Which alternatives to Arcus are open source?

6 of 10: Drift Protocol, Uniswap, Raydium, dYdX, CloddsBot, Orca. Openness is read from each project's own published license or repository.

Which alternatives run on the same chains as Arcus?

1: Uniswap. Chain support is self-declared by each project unless a named check says otherwise on its listing.

Has Sato Hub verified any of these?

Sato Hub reproduced the documented install for 4 of them: Drift Protocol, Raydium, Jupiter, Paradex. Reproducing an install means the documented setup was actually run — it is not a security review, and Sato Hub holds no security assessment of any of these.

How is this list of alternatives built?

It is a rule over live records, not a hand-written list: every listing in Arcus's own category that carries a Sato Score, ordered by the same evidence the rest of the site ranks on — Sato Score tier, whether an endpoint answered our probe, whether a deploy spec exists and was reproduced, a sustained observed record, and chain overlap with Arcus. It is rebuilt from the records, so it changes when they do.

Ranked alternatives · updated 2026-09-23

What are the alternatives to Arcus?

Sato Hub lists 10 alternatives to Arcus in the Trading Tool category as of 2026-09-23; highest Sato Scores: Drift Protocol (81), Uniswap (80), Raydium (95); 6 open source; 4 with an install Sato Hub reproduced. Ordered by how open, active and verifiable each one is — not by quality, and no winner is declared.

Rule · Every listing in Arcus’s own category (Trading Tool) that carries a Sato Score, ordered by score tier, observed liveness, deploy-spec and reproduced-install evidence, and chain overlap with Arcus.

This page ranks peers on how open, active and verifiable each one is — the same evidence Sato Hub publishes everywhere else. It is not a quality, safety or performance ranking, it declares no winner, and it cannot tell you which of these fits your codebase. A Sato Score is not an audit: none of these has been security-reviewed by Sato Hub, and a listing with no earned verification is self-reported.

#	Alternative	Sato Score	Liveness	Chains	Differs on
1	Drift Protocol✓ reviewed Open-source Solana perpetual futures DEX with TypeScript and Python SDKs and a self-hosted HTTP gateway. npm install @drift-labs/sdk install reproduced by Sato Hub	High	Recent · 3mo ago	Solana	Typed as venue rather than tool/service; also on Solana; does not list Robinhood Chain; open source; deploys as Self-hosted, Docker.
2	Uniswap✓ reviewed Leading multichain spot DEX with v4 hooks, official SDKs, and a hosted Trading API. npx skills add Uniswap/uniswap-ai install as documented by the project — not reproduced	High	Active · 2d ago	Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum, Optimism, Polygon, Robinhood Chain, Multichain	Typed as venue rather than tool/service; also on Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum, Optimism and 2 more; open source; deploys as API, SDK.
3	Raydium✓ reviewed Solana AMM and DEX with an open-source TypeScript SDK V2 and public trade/routing API. npm install @raydium-io/raydium-sdk-v2 install reproduced by Sato Hub	High	Active · 8d ago	Solana	Typed as venue rather than tool/service; also on Solana; does not list Robinhood Chain; open source; deploys as npm, MCP server.
4	Jupiter✓ reviewed Solana swap aggregator that routes trades across DEXs via a widely used API and SDKs. npm install @jup-ag/api install reproduced by Sato Hub	High	Active · today	Solana	Typed as venue rather than tool/service; also on Solana; does not list Robinhood Chain; partly open source; deploys as API, SDK, npm.
5	Hyperliquid✓ reviewed Onchain perpetual futures and spot DEX running on its own L1 with an HyperEVM smart-contract layer. pip install hyperliquid-python-sdk install as documented by the project — not reproduced	High	Active · 2d ago	Multichain, Hyperliquid	Typed as venue rather than tool/service; also on Multichain, Hyperliquid; does not list Robinhood Chain; partly open source; deploys as API, SDK.
6	dYdX✓ reviewed Perpetual futures DEX running on its own Cosmos SDK app-chain with REST/WebSocket and gRPC APIs. npm install @dydxprotocol/v4-client-js install as documented by the project — not reproduced	High	Active · 2d ago	Cosmos, Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum, Polygon, Avalanche, Optimism, Solana	Typed as venue rather than tool/service; also on Cosmos, Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum and 4 more; does not list Robinhood Chain; open source; deploys as npm, pip, API.
7	CloddsBot Open-source autonomous AI trading agent operating across 1000+ markets including Polymarket, Kalshi, and Hyperliquid. npm install -g clodds --loglevel=error install as documented by the project — not reproduced	High	Active · 11d ago	Solana, Base, Ethereum, Arbitrum, Optimism, Polygon, Hyperliquid	Also on Solana, Base, Ethereum, Arbitrum and 3 more; does not list Robinhood Chain; open source; deploys as npm, Self-hosted.
8	Orca✓ reviewed Solana concentrated-liquidity AMM (Whirlpools) with open-source TypeScript and Rust SDKs. yarn install as documented by the project — not reproduced	High	Active · 5d ago	Solana	Typed as venue rather than tool/service; also on Solana; does not list Robinhood Chain; open source; deploys as npm, Rust crate.
9	1inch✓ reviewed Multichain DEX aggregator with a developer API suite and an official MCP server for AI-agent swap execution. claude mcp add --transport http --header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" --scope user 1inch-business https://api.1inch.com/mcp/protocol install as documented by the project — not reproduced	High	Active · today	Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum, Optimism, Polygon, Avalanche, BNB Chain, Multichain, Solana, Gnosis, Monad, zkSync	Typed as venue rather than tool/service; also on Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum, Optimism and 8 more; does not list Robinhood Chain; partly open source; deploys as API, SDK.
10	Paradex✓ reviewed Perpetuals (and options) DEX built as a Starknet appchain with REST/WebSocket APIs and SDK tooling. pip install paradex-py install reproduced by Sato Hub	Medium	no signal	Ethereum, Multichain	Typed as venue rather than tool/service; also on Ethereum, Multichain; does not list Robinhood Chain; source availability undeclared; deploys as API, MCP server.

“Differs on” is derived from the records — type, chains, openness and deployment — and states a difference, never a preference. ✓ marks an earned state named as what was checked; none of them is a safety claim.

Questions about alternatives to Arcus

What are the alternatives to Arcus?: Drift Protocol, Uniswap, Raydium, Jupiter, Hyperliquid, dYdX, CloddsBot, Orca, 1inch, Paradex are listed in the same category as Arcus (Trading Tool), as of 2026-09-23. The order is Sato Score and observed evidence, not a quality judgment.
Which alternatives to Arcus are open source?: 6 of 10: Drift Protocol, Uniswap, Raydium, dYdX, CloddsBot, Orca. Openness is read from each project's own published license or repository.
Which alternatives run on the same chains as Arcus?: 1: Uniswap. Chain support is self-declared by each project unless a named check says otherwise on its listing.
Has Sato Hub verified any of these?: Sato Hub reproduced the documented install for 4 of them: Drift Protocol, Raydium, Jupiter, Paradex. Reproducing an install means the documented setup was actually run — it is not a security review, and Sato Hub holds no security assessment of any of these.
How is this list of alternatives built?: It is a rule over live records, not a hand-written list: every listing in Arcus's own category that carries a Sato Score, ordered by the same evidence the rest of the site ranks on — Sato Score tier, whether an endpoint answered our probe, whether a deploy spec exists and was reproduced, a sustained observed record, and chain overlap with Arcus. It is rebuilt from the records, so it changes when they do.

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