Dev.to
Mode: 🌐 Public · Domain: dev.to
Fetch the latest and greatest developer articles from the DEV community without needing an API key.
Commands
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
opencli devto top | Top DEV.to articles of the day |
opencli devto latest | Latest published articles across all tags (paginated) |
opencli devto tag <tag> | Latest articles for a specific tag |
opencli devto user <username> | Recent articles from a specific user |
opencli devto read <id> | Read the body of a single article |
Listing columns
top, latest, tag, and user all surface the same agent-native columns so the article id is round-trippable into devto read:
| Column | Source | Notes |
|---|---|---|
rank | local | 1-indexed position in the result |
id | item.id | Numeric article id, feed into devto read |
title | item.title | |
author | item.user.username | (omitted for user since it's user-scoped) |
reactions | item.public_reactions_count | |
comments | item.comments_count | |
reading_time | item.reading_time_minutes | Minutes |
published_at | item.published_at | ISO 8601 timestamp |
tags | item.tag_list | Comma-separated |
url | item.url | Canonical article URL |
read columns
devto read returns a single row with the article body. DEV.to's public API does not expose article comments, so this reader does not emit a comment tree.
| Column | Source |
|---|---|
id | article.id |
title | article.title |
author | article.user.username |
reactions | article.public_reactions_count |
reading_time | article.reading_time_minutes |
tags | article.tag_list (joined) |
published_at | article.published_at |
body | article.body_markdown (truncated by --max-length) |
url | article.url |
Usage Examples
bash
# Top articles today
opencli devto top --limit 5
# Latest published articles (newest first; supports --page for pagination)
opencli devto latest --limit 20
opencli devto latest --limit 20 --page 2
# Articles by tag (positional argument)
opencli devto tag javascript
opencli devto tag python --limit 20
# Articles by a specific author
opencli devto user ben
opencli devto user thepracticaldev --limit 5
# Read a single article body by id
opencli devto read 3605688
opencli devto read 3605688 --max-length 5000
# JSON output
opencli devto top -f json
opencli devto read 3605688 -f jsonPrerequisites
- No browser required — uses the public DEV.to API