Shell For Reddit is a linux shell emulator written in Python that lets you browse reddit via command line. It is available for macOS.
- Download the dmg file from github
- Open the dmg file
- Copy the Shell-For-Reddit application into your Applications Folder
- Run the application
Features
- Browse public subreddits, posts, comments, and users.
- Iterate through comments and post indexes.
- Search for posts, comments, and users.
- Clear all the commands on the screen.
- Iterate through old commands using up/down keyboard press.
Example Commands
# ls
- list posts from the frontpage# ls funny
- lists posts from /r/funny# ls subreddits
- lists a list of subreddits# view comments 3
- views comments for the specified post index# view more comments
- load more comments for current post scope
- ls
- Options:
- [hot|new|rising|top|controversial] - sort the list based on categories
- [next|previous] - can only be used on result set
- [subreddit] [next|previous] - can only be used on result set
- Options:
- Description: list posts from the the specified subreddit or the front page if no subreddit specified and sorts by optional hot(default), new, rising, top, controversial.
- ls subreddits
- Options:
- [next|previous] - can only be used on result set
- Description: list all public subreddits available on reddit
- Options:
- view
- Options:
- [index] - can only be used on result set
- Description: opens the permalink of the specified post index in a browser window.
- Options:
- view comments
- Options:
- [index] - can only be used on result set
- Description: loads the comments of the specified post index.
- Options:
- view more comments
- Description: Loads more comments from the post scope if there are posts to load.
- search
- Options:
- [search term]
- ls [next|previous] - can only be used on result set
- Description: Searches reddit for the specified search term.
- Options:
- clear
- Description: Clears the screen
- exit
- Description: Exits the application