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IBController provides hands-free operation of Interactive Brokers Trader Workstation. It's especially useful for developers of automated trading systems who use IB API. Features include:

• Automates Trader Workstation (TWS) and IB Gateway (excluding the FIX mode)
• Completes login dialog with credentials from an .ini file or command line
• Handles dialog boxes which TWS presents during programmatic trading activities
• Offers simple encryption of IB passwords if desired
• Keeps TWS running indefinitely by handling TWS time-based exits
• Allows TWS to be terminated at a specified time on a specified day of the week
• Dismisses various dialog messages (eg version updates, daily tips, IB API connections etc)
• Exposes a telnet control protocol to STOP the GUI or ENABLEAPI for IB API client access

• The latest official release ZIP is recommended for most users
• Prior releases are also available
• Arch Linux users can install the ib-controller package from AUR (includes lots of server-oriented features such as multiple daemons, systemd units, headless/virtual framebuffer support, Monit monitoring etc)
• Developers may wish to embed IBController for integration testing convenience (eg see projects GoIB and IB Connect)

Please see the IBController User Guide for installation and usage instructions.

• The TWSAPI Yahoo Group is encouraged for end user usage questions and support
• Bugs can be reported in the GitHub Issue Tracker

We welcome your involvement and contributions! Just have a read of the contributor guidelines and send us a pull request.

We also thank past contributors to the original SourceForge project: Richard King, Steven Kearns and Ken Geis. Plus of course all those on our GitHub contributor list.

IBController is licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.