# CineCLI

6 Hacker News commenters recommended CineCLI and 4 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Lets you browse movies from the terminal and see what you will get before downloading, which people find useful. Critics say it lacks disclaimers and warnings before torrent downloads.

## Why people recommend it

- Shows what you get before downloading (1 comments): "this way I know what I'm getting, rather than just hoping I get the right thing" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46363827))
- Praised as a great tool (1 comments): "Great tool I would have loved back when I watched movies" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46363284))

## What people warn about

- No disclaimer or warning before downloads (2 comments): "Might want to add a disclaimer/warning and/or add additional confirmation/wording before downloading." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46364661)) "the lack of disclaimer/warnings in the CLI, unlike what most torrent sites do" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46364645))
- Unclear who the target audience is (1 comments): "I actually don't even see who is the target audience of this" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46363345))
- Just a wrapper around the YTS API (1 comments): "This is just a yts API wrapper" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46372159))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Letterboxd](https://hackerapproved.com/p/letterboxd.md): 16 recommend
- [Criterion Closet](https://hackerapproved.com/p/criterion-closet.md): 13 recommend
- [JustWatch](https://hackerapproved.com/p/justwatch.md): 11 recommend
- [IMDb](https://hackerapproved.com/p/imdb.md): 6 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "CineCLI", https://hackerapproved.com/p/cinecli/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).