Say goodbye to the ineffective screen, only read the news information that you really care about.
Every morning, the anxiety begins the moment you turn on your phone.
Dozens of APP pop-up notifications, hundreds of unread messages, the hot search list is constantly refreshed and changed, and the circle of friends is screened by all kinds of information. What's even more devastating is that 90% of them have nothing to do with you at all.
After half an hour of swiping and sliding my fingers until they cramped, I didn't remember a single valuable piece of information.
This is exactly the dilemma of the times in which we are besieged by algorithms: information is exploding, attention is scarce, and your time is being cut up indefinitely.
Until I met this open-source godsend--TrendRadar. Not only did it help me get out of the information deluge, but it also allowed me to reclaim the initiative over my content.
What is TrendRadar, a hotspot assistant that reads your mind?
TrendRadar is a completely open source hotspot aggregation tool. Its concept is simple: instead of you going to find hotspots, let hotspots actively come to you.
It will automatically crawl real-time hotspots from 11 mainstream platforms across the web, including:
- know
- jitterbug
- bilibili hot search
- Wall Street Journal
- Baidu's hot search engine
- Caixunhui Hot
- headline
- microblog
- Surge News
- phoenix.com
- electronic message board
Then, based on the keywords you set, only the content you really care about is pushed to your phone. No ads, no noise, just precisely matched information.
Zero technical threshold: 30 seconds to deploy, 5 minutes to get started
What surprised me most was the speed of its deployment. Unlike other open source projects that require complex environment configuration, TrendRadar truly deploys in 30 seconds:
- Fork a project on GitHub
- Follow the guidelines to configure the push channel (I chose Enterprise WeChat)
- Set the keywords you care about
- Waiting for the first push
The whole process, without writing a single line of code or complex server knowledge. It is easy to navigate even for programming novices.
For even less effort, its GitHub Pages feature generates beautiful web reports in one click, with perfect adaptations for both PC and mobile.
Three magic weapon features that revolutionize the way information is obtained
1. Intelligent push strategy, customized on demand
TrendRadar offers three push modes to meet the needs of different people:
- Same-day summary modelSuitable for both business managers and general users, it pushes out all the matching news of the day once an hour, allowing you to get a full grasp of the hot trends
- Current List Mode: Suitable for self-publishers and content creators, pