 37 brokers, answering exactly as OpenAlgo web does. |
| Strategy Module and RMS | /strategy |
Traders who run multi-leg options strategies, or trade TradingView and GoCharting alerts one signal at a time, with stop, target and trailing rules decided by one risk engine. |
| Charting Terminal and OpenScript | /trading |
Traders who trade from the chart: a full-screen terminal with an order dock, custom indicators, and OpenScript studies and strategies that are backtested and run live on the same engine. |
| Scalping Terminal | /scalping |
Fast intraday trades in options, futures and equity from the keyboard, with stop-loss, target and trailing protection that OpenAlgo watches for you. |
| Options Trading Suite | /tools |
Options traders: sixteen tools (Strategy Builder with payoff diagrams and live Greeks, Strategy Portfolio, Option Chain, Option Greeks, OI Tracker, OI Range, Max Pain, Straddle Chart, Straddle PnL, Vol Surface, GEX Dashboard, Strike Profile, Gamma Density, IV Smile, OI Profile, Arbitrage). Each one uses your connected broker's data. |
Every one of them can run in sandbox mode (analyzer mode) first: while it is on, every order from the app, the API, webhooks and MCP clients goes to the sandbox instead of your broker. Alerts, P&L tracking, latency and traffic monitoring and the MCP server use the same services as the screens.
Video Tutorial
Quick Links
- Download: GitHub Releases
- Documentation map: docs/INDEX.md, every guide, the API reference and the developer docs
- User guide: docs/userguide/README.md
- API documentation: docs/api/README.md
- Moving from OpenAlgo web: docs/user/moving-from-openalgo-web.md
- Changelog: CHANGELOG.md
Download and install
Download the installer for your computer from the
GitHub Releases page.
Each release lists a SHA256SUMS.txt file so you can check a download.
| Computer | File to download | How to install |
|---|---|---|
| Windows 10 or 11 (64-bit) | ends in _x64-setup.exe |
Run it. It installs for your user only and does not need administrator rights. |
| Mac with Apple Silicon (M1 and later) | ends in _aarch64.dmg |
Open it and drag OpenAlgo Desktop to Applications. |
| Mac with an Intel processor | ends in _x64.dmg |
Open it and drag OpenAlgo Desktop to Applications. |
| Linux, 64-bit PC (Ubuntu, Debian, Mint) | ends in _amd64.deb or _amd64.AppImage |
.deb: sudo apt install ./<file>.deb. AppImage: see below. |
| Linux, 64-bit ARM (ARM64) | ends in _arm64.deb or _aarch64.AppImage |
.deb: sudo apt install ./<file>.deb. AppImage: see below. |
Not sure which Mac you have? Open the Apple menu, then About This Mac. "Chip: Apple M..." means Apple Silicon; "Processor: Intel" means Intel.
OpenAlgo Desktop does not support Raspberry Pi. On a Pi, run OpenAlgo web instead.
To run an AppImage on Linux (x64 or ARM64), make it executable and start it:
chmod +x OpenAlgo*.AppImage
./OpenAlgo*.AppImage
If it says FUSE is missing, install it with sudo apt install libfuse2 (on
Ubuntu 24.04 the package is libfuse2t64), or use the .deb instead.
To check a download, compare its checksum with the line for that file in
SHA256SUMS.txt:
| System | Command |
|---|---|
| Windows (PowerShell) | Get-FileHash .\<file> -Algorithm SHA256 |
| macOS | shasum -a 256 <file> |
| Linux (x64 or ARM64) | sha256sum <file> |
Supported systems
OpenAlgo Desktop is a desktop app: it needs a signed-in user with a graphical desktop, and it trades only while it is open.
| System | Support | What it needs |
|---|---|---|
| Windows 11, 64-bit (x64) | Supported | Nothing extra: WebView2, which draws the app's window, is part of Windows 11. |
| Windows 10, 64-bit (x64) | Supported | WebView2. Most Windows 10 PCs already have it; if not, the installer downloads and installs it, which needs an internet connection. |
| Windows Server 2022 or 2025 with Desktop Experience | Supported | A user signed in at the desktop or over Remote Desktop. Trading stops when that user signs out. If WebView2 is missing, the installer downloads it. |
| Windows Server 2019 with Desktop Experience | Not tested | May work as on 2022. |
| Windows Server Core, Nano Server | Not supported | No desktop to show the app in. |
| Windows on ARM, 32-bit Windows, Windows 8.1 and older | Not supported | No installer is built for them. |
| macOS 10.15 (Catalina) or later, Apple Silicon or Intel | Supported | Pick the .dmg for your chip. |
| Ubuntu 22.04 or later, Debian 12 or later, Linux Mint 21 or later, 64-bit (x64) | Supported | WebKitGTK 4.1 and GTK 3: sudo apt install ./<file>.deb installs them. The AppImage needs them and FUSE 2 installed. |
| Ubuntu 22.04 or later, Debian 12 or later, 64-bit ARM (ARM64), for example an ARM laptop or virtual machine | Supported | As for x64 Linux above. |
| Other 64-bit Linux distributions (x64 or ARM64) | Not tested | The AppImage may run where WebKitGTK 4.1, GTK 3 and glibc 2.35 or newer are installed. |
| Raspberry Pi (any model) | Not supported | Use OpenAlgo web on a Pi (docs). |
| Headless Linux (no desktop: servers, SSH-only), Docker | Not supported | The app opens a window and cannot run without a desktop session. Use OpenAlgo web for a server. |
| Running as a background service (Windows service, systemd unit, launchd daemon) | Not supported | The app runs as the signed-in user, and its keys stay locked until that user signs in to OpenAlgo. |
"Supported" means an installer is built for that system and a problem on it is a bug to report. The automated tests run on every change on the build machines GitHub provides: Ubuntu 22.04 on x64 and on 64-bit ARM, the current macOS on Apple Silicon (the Intel Mac installer is built there too, but not run), and Windows Server 2025 with Desktop Experience.
