newsnow

v1.0.1

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: -...

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by郭立lee@leeguooooo·fork of @sorrycc/newsnow (1.0.0)

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Install

openclaw skills install leeguooooo-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)"'

Prefer npx newsnow <source> --json when the CLI is not installed globally.

Version tags

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