# Freqtrade vs Hummingbot (2026) | TradingAgentStack

> Freqtrade vs Hummingbot: assets, live vs paper, order approval and safety controls, pricing and rate limits, each with a source. Last checked 2026-11-09.

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# Freqtrade vs Hummingbot

By [Ahsen (@satovinci)](https://tradingagentstack.com/about/)

Side-by-side facts with sources, last checked 2026-11-09.

**Verdict:** Freqtrade: free, open source. Hummingbot: free, self-hosted. Safety score: Freqtrade 60%, Hummingbot 60%. They differ on assets, live vs paper, order approval, pricing; the table below shows each fact with its source.

| Field | [Freqtrade](https://tradingagentstack.com/tool/freqtrade/) | [Hummingbot](https://tradingagentstack.com/tool/hummingbot/) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Category | Open-source trading bots | Open-source trading bots |
| Assets | crypto spot, crypto futures | crypto spot, crypto perpetuals, DEX, Kalshi |
| Live vs paper | dry-run (paper) and live, self-hosted | live (self-hosted); paper connectors |
| Order approval / safety | open-source (GPL-3.0) Python bot; runs on your machine with your exchange keys; control via Telegram, freqUI or REST API; FreqAI adds ML/reinforcement-learning strategies; exchanges incl. Binance, Bybit, OKX, Kraken, Gate, Bitget, Hyperliquid | open-source (Apache-2.0) Python framework for market making and agentic strategies; 50+ exchange connectors incl. Binance, OKX, Bybit, Coinbase, Kraken, Hyperliquid, dYdX, Uniswap; Condor AI harness |
| Pricing / free tier | free, open source | free, self-hosted |
| Rate limits | exchange rate limits | exchange rate limits |
| Official / community | official | official |
| Last checked | 2026-11-02 | 2026-11-03 |
| Source | [www.freqtrade.io](https://www.freqtrade.io/en/stable/) | [hummingbot.org](https://hummingbot.org/) |
| Website | [Visit Freqtrade](https://tradingagentstack.com/go/freqtrade/?from=/compare/freqtrade-vs-hummingbot/) | [Visit Hummingbot](https://tradingagentstack.com/go/hummingbot/?from=/compare/freqtrade-vs-hummingbot/) |

Both are listed under [Open-source trading bots](https://tradingagentstack.com/open-source-ai-trading-bots/), where every tool in the category is shown with the same sourced facts.

Tool pages: [Freqtrade](https://tradingagentstack.com/tool/freqtrade/) · [Hummingbot](https://tradingagentstack.com/tool/hummingbot/). Categories: [Open-source trading bots](https://tradingagentstack.com/category/open-source-bot/)

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