Project family

Three open-source projects. One documentation home.

xbbg.org documents every public project in the underloam GitHub organization. Each section tracks the latest release, and the API references are regenerated from each tagged release.

xbbg

Python and Node.js APIs for licensed Bloomberg data workflows: reference, historical, intraday, BQL and search, streaming, and fixed income on one Rust/Arrow engine.

Latest: v1.8.0 · Python quick start · Node.js

xnews

TypeScript fetch, parse, and normalize utilities for public market news, research papers, central-bank publications, economic data releases, and documents.

Latest: v0.2.2 · Overview · API reference

xqdb

A Rust kdb+/q IPC client for Python and Node.js: Narwhals DataFrames (PyArrow, pandas, Polars) in Python, Apache Arrow tables in Node.js, TLS, subscriptions, and q binary file reads.

Latest: v0.1.8 · Overview · Benchmarks

Compare projects

	xbbg	xnews	xqdb
Focus	Licensed Bloomberg data (BLPAPI)	Public news, research, and data-release feeds	kdb+/q IPC
Runtimes	Python 3.11+, Node.js 24+	Node.js 24+ (ESM only)	Python 3.10+, Node.js 20+
Core	Rust engine over the Bloomberg C++ SDK	TypeScript	Rust engine
Outputs	Arrow, with pandas, Polars, PyArrow, DuckDB, and Narwhals backends	Normalized NewsItem records and typed provider results	Arrow, with pyarrow, pandas, and Polars via Narwhals
License	Apache-2.0	Apache-2.0	BSD-3-Clause
Source	underloam/xbbg	underloam/xnews	underloam/xqdb

Packages

Package	Project	Registry	Latest
xbbg	xbbg	PyPI	1.8.0
@xbbg/core	xbbg	npm	1.8.0
@xbbg/langgraph	xbbg	npm	1.8.0
@xbbg/xnews	xnews	npm	0.2.2
@xbbg/xnews-langgraph	xnews	npm	0.2.3
xqdb	xqdb	PyPI	0.1.8
@xbbg/xqdb	xqdb	npm	0.1.8

Install

xbbg (Python)

pip install xbbg

xbbg (Node.js)

npm install @xbbg/core

xnews

npm install @xbbg/xnews

xqdb (Python)

pip install xqdb

xqdb (Node.js)

npm install @xbbg/xqdb

How these docs stay current

API reference pages for every project are generated from the latest tagged release, not from unreleased branch work. A scheduled job checks each project for new releases, regenerates the references and version data, and verifies the site builds before the update is published. Each project section also has a changelog page.

Independence

xbbg is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or approved by Bloomberg Finance L.P. xqdb is not affiliated with or endorsed by KX; kdb+ is a trademark of KX. Use of Bloomberg data, APIs, and SDKs requires appropriate Bloomberg licenses and entitlements.