newsnow

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).

Audits

Pass

ClawScanPass

Agentic behavior and permission review.

Static analysisPass

Pattern checks against bundled files.

VirusTotalPass

Multi-engine malware detections and file reputation.

Install

openclaw skills install newsnow

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 <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.

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)"'