Show HN: bbcli – A TUI and CLI to browse BBC News like a hacker

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bbcli Browse BBC News like a hacker. A terminal-based BBC News reader built with Rust and ratatui, featuring a compact, numbered list interface with vim-like navigation. Note: This is a complete rewrite of bbcli in Rust. installation Using eget (Recommended) Download pre-built binaries: eget hako/bbcli GitHub Releases Download pre-built binaries for your platform from GitHub Releases: Available for: Linux : x86_64 (gnu/musl), aarch64 (gnu/musl) : x86_64 (gnu/musl), aarch64 (gnu/musl) macOS : x86_64 (Intel), aarch64 (Apple Silicon) : x86_64 (Intel), aarch64 (Apple Silicon) Windows : x86_64 : x86_64 BSD: FreeBSD, NetBSD Using cargo-binstall (Also Recommended) Fast binary installation without compiling: # Install cargo-binstall first if needed # See: https://github.com/cargo-bins/cargo-binstall cargo binstall bbc-news-cli From crates.io # Install from crates.io cargo install bbc-news-cli From source git clone https://github.com/hako/bbcli cd bbcli cargo build --release cargo install --path . terminal compatibility bbcli works best in modern terminals with full Unicode and image protocol support: Recommended terminals: WezTerm - Excellent image support (Sixel, Kitty, iTerm2) Ghostty - Fast, GPU-accelerated with Kitty protocol Rio - Modern, hardware-accelerated Alacritty - Fast, minimal (Halfblocks mode for images) Kitty - Full Kitty graphics protocol support iTerm2 (macOS) - Inline images protocol Image protocols: Press p to cycle through: Auto / Halfblocks / Sixel / Kitty to cycle through: Auto / Halfblocks / Sixel / Kitty Auto mode detects your terminal's capabilities Halfblocks works in all terminals (Unicode-based) usage # Launch interactive TUI bbcli # Or use CLI mode (see below) bbcli list cli mode: bbcli includes a powerful CLI mode for quick access to headlines and articles without launching the full TUI. List Headlines # List top stories bbcli list # List from specific feed bbcli --feed world list bbcli --feed technology list bbcli --feed business list Open Art...

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