Every change, before it is accepted, also has its installers installed on
fresh machines and started as a trader would on first use, with the account
created and signed in and the app's own window checked to have opened its
page: the .deb and the AppImage on Ubuntu 22.04 (x64 and 64-bit ARM), the
setup program on Windows Server 2022 and Windows Server 2025, and the .dmg
on Apple Silicon macOS. Both Mac apps are checked to ask for no newer macOS
than this table says, and the Windows app to need no DLL that Windows does
not ship, such as Microsoft's Visual C++ runtime (the build machines have it
installed; a trader's PC may not). On Ubuntu the installed app is also driven through its
window: account created, a wrong password refused, signed in and out. A
release is built only from a change that passed all of them. Windows 10 and
11, Intel Macs, ARM64 Linux computers and the other systems in the table
have not yet been installed and used by hand; the checklist for doing so is
Platform qualification.
A computer with no internet connection and no WebView2 (some Windows 10 and Windows Server installs) cannot install it from the setup program: install the WebView2 "Evergreen Standalone Installer" from Microsoft first, then run the OpenAlgo setup.
Opening the app the first time (unsigned installers)
The installers are not yet code-signed, so Windows and macOS warn you the first time you open the app. This is expected. Download only from the GitHub Releases page above, and check the checksum if you want to be sure the file is the one that was published.
Windows. SmartScreen shows "Windows protected your PC". Choose More info, then Run anyway.
macOS 15 (Sequoia) and later. The first time, macOS says "Apple could not verify "OpenAlgo Desktop" is free of malware that may harm your Mac or compromise your privacy", with the buttons Done and Move to Bin (Move to Trash). Choose Done, not Move to Bin. Then go to System Settings, Privacy & Security, scroll down to the message about OpenAlgo Desktop, choose Open Anyway, and confirm with your password or Touch ID. Open the app again and choose Open Anyway if macOS asks once more.
macOS 14 (Sonoma) and earlier. macOS says the app "cannot be opened because Apple cannot check it for malicious software", or that it is from an unidentified developer. In Finder, open Applications, right-click (or Control-click) OpenAlgo Desktop, choose Open, then Open again. The System Settings way above works here too.
You only need to do this once. If macOS says the app "is damaged and can't be
opened", it is the same check; in Terminal run
xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine "/Applications/OpenAlgo Desktop.app" and open
it again.
Linux (x64 or ARM64) shows no warning.
Supported Brokers
All 37 brokers of OpenAlgo web, including Rupeezy and Delta Exchange for crypto.
View all supported brokers
- 5 Paisa
- 5 Paisa (XTS)
- Alice Blue
- Angel One
- Arrow
- CompositEdge
- Definedge
- Delta Exchange
- Dhan
- Dhan (Sandbox)
- Firstock
- Flattrade
- Fyers
- Groww
- HDFC Securities
- HDFC Sky
- Ibulls
- IIFL
- IIFL Capital
- IndMoney
- JainamXts
- Kotak Securities
- Motilal Oswal
- mStock by Mirae Asset
- Nubra
- Paytm Money
- Pocketful
- RMoney
- Rupeezy
- Samco
- Shoonya
- Tradejini
- TradeSmart
- Upstox
- Wisdom Capital
- Zebu
- Zerodha
Every broker answers in OpenAlgo's common formats: orders, trades, positions and holdings come back with OpenAlgo symbols. Exchange coverage, the way you sign in, market data entitlement, GTT and other optional features still vary by broker and account; Broker sign-in covers each kind of sign-in.
