Lobsters

Mode: 🌐 Public · Domain: lobste.rs

Commands

Command	Description
opencli lobsters hot	Hottest stories
opencli lobsters newest	Latest stories
opencli lobsters active	Most active discussions
opencli lobsters tag <tag>	Stories by tag
opencli lobsters domain <domain>	Stories submitted from a specific source domain
opencli lobsters read <short_id>	Read a story and its comment tree

Usage Examples

# Quick start
opencli lobsters hot --limit 10

# Filter by tag
opencli lobsters tag rust --limit 5

# Stories from a specific source domain
opencli lobsters domain github.com --limit 10
opencli lobsters domain arxiv.org --limit 5

# Read a specific story (use the short_id surfaced as `id` in any listing)
opencli lobsters read 6cmh6h --limit 25 --depth 2

# JSON output
opencli lobsters hot -f json

Output Columns

Command	Columns
hot / newest / active / tag	rank, id, title, score, author, comments, created_at, tags, url
domain	rank, id, title, score, author, comments, created_at, tags, submission_url, comments_url
read	type, author, score, text (POST + L0/L1/… comments, with [+N more replies] stubs)

id is the lobste.rs short_id — pipe it into read to drill into the discussion.

domain returns both submission_url (the underlying article URL on the source site) and comments_url (the lobste.rs discussion page). The legacy listing commands collapse these into a single url (= comments_url).

Prerequisites

None — all commands use the public JSON API, no browser or login required.