Everything needed to ship
A battle-tested architecture that handles the hard parts of financial data apps.
Real-Time Streaming
Dedicated WebSocket service ingests Alpaca ticks and builds 1-minute candles live using Redis and Celery.
Data Pipelines
Automatic OHLCV backfills and caching for watchlist assets. Extend easily with Django ORM.
Interactive Charts
TradingView-style lightweight charts with multi-timeframe data, technical indicators, and live updates.
Dockerized
Full stack infrastructure with Postgres, Redis, Celery, and Flower defined in Docker Compose.
Watchlists
Manage personal watchlists, sync assets, and organize your research workflows efficiently.
Modern Tooling
NX monorepo, Vite HMR, uv for Python, and batteries-included linting/formatting setup.
Production-Grade Stack
Built with industry-standard tools for reliability and scale.
Backend
Django 5 + DRF for a robust API, with Channels for WebSocket streaming and Celery for async tasks.
Frontend
React 19 + Vite 7 providing a blazing fast SPA experience with TradingView charts and RTK Query.
DevOps
Docker Compose for orchestration, NX for monorepo management, and GitHub Actions for CI.
Visual & Interactive
A dashboard that feels like a native application.
Watchlists
Organize assets, track performance, and get instant quotes.
Advanced Charts
TradingView integration with custom indicators and drawings.
Asset Discovery
Fast search and filtering across thousands of instruments.
About & Disclaimer
This project is named "Alpaca API Wrapper" to reflect its purpose: providing a robust, open-source boilerplate for developers to build applications using the Alpaca Markets API.
⚠️ Independent Open Source Project
I am not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by AlpacaDB, Inc. This is not a commercial product. It is a free, open-source educational project created to demonstrate how to build real-time trading infrastructure using their public API.