reddit-cli

A CLI tool that extracts content from Reddit posts. Designed for AI agents to read Reddit posts without a browser.

No API key or authentication required — uses Reddit's public JSON API.

Installation

macOS (Homebrew)

brew install rursache/tap/reddit-cli

Windows / Linux / macOS (Go)

go install github.com/rursache/reddit-cli@latest

Build from Source

git clone https://github.com/rursache/reddit-cli.git
cd reddit-cli
go build -o reddit-cli .

Usage

reddit-cli [flags] <reddit-post-url>

Flags

Flag	Description
--json	Output as JSON instead of plain text
--version, -v	Show version and exit
-h, --help	Show help message

Examples

# Text output
reddit-cli https://www.reddit.com/r/golang/comments/abc123/some_post/

# JSON output
reddit-cli --json https://old.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/xyz789/some_post/

# Pipe to other tools
reddit-cli https://reddit.com/r/pics/comments/def456/cool_photo/ | head -5

Supported Post Types

• Text posts (self posts with body text)
• Link posts (external URLs)
• Image posts (single images, i.redd.it)
• Gallery posts (multiple images)
• Video posts (Reddit-hosted videos)
• Embedded content (YouTube, etc.)
• Crossposts (extracts original content)

Supported URL Formats

• reddit.com
• www.reddit.com
• old.reddit.com
• new.reddit.com
• np.reddit.com
• m.reddit.com