# Hummingbot

> Hummingbot is an open source Python framework that helps you run automated trading strategies on any CEX and DEX.

Hummingbot provides an open-source framework for building automated trading bots that operate on multiple exchanges and blockchains.

Hummingbot offers a Python-based framework for building customizable trading bots. It connects to centralized and decentralized exchanges through standardized APIs, enabling users to implement market making, arbitrage, and other trading strategies. The modular design allows individuals and professional traders to automate operations across various markets with consistent execution while maintaining control of their funds and strategies.

- Type: Project
- Sector: Developer Tooling
- Status: Active
- Founded: 2019-04-01
- Profile: https://thegrid.id/profiles/Hummingbot

## Products

- [Hummingbot](https://thegrid.id/profiles/Hummingbot): Hummingbot is an open-source framework that helps you design and deploy automated trading strategies, or bots, that can run on many centralized or decentralized exchanges. (Trading Bot, Live, Main Product)
- [Hummingbot Gateway](https://thegrid.id/profiles/Hummingbot): Middleware that standardizes DEX API endpoints on different blockchain networks. (Cross-chain Infrastructure, Live)

## Assets

- [Hummingbot Governance Token (HBOT)](https://thegrid.id/profiles/Hummingbot): HBOT is the governance token of Hummingbot Foundation. It is used to vote on pull request proposals, improvement proposals, and governance proposals that determine how the Hummingbot codebase evolves. All proposed code changes to the Github repository can be approved by HBOT holders to be merged into the codebase and included in an official release. (Governance)

## Links

- [Main](https://hummingbot.org)
- [Documentation](https://hummingbot.org/docs)
- [Blog](https://hummingbot.org/blog)
- [Governance](https://snapshot.org/#/s:hbot.eth)
- [Whitepaper](https://hummingbot.org/about/whitepaper/#principles)
- [Discord](https://discord.com/invite/hummingbot)
- [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/c/hummingbot)
- [Twitter / X](https://x.com/_hummingbot)
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/hummingbot-foundation)
- [GitHub](https://github.com/hummingbot/hummingbot)
- [Discord](http://discord.gg/hummingbot)
- [Twitter / X](https://x.com/_hummingbot)

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