newsnow CLI
Fetch trending news and hot topics from 66 sources across 44 platforms. Returns news items with title, URL, and optional metadata.
Run
newsnow --help
for usage details.
Workflow
Follow this pattern:
List
- Don't know what sources are available? List them first.
Fetch
- Know the source? Fetch news directly.
JSON
- Need structured data? Add
--json
for machine-readable output.
Need
Command
When
See all sources
newsnow list
Don't know source names
See sources as JSON
newsnow list --json
Need source list programmatically
Get news
newsnow
Know the source, want readable output
Get news as JSON
newsnow --json
Need structured data for processing
Commands
list
List all available sources.
newsnow list
newsnow list
--json
Fetch a source
newsnow hackernews
newsnow hackernews
--json
Output fields (JSON mode):
id
- Unique item identifier
title
- News headline
url
- Link to the article (optional)
pubDate
- Publication date (optional)
extra
- Additional metadata like view counts, comments (optional)
Sources
66 source endpoints across 44 platforms:
Platform
Sources
36kr
36kr
,
36kr-quick
,
36kr-renqi
Baidu
baidu
Bilibili
bilibili
,
bilibili-hot-search
,
bilibili-hot-video
,
bilibili-ranking
Cankaoxiaoxi
cankaoxiaoxi
Chongbuluo
chongbuluo
,
chongbuluo-hot
,
chongbuluo-latest
CLS
cls
,
cls-telegraph
,
cls-depth
,
cls-hot
Coolapk
coolapk
Douban
douban
Douyin
douyin
Fastbull
fastbull
,
fastbull-express
,
fastbull-news
FreeBuf
freebuf
Gelonghui
gelonghui
Ghxi
ghxi
GitHub
github
,
github-trending-today
Hacker News
hackernews
Hupu
hupu
iFeng
ifeng
iQIYI
iqiyi-hot-ranklist
ITHome
ithome
Jin10
jin10
Juejin
juejin
Kaopu
kaopu
Kuaishou
kuaishou
LinuxDo
linuxdo
,
linuxdo-latest
,
linuxdo-hot
MktNews
mktnews
,
mktnews-flash
Nowcoder
nowcoder
PCBeta
pcbeta-windows
,
pcbeta-windows11
Product Hunt
producthunt
QQ Video
qqvideo-tv-hotsearch
SMZDM
smzdm
Solidot
solidot
Sputnik News CN
sputniknewscn
SSPai
sspai
Steam
steam
Tencent
tencent-hot
The Paper
thepaper
Tieba
tieba
Toutiao
toutiao
V2EX
v2ex
,
v2ex-share
Wall Street CN
wallstreetcn
,
wallstreetcn-quick
,
wallstreetcn-news
,
wallstreetcn-hot
Weibo
weibo
Xueqiu
xueqiu
,
xueqiu-hotstock
Zaobao
zaobao
Zhihu
zhihu
Source Selection Guide
Category
Recommended Sources
Tech
hackernews
,
github
,
v2ex
,
juejin
,
ithome
,
linuxdo
Finance
xueqiu
,
wallstreetcn
,
cls
,
jin10
,
gelonghui
,
fastbull
General News
toutiao
,
baidu
,
thepaper
,
ifeng
,
zaobao
,
cankaoxiaoxi
Social/Trending
weibo
,
douyin
,
bilibili
,
zhihu
,
tieba
,
douban
Security
freebuf
Product/Design
producthunt
,
sspai
Environment Variables
PRODUCTHUNT_API_TOKEN
- Required for
producthunt
source
Known Limitations
linuxdo
,
linuxdo-latest
,
linuxdo-hot
may return 403 Forbidden (Cloudflare)
Some Chinese sources may be inaccessible from outside mainland China
Working with Results
newsnow hackernews
--json
|
jq
'.[].title'
newsnow hackernews
--json
|
jq
'.[:5]'
newsnow weibo
--json
|
jq
'.[] | "(.title) (.url)"'