# OpenChart

14 Hacker News commenters recommended OpenChart and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Open-source, privacy-first charting tool for markets, with an AI agent that knows your local investing context and works with a Claude subscription.

## Why people recommend it

- Keeps data local and private (3 comments): "It also comes with the benefit that agents knows your investing context, which is usually stored in your local laptop." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49981438)) "Privacy-first + open source + agent-native is a combination I haven't seen anyone else ship for markets." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49981226)) "keeping everything local and private" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49990854))
- Open source and privacy-focused (2 comments): "Privacy-first + open source + agent-native is a combination I haven't seen anyone else ship for markets." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49981226)) "keeping everything local and private" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49990854))
- Works with Claude subscription (2 comments): "I haven't found any other tool that integrates a Claude subscription as seamlessly as OpenChart does." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49986484)) "Very interesting work, finally we have a local first unification layer on codex and cc" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49981659))
- AI agents with interactive charts (2 comments): "AI agents + interactive charts is exactly the workflow I’ve been waiting for." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49982397)) "Finally we got an AI++ tradingview." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50002239))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Chartrow](https://hackerapproved.com/p/chartrow.md): 5 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "OpenChart", https://hackerapproved.com/p/openchart/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).