CineCLI
Shares rank 4 of 5 movie databases by recommenders
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.
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.
10 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 4
- approval share
- 60%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 1.5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Shows what you get before downloading
“this way I know what I'm getting, rather than just hoping I get the right thing”
Comment from 23 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: CineCLI – Browse and torrent movies directly from your terminal” Praised as a great tool
“Great tool I would have loved back when I watched movies”
Comment from 23 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: CineCLI – Browse and torrent movies directly from your terminal”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
No disclaimer or warning before downloads
“Might want to add a disclaimer/warning and/or add additional confirmation/wording before downloading.”
Comment from 23 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: CineCLI – Browse and torrent movies directly from your terminal” “the lack of disclaimer/warnings in the CLI, unlike what most torrent sites do”
Comment from 23 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: CineCLI – Browse and torrent movies directly from your terminal” Unclear who the target audience is
“I actually don't even see who is the target audience of this”
Comment from 23 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: CineCLI – Browse and torrent movies directly from your terminal” Just a wrapper around the YTS API
“This is just a yts API wrapper”
Comment from 24 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: CineCLI – Browse and torrent movies directly from your terminal”
Other movie databases people recommend
The four most recommended other movie databases, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Letterboxd | 16 | 14 | 53% | 8 | — | — |
| Criterion Closet | 13 | 5 | 72% | 1 | — | — |
| JustWatch | 11 | 3 | 79% | 5 | — | Approved |
| CineCLIThis page | 6 | 4 | 60% | 1 | — | — |
| IMDb | 6 | 34 | 15% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
6 of the 11 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“This is just a yts API wrapper”
“Might want to add a disclaimer/warning and/or add additional confirmation/wording before downloading.”
“the lack of disclaimer/warnings in the CLI, unlike what most torrent sites do”
“this way I know what I'm getting, rather than just hoping I get the right thing”
“I actually don't even see who is the target audience of this”
“Great tool I would have loved back when I watched movies”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.