Mode: 🌐 Public · Domain: dev.to
Fetch the latest and greatest developer articles from the DEV community without needing an API key.
| 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 |
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 |
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 |
# 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 json- No browser required — uses the public DEV.to API