requirements.txt

# Web Framework: The lightweight framework for building the application structure (routes, views, etc.)
flask

# Production Server: A critical component for deployment. Used by Docker to serve the Flask app live on Hugging Face Spaces.
gunicorn

# Data Acquisition: Used to download historical stock data from Yahoo Finance.
yfinance

# Machine Learning: The library containing the Random Forest algorithm for making predictions.
scikit-learn

# Data Processing: Used for handling data structures like DataFrames, essential for cleaning, manipulating, and preparing stock data.
pandas

# Scientific Computing: Provides high-performance array and mathematical operations, often used internally by pandas and scikit-learn.
numpy