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Core Widgets

OpenBB's core widgets form the foundation of your financial analysis workspace. These essential components enable you to organize information, capture insights, and integrate external data sources within a unified interface, creating a powerful environment for financial analysis and decision-making.

The Navigation Bar serves as your dashboard's command center, providing tab-based organization for complex information. This powerful tool enables you to:

  • Create and manage multiple tabs for different analysis contexts
  • Organize information into logical sections
  • Separate research from analysis
  • Track different market sectors
  • Monitor various portfolios
Navigation bar interface showing multiple tabs

Note Widget​

The Note widget transforms your dashboard into a dynamic research canvas, enabling you to capture and organize your insights effectively. This versatile tool allows you to:

  • Document real-time insights during market analysis
  • Record key findings and observations
  • Store and organize prompts for AI-powered analysis
  • Create a searchable knowledge base of your research
Note widget interface showing text editing capabilities

Website and Iframe Widget​

The Website widget brings external data sources directly into your dashboard, creating a unified research environment. This powerful integration enables you to:

  • Access and interact with external websites without leaving OpenBB
  • Compare data from multiple sources side by side
  • Create a comprehensive research workspace
  • Maintain context while analyzing multiple data sources
Website widget showing embedded webpage

Note: Some websites may restrict embedding. OpenBB automatically checks and only displays websites that permit embedding.

RSS Feeds Widget​

The RSS Feeds widget serves as your personal news aggregator within OpenBB, keeping you informed with market-moving information. This essential tool provides:

  • Curated financial news from top sources
  • Customizable news feed preferences
  • Real-time market updates
  • Integrated news analysis within your research workflow
RSS Feeds widget showing news headlines

Clock Widget​

The Clock widget helps you track global market hours and coordinate across time zones, essential for international trading and analysis. This tool is particularly valuable for:

  • Monitoring market open/close times across different regions
  • Coordinating with international teams
  • Planning trades across multiple time zones
  • Staying aware of global market events
Clock widget showing multiple time zones

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