Core Features
Unified REST API Layer (/api/v1/)
The same contract as OpenAlgo web, field for field, on
http://127.0.0.1:5000, pinned by contract tests against answers recorded
from a live web instance:
- Order management: place, modify and cancel orders; smart, basket, split and options orders; close positions; GTT orders
- Portfolio: positions, holdings, order book, trade book, funds and margin
- Market data: quotes, multi-quotes, market depth, history, intervals and symbol search
- Options: option symbols, option chain, Greeks, synthetic futures
- Strategies, Telegram and WhatsApp over the API, and analyzer status and toggle
Real-Time WebSocket Streaming
- The market data feed on
ws://127.0.0.1:8765speaks the web's protocol - Subscribe to LTP, Quote or Depth (5, 20, 30 and 50 levels) for any symbol, and to the order update stream
- One broker feed shared by the app's screens, your scripts and the sandbox
- Reconnects by itself after a network outage and when the computer wakes
Options & Strategy Analytics Tools (/tools)
Sixteen tools for options trading and market analysis, on the Tools page. They use your connected broker's data; market data entitlement and exchange coverage still apply:
| Tool | Route | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Strategy Builder | /strategybuilder |
Build multi-leg option strategies with live Greeks, payoff diagram and what-if simulators |
| Strategy Portfolio | /strategybuilder/portfolio |
Saved strategies across MyTrades and Simulation watchlists |
| Option Chain | /optionchain |
Real-time option chain with live Greeks, OI data, and quick order placement |
| Option Greeks | /ivchart |
Historical IV, Delta, Theta, Vega, and Gamma charts for ATM options |
| OI Tracker | /oitracker |
Open Interest analysis with CE/PE OI bars, PCR overlay, and ATM strike marker |
| OI Range | /oirange |
Open Interest by strike for a custom range with ATM-relative quick selectors and optional 1-minute auto-refresh |
| Max Pain | /maxpain |
Max Pain strike calculation with visual pain distribution across strikes |
| Straddle Chart | /straddle |
Dynamic ATM Straddle chart with rolling strike, Spot, and Synthetic Futures overlay |
| Straddle PnL | /straddlepnl |
Simulated intraday ATM straddle P&L with automated N-point adjustments and trade log |
| Vol Surface | /volsurface |
3D Implied Volatility surface across strikes and expiries using live option chain data |
| GEX Dashboard | /gex |
Gamma Exposure analysis with OI Walls, Net GEX per strike, and top gamma strikes |
| Strike Profile | /strikeprofile |
GEX and DEX heatmap by strike and expiry with per-expiry peaks, gamma flip, call and put walls |
| Gamma Density | /gammadensity |
Γ×OI density and convexity zones with intraday & to-expiry views, ATM IV, and ±1σ/±2σ expected-move bands |
| IV Smile | /ivsmile |
Implied Volatility smile with Call/Put IV curves, ATM IV, and skew analysis |
| OI Profile | /oiprofile |
Futures candlestick with OI butterfly and daily OI change across strikes |
| Arbitrage | /arbitrage |
Realtime futures calendar-spread scanner across NFO & MCX, ranked by executable bid/ask spread % with one-click two-leg orders |
Strategy Module and Risk Management (/strategy)
- Multi-leg options strategies that enter and exit together, and a signal mode that moves one leg per TradingView or GoCharting alert
- Stop, target and trailing rules decided by one risk engine, which passes OpenAlgo web's risk test vectors
- Each Live strategy stays tied to the broker account it was started on
Strategy module and risk engine
Charting Terminal and OpenScript (/trading)
- A full-screen charting terminal on
openalgo-charts, with an order dock and keyboard shortcuts - Your own chart indicators, loaded from your data folder
- OpenScript studies and strategies: backtests and live runs on the same engine
Charting terminal · Custom indicators · OpenScript
Scalping Terminal (/scalping)
Keyboard-driven intraday trading in options, futures and equity, with stop-loss, target and trailing protection that OpenAlgo watches until the position is flat. Scalping terminal
Sandbox testing
Sandbox mode (analyzer mode) gives you 1 crore of simulated capital to test strategies, webhooks and API clients with real market prices, kept in its own database. See Sandbox mode (analyzer mode).
Action Center
Order approval for manual control:
- Auto mode: orders go straight to your broker
- Semi-Auto mode: orders wait in the Action Center for your approval
- Approve or reject orders one at a time, or approve them all
ChartInk Integration
Scanner alerts by webhook:
- BUY, SELL, SHORT and COVER actions
- Intraday strategies with a square-off time, and positional strategies
- Symbols added one at a time or in bulk from CSV
TradingView and GoCharting
The Platforms page builds the webhook address and the alert message for TradingView and GoCharting from the symbol and order you choose.
Historify
Historical market data on your computer, in DuckDB: download jobs, a scheduler, exports and charts.
AI-Powered Trading (MCP Server)
Connect AI clients to your account and market data:
- Native MCP server with the web's 49 tools
- Over stdio for Claude Desktop and Claude Code, and over HTTP at
/mcp; clients on another computer need Remote MCP turned on - Scoped tokens created on the API Key page, with per-token limits and an audit log
Connecting Claude Desktop and Claude Code · MCP tool reference
Telegram Bot
Native in the desktop, with no Python:
- Order and trade alerts delivered to Telegram
- Order book, trade book, positions, holdings and funds on demand
- Intraday and daily charts
- A button menu, and analytics of the bot's use
Native in the desktop: pair with a QR code or a pair code, then receive alerts and send commands.
Monitoring
- Latency Monitor: order round-trip times by broker
- Traffic Monitor: API use, errors and endpoint statistics
- Security log: refused requests and address bans
- **Healt
