hume-x

X/Twitter CLI and SDK for reading, searching, posting, and engagement via cookie auth.

Fast X/Twitter CLI using GraphQL + cookie auth. Full API coverage for tweets, timelines, search, engagement, social, lists, trending, notifications, bookmarks, likes, and scheduled tweets.

Authentication

Uses cookie-based auth. Credentials are resolved in order:

1. CLI flags: --auth-token and --ct0
2. Environment variables: X_AUTH_TOKEN + X_CT0 (or AUTH_TOKEN + CT0)
3. Config file: ~/.config/hume-x/config.json
4. Browser cookies: Firefox (preferred) or Chrome

Run hume-x check to verify credentials. Use hume-x whoami to see the logged-in user.

Posting

bash

hume-x tweet "hello world"
hume-x tweet "check this out" --media image.png --alt "description"
hume-x reply <id-or-url> "nice thread!"
hume-x quote <id-or-url> "interesting take"
hume-x delete <tweet-id>

Supports media upload: images (jpg/png/webp), GIFs, videos with chunked upload.

Reading

bash

hume-x read <id-or-url>
hume-x thread <id-or-url>
hume-x replies <id-or-url> -n 50

Accepts tweet ID or full URL (e.g. https://x.com/user/status/123).

Timeline

bash

hume-x home -n 30
hume-x home --following
hume-x home --cursor "abc123" --pages 3
hume-x user-tweets <username> -n 10

Supports cursor-based pagination with --cursor and --pages flags.

Search

bash

hume-x search "query" -n 20
hume-x search "from:username" -n 10
hume-x mentions
hume-x mentions --user <username>

Engagement

bash

hume-x like <tweet-id>
hume-x retweet <tweet-id>
hume-x bookmark <tweet-id>
hume-x pin <tweet-id>

Collections

bash

hume-x bookmarks
hume-x likes

Social

bash

hume-x follow <username>
hume-x unfollow <username>
hume-x mute <username>
hume-x block <username>
hume-x following <username>
hume-x followers <username>

Lists

bash

hume-x lists
hume-x lists --member-of
hume-x list-timeline <list-id>

Trending

bash

hume-x trending
hume-x trending --tab news
hume-x trending --tab sports
hume-x trending --tab entertainment

Tabs: for-you (default), trending, news, sports, entertainment.

Notifications

bash

hume-x notifications

Scheduled Tweets

bash

hume-x schedule "future tweet" --at "2025-06-01T12:00:00Z"

User Info

bash

hume-x whoami
hume-x about <username>

Utility

bash

hume-x check              # verify auth credentials
hume-x query-ids           # show cached GraphQL query IDs
hume-x refresh-ids         # force refresh query IDs from x.com

Output Flags

• --json — parsed JSON output (pipe to jq for filtering)
• --json-full — raw API response JSON
• --plain — plain text without colors
• --no-color — disable ANSI colors

bash

hume-x home --json | jq '.[0].text'
hume-x search "topic" --json -n 5

Global Flags

• --auth-token <token> — X auth token
• --ct0 <token> — X ct0 CSRF token
• --timeout <ms> — request timeout
• --proxy <url> — HTTPS/SOCKS5 proxy
• -n <count> — number of results (default varies by command)

Important

• Posting is rate-limited by X. If blocked, wait before retrying.
• Query IDs are auto-scraped from x.com with 24h cache. Use hume-x refresh-ids if you get 404 errors.
• Uses curl-impersonate for reliable HTTP requests to X's GraphQL API.