{"ok":true,"trend":{"id":621037,"platform":"mastodon","region":"global","key":"openbb was an effort for an open source version of the bloomberg terminal, the age-old network / infrastructure for fi","title":"# openbb was an effort for an open source version of the Bloomberg terminal, the age-old network / infrastructure for fi","url":"https://mastodon.social/@openrisk/117366108348234824","first_seen":"2026-10-01T14:56:12.998242Z","last_seen":"2026-10-01T14:56:12.998242Z","last_rank":5,"peak_rank":5,"last_volume":4,"peak_volume":4,"seen_count":1,"score":0.52359375,"category_hint":"software","section":"technology","category":"software","summary":"OpenBB, an open-source project aiming to build a free alternative to the Bloomberg terminal, has shut down after years of development. Bloomberg's terminal, a long-standing network for finance professionals that predates the public internet, remains part of what one commenter describes as a duopoly in market data infrastructure. Observers are pointing to the shutdown as a sign of how hard it is to unseat entrenched financial data platforms.","why":"News of the shutdown of a prominent open-source challenge to Bloomberg's dominant financial terminal has prompted discussion about entrenched infrastructure in finance.","tone":"neutral","entities":["OpenBB","Bloomberg"],"summarized_at":"2026-10-01T14:57:55.544793Z","meta":{"tag":"opensource","via":"scan","kind":"status","lang":"en","instance":"mastodon.social","tag_uses":1253},"nw":null,"promo":null,"kind":null,"importance":null,"hidden":false,"hide_reason":null,"judged_at":null,"title_en":"OpenBB, open-source Bloomberg terminal rival, shuts down","section_name":"Technology","category_name":"Software","timeline":[{"captured_at":"2026-10-01T14:56:12.998242Z","rank":5,"volume":4}],"posts":[{"platform":"mastodon","url":"https://mastodon.social/@openrisk/117366108348234824","author":"openrisk","title":null,"snippet":"# openbb was an effort for an open source version of the Bloomberg terminal, the age-old network / infrastructure for finance professionals (it predates the internet 🤣) that is still part of a duopoly in this space. After years of development, they had to shutdown. Points to…","posted_at":"2026-10-01T14:24:50.373000Z","likes":4}],"elsewhere":[],"window":"7d"}}