| name | newsnow |
| description | 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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| allowed-tools | ["Bash(newsnow *)","Bash(npx 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 identifiertitle - News headlineurl - 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)"'
