Channels

AutoSearch organizes channels into three availability tiers. Run autosearch doctor to see live status.

Tier 0 — Always-on (28 channels)

No configuration needed. Available immediately after install.

Channel	Languages	Description	Yield
arxiv	en	Academic preprints in CS/ML/physics	medium-high
bilibili	zh, mixed	Chinese tech videos and tutorials	medium
crossref	en	Cross-publisher scholarly search via DOI registry	medium
dblp	en	Computer science bibliography — papers, proceedings	medium
ddgs	en, mixed	DuckDuckGo web search, no auth required	medium
devto	en, mixed	Developer blog articles tagged by technology	medium
dockerhub	en	Docker image and container registry search	medium
github	en	Code, issues, and repository discovery	high
google_news	en, mixed	Current news headlines via Google News RSS	high
hackernews	en	Developer discussion, tooling opinions, early product signals	medium-high
huggingface_hub	en, mixed	Open ML models on Hugging Face Hub	high
infoq_cn	zh, mixed	Chinese engineering articles from InfoQ 中文	medium
kr36	zh, mixed	Chinese tech business news and startup funding from 36kr	medium
linkedin	en, mixed	LinkedIn public company profiles and articles via Jina Reader	low
discourse_forum	zh, mixed	Linux DO and Discourse-based public forum discussions	medium
openalex	en, mixed	Scholarly works via OpenAlex open-access API	high
package_search	en, mixed	PyPI and npm package discovery	medium
papers	en, mixed	Multi-source academic search (arxiv + pubmed + biorxiv + more)	high
podcast_cn	zh, mixed	Chinese podcasts via Apple iTunes API	low
pubmed	en	Biomedical and life-science literature from PubMed	medium-high
reddit	en, mixed	Community discussions and user experience reports	medium
sec_edgar	en	US public company filings (10-K, 10-Q, 8-K)	medium
sogou_weixin	zh, mixed	WeChat Official Account articles via Sogou	high
stackoverflow	en, mixed	Programming Q&A with community-voted answers	high
tieba	zh	Chinese community forum discussions on Baidu Tieba	medium
v2ex	zh, mixed	Chinese developer community — programming, tech, career	medium
wikidata	en, mixed	Structured entity data from Wikidata knowledge graph	medium
wikipedia	en, mixed	Encyclopedia articles via Wikipedia Action API	high

Tier 1 — Env/API gated (10 channels)

Requires an API key, self-hosted URL, or service token.

Channel	Languages	Setup	Yield
douyin	zh	`autosearch configure TIKHUB_API_KEY <key>`	medium
instagram	en, mixed	`autosearch configure TIKHUB_API_KEY <key>`	medium
kuaishou	zh, mixed	`autosearch configure TIKHUB_API_KEY <key>`	medium
searxng	en, zh, mixed	`autosearch configure SEARXNG_URL <url>` (self-hosted SearXNG)	medium
tiktok	en, mixed	`autosearch configure TIKHUB_API_KEY <key>`	medium
twitter	en, mixed	`autosearch configure TIKHUB_API_KEY <key>`	medium
wechat_channels	zh, mixed	`autosearch configure TIKHUB_API_KEY <key>`	medium
weibo	zh, mixed	`autosearch configure TIKHUB_API_KEY <key>`	medium
youtube	en, zh, mixed	`autosearch configure YOUTUBE_API_KEY <key>` (get free key)	medium
zhihu	zh, mixed	`autosearch configure TIKHUB_API_KEY <key>`	medium-high

Requires account cookies or login-backed setup.

Channel	Languages	Setup	Yield
xiaohongshu	zh, mixed	`autosearch login xhs` or `autosearch configure XHS_A1_COOKIE <cookie>`	high
xueqiu	zh, mixed	`autosearch login xueqiu` or `autosearch configure XUEQIU_COOKIES <cookie>`	medium

Some tier-2 channels can be unlocked by logging in with your own account (using browser cookies):

autosearch login xhs        # Xiaohongshu
autosearch login twitter    # Twitter/X
autosearch login bilibili   # Bilibili
autosearch login weibo      # Weibo
autosearch login douyin     # Douyin
autosearch login instagram  # Instagram
autosearch login linkedin   # LinkedIn

Xueqiu (雪球, A-share/HK stock discussion) also supports setting cookie env directly:

autosearch configure XUEQIU_COOKIES "<cookie-string>"

If Chrome auto-extraction fails:

autosearch login xhs --from-string "<cookie-string>"

Getting Started

Reference

Tier 0 — Always-on (28 channels)

Tier 1 — Env/API gated (10 channels)

​Tier 0 — Always-on (28 channels)

​Tier 1 — Env/API gated (10 channels)

​Tier 2 — Login/cookie gated (2 channels)

​Login-based channels

Tier 0 — Always-on (28 channels)

Tier 1 — Env/API gated (10 channels)

Tier 2 — Login/cookie gated (2 channels)

Login-based channels