newsnow

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CLI tool to fetch trending news and hot topics from 66 sources across 44 platforms. Returns structured news items with titles, URLs, and metadata. USE FOR: - Fetching trending/hot news from Chinese and international platforms - Monitoring hot topics across social media, tech, finance, and news sites - Getting structured news data as JSON for further processing - Listing available news sources Requires npm install. Some sources need env vars (PRODUCTHUNT_API_TOKEN). Some sources may be blocked by Cloudflare (linuxdo).

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npx skill4agent add sorrycc/newsnow newsnow

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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:
  1. List - Don't know what sources are available? List them first.
  2. Fetch - Know the source? Fetch news directly.
  3. JSON - Need structured data? Add 
    --json
    for machine-readable output.
NeedCommandWhen
See all sources
newsnow list
Don't know source names
See sources as JSON
newsnow list --json
Need source list programmatically
Get news
newsnow <source>
Know the source, want readable output
Get news as JSON
newsnow <source> --json
Need structured data for processing

Commands

list

List all available sources.
bash
newsnow list
newsnow list --json

Fetch a source

bash
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:
PlatformSources
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

CategoryRecommended 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

bash
newsnow hackernews --json | jq '.[].title'
newsnow hackernews --json | jq '.[:5]'
newsnow weibo --json | jq '.[] | "\(.title) \(.url)"'