AutoCLI

Formerly known as opencli-rs. Renamed to AutoCLI starting from v0.2.4.

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<p align="center"> <img src="title_screen.png" alt="autocli" width="800" /> </p> <p align="center"> <a href="https://autocli.ai"><b>https://autocli.ai</b></a> — AI-powered adapter marketplace & cloud API </p>

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Blazing fast, memory-safe command-line tool — Fetch information from any website with a single command. Covers Twitter/X, Reddit, YouTube, HackerNews, Bilibili, Zhihu, Xiaohongshu, and 55+ sites, with support for controlling Electron desktop apps, integrating local CLI tools (gh, docker, kubectl), powered by browser session reuse and AI-native discovery capabilities.

A complete rewrite in pure Rust based on OpenCLI (TypeScript). Feature-equivalent, up to 12x faster, 10x less memory, single 4.7MB binary, zero runtime dependencies.

The perfect companion for OpenClaw/Agent — Give your AI Agent the ability to reach information across the entire web, fetching real-time data from 55+ sites with a single command. Built for AI Agents: Configure autocli list in AGENT.md or .cursorrules, and AI can automatically discover all available tools. Register your local CLI (autocli register mycli), and AI can seamlessly invoke all your tools.

🚀 Performance Comparison

| Metric | 🦀 autocli (Rust) | 📦 opencli (Node.js) | Improvement | |------|:-----------------:|:-----------------:|:----:| | 💾 Memory Usage (Public Commands) | 15 MB | 99 MB | 6.6x | | 💾 Memory Usage (Browser Commands) | 9 MB | 95 MB | 10.6x | | 📏 Binary Size | 4.7 MB | ~50 MB (node_modules) | 10x | | 🔗 Runtime Dependencies | None | Node.js 20+ | Zero deps | | ✅ Test Pass Rate | 103/122 (84%) | 104/122 (85%) | Near parity |

⚡ Real-world Command Timing Comparison:

| Command | 🦀 autocli | 📦 opencli | Speedup | |------|:----------:|:-------:|:------:| | bilibili hot | 1.66s | 20.1s | 🔥 12x | | zhihu hot | 1.77s | 20.5s | 🔥 11.6x | | xueqiu search 茅台 | 1.82s | 9.2s | ⚡ 5x | | xiaohongshu search | 5.1s | 14s | ⚡ 2.7x |

Based on automated testing of 122 commands (55 sites), macOS Apple Silicon environment.

Features

• 55 sites, 333 commands — Covers Bilibili, Twitter, Reddit, Zhihu, Xiaohongshu, YouTube, Hacker News, and more
• Browser session reuse — Reuse logged-in sessions via Chrome extension, no need to manage tokens
• Declarative YAML Pipeline — Describe data scraping workflows in YAML, add new adapters with zero code
• AI-native discovery — explore analyzes website APIs, generate auto-creates adapters with one command, cascade probes authentication strategies
• AI-powered generation — generate --ai uses LLM to analyze any website and create working adapters automatically, with cloud sharing via autocli.ai
• Download media & articles — Download videos (via yt-dlp), articles as Markdown with images localized
• External CLI passthrough — Integrate GitHub CLI, Docker, Kubernetes, and other tools
• Multi-format output — table, JSON, YAML, CSV, Markdown
• Single binary — Compiles to a 4MB static binary with zero runtime dependencies

Installation

Just one file, download and use. No Node.js, Python, or any runtime needed — just put it in your PATH and go.

One-line Install Script (macOS / Linux)

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nashsu/autocli/main/scripts/install.sh | sh

Automatically detects your system and architecture, downloads the corresponding binary, and installs to /usr/local/bin/.

Windows (PowerShell)

Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "https://github.com/nashsu/autocli/releases/latest/download/autocli-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.zip" -OutFile autocli.zip
Expand-Archive autocli.zip -DestinationPath .
Move-Item autocli.exe "$env:LOCALAPPDATA\Microsoft\WindowsApps\"

Manual Download (Simplest)

Download the file for your platform from GitHub Releases:

| Platform | File | |------|------| | macOS (Apple Silicon) | autocli-aarch64-apple-darwin.tar.gz | | macOS (Intel) | autocli-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.gz | | Linux (x86_64) | autocli-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz | | Linux (ARM64) | autocli-aarch64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz | | Windows (x64) | autocli-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.zip |

After extracting, place autocli (or autocli.exe on Windows) in your system PATH.

