How to run Kiploks engine locally: getting started guide
Get the Kiploks engine running locally: install paths, minimal analyze examples, and links to full engine documentation.
Open source walk-forward analysis and quant trading tools open source searches often land on repositories before products. The Kiploks engine is published under Apache 2.0 so you can audit math, reproduce metrics, and pin versions (Apache 2.0).
This page is a getting started orientation, not a substitute for the canonical README in the repo.
Why run locally
- Verify definitions match what you see in hosted reports
- Integrate analysis into your CI or research pipelines
- Debug discrepancies between an export and a metric printout
Prerequisites
- A supported Node.js version (see engine repository)
- Deterministic inputs: same data revision, same bar rules, same package versions
Minimal path
- Clone the engine repository (
https://github.com/kiploks/engine). - Install dependencies per package instructions in the repo.
- Follow analyze examples in open engine docs.
What local engine is not
Local engine access does not automatically grant hosted product features (accounts, storage, collaboration). Those are separate (Engine overview).