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hummingbot / hummingbot

Open source software that helps you create and deploy high-frequency crypto trading bots
https://hummingbot.org
Apache License 2.0
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Hummingbot GUI? #4438

Open Chris-G31 opened 2 years ago

Chris-G31 commented 2 years ago

Feature Suggestion // Command-line interface in this day and age (2021) is counter-intuitive for most of us. Both Hummningbot and its users would greatly benefit from a GUI for Hummingbot.

Impact // Hummingbot is designed to work with Crypto-currencies. The Crypto-space is new and the vast majority of participants is mostly comprised of retail-investors who's familiarity with command-line software is either zero (0) or below zero (-0).

Offering a GUI for Hummnibgot will greatly help crypto-market participants in their trading and also help Hummingbot expand its user-base.

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zappra commented 2 years ago

Horses for courses I suppose - the slightly old school feel of Hummingbot's UI is one of the things I first liked about it!

Chris-G31 commented 2 years ago

Well, the last time I used command line was with MS-DOS back in the early '90s. Had it not been for the "windows" GUI format first introduced by Apple/Mac ... personal computing would have never been what it is today. I think that Hummingbot is an impressive tool but it's current MS-DOS / command line format it totally unappealing to modern day users: the younger members of my family do not actually know what a "terminal" is - never mind "command line". Needless to mention that the same younger members of my family are more into crypto than I am. So, the potential user-base is there and what separates it from Hummingbot is something as simple as a GUI.

maxholloway commented 2 years ago

Speaking as a younger user, I personally really like the feel. However I come from a development background, so I suppose that's why the terminal ui was straightforward to me.