newsnow

A command-line tool to fetch trending news and hot topics from 66 sources across 44 platforms. Built with TypeScript, runs on Bun.

Ported from ourongxing/newsnow server sources.

Install

bun install

Usage

# Show help
bun src/cli.ts --help

# List all available sources
bun src/cli.ts list

# Fetch news from a source
bun src/cli.ts hackernews

# Output as JSON (pipeable to jq, etc.)
bun src/cli.ts hackernews --json

# List sources as JSON
bun src/cli.ts list --json

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 |

Some sources require environment variables:

• producthunt requires PRODUCTHUNT_API_TOKEN

Some sources may be blocked by Cloudflare or require authentication:

• linuxdo, linuxdo-latest, linuxdo-hot - May return 403 Forbidden

Testing

bun test

Project Structure

src/
  cli.ts              # CLI entry point (raw process.argv)
  types.ts            # NewsItem type definitions
  fetch.ts            # HTTP client (ofetch wrapper)
  crypto.ts           # md5, SHA-1, base64 helpers
  utils.ts            # Date parsing utilities
  rss.ts              # RSS feed parser
  sources/
    index.ts          # Source registry (all sources merged)
    baidu.ts          # One file per platform
    bilibili.ts
    cls/              # Multi-file sources
      index.ts
      utils.ts
    coolapk/
      index.ts
    ...
test/
  cli.test.ts

Dependencies

• cheerio - HTML parsing
• ofetch - HTTP client
• dayjs - Date formatting
• iconv-lite - Character encoding

License

ISC