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Every website is a Unix command. CLI tool for agents and humans.

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Web2cli – Every website is a Unix command

by michaeloblak·Mar 3, 2026·2 points·3 comments
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Agents scrape websites 100x faster than Chromium, no API keys or auth nightmares.

Strengths
  • •Handles auth, sessions, and anti-bot detection transparently—agents get clean structured output instantly.
  • •Genuinely agent-native: JSON output, Unix piping, no browser overhead or millisecond latency.
  • •Works with HN, X, Discord, Reddit—immediately useful across popular platforms.
Weaknesses
  • •Anti-bot evasion is a cat-and-mouse game; websites can blacklist or change DOM unpredictably.
  • •Requires active maintenance per-site as platforms evolve their UX.
Target Audience

AI agents, automation engineers, power-user CLI enthusiasts

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Firecrawl · Jina AI Reader · curl + jq (manual parsing)

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