Build from Source

git clone https://github.com/nashsu/autocli.git
cd autocli
cargo build --release
cp target/release/autocli /usr/local/bin/   # macOS / Linux

Update

Simply re-run the install command or download the latest release to overwrite the existing binary.

Chrome Extension Setup (required for browser commands)

1. Download autocli-chrome-extension.zip from GitHub Releases
2. Extract to any directory
3. Open Chrome and go to chrome://extensions
4. Enable "Developer mode" (top right toggle)
5. Click "Load unpacked" and select the extracted folder
6. The extension will automatically connect to the autocli daemon

Public mode commands (hackernews, devto, lobsters, etc.) work without the extension.

Skill Install

One-click install autocli skill for your AI Agent:

npx skills add https://github.com/nashsu/autocli-skill

Quick Start

# View all available commands
autocli --help

# View commands for a specific site
autocli hackernews --help

# Get Hacker News top stories (public API, no browser needed)
autocli hackernews top --limit 10

# JSON format output
autocli hackernews top --limit 5 --format json

# Get Bilibili trending videos (requires browser + Cookie)
autocli bilibili hot --limit 20

# Search Twitter (requires browser + login)
autocli twitter search "rust lang" --limit 10

# Run diagnostics
autocli doctor

# Generate shell completions
autocli completion bash >> ~/.bashrc
autocli completion zsh >> ~/.zshrc
autocli completion fish > ~/.config/fish/completions/autocli.fish

AI Commands

Powered by autocli.ai — Get your API token, share adapters with the community, and let AI generate adapters for any website.

Step 1: Authenticate

autocli auth

This will:

1. Open your browser to https://autocli.ai/get-token
2. Prompt you to enter the token
3. Verify the token with the server
4. Save it to ~/.autocli/config.json

Step 2: Generate Adapter with AI

# AI analyzes the page and generates a working adapter
autocli generate https://www.moltbook.com/ --goal 'list' --ai

# Search for products
autocli generate https://www.amazon.com/ --goal 'search' --ai

How it works:

1. Searches autocli.ai for existing adapters matching the URL
2. If found, shows an interactive list for you to choose:

   ? Existing adapters found, please select:
   > [exact]   example hot (by alice) - Get trending posts
     [domain]  example search (by bob) - Search articles
     🔄 Regenerate (using AI)
   

3. If no match or you choose "Regenerate", AI analyzes the page (DOM structure + API requests) and generates a new YAML adapter
4. The generated adapter is saved locally and uploaded to autocli.ai for the community

Step 3: Search Existing Adapters

# Search by URL
autocli search https://www.example.com

# Domain name also works (auto-prepends https://)
autocli search example.com

Searches autocli.ai for community-shared adapters matching the URL. Select one from the interactive list to download and save it locally — ready to use immediately.

Environment Variables

| Variable | Description | Default | |----------|-------------|---------| | AUTOCLI_API_BASE | Override server URL | https://www.autocli.ai |

Built-in Commands

Run autocli --help to see all available commands.

| Site | Commands | Mode | |------|------|------| | hackernews | top new best ask show jobs search user | Public | | devto | top tag user | Public | | lobsters | hot newest active tag | Public | | stackoverflow | hot search bounties unanswered | Public | | steam | top-sellers | Public | | linux-do | hot latest search categories category topic | Public | | arxiv | search paper | Public | | wikipedia | search summary random trending | Public | | apple-podcasts | search episodes top | Public | | xiaoyuzhou | podcast podcast-episodes episode | Public | | bbc | news | Public | | hf | top | Public | | sinafinance | news | Public | | google | news search suggest trends | Public / Browser | | v2ex | hot latest topic node user member replies nodes daily me notifications | Public / Browser | | bloomberg | main markets economics industries tech politics businessweek opinions feeds news | Public / Browser | | twitter | trending bookmarks profile search timeline thread following followers notifications post reply delete like article follow unfollow bookmark unbookmark download accept reply-dm block unblock hide-reply | Browser | | bilibili | hot search me favorite history feed subtitle dynamic ranking following user-videos download | Browser | | reddit | hot frontpage popular search subreddit read user user-posts user-comments upvote save comment subscribe saved upvoted | Browser | | zhihu | hot search question download | Browser | | xiaohongshu | search notifications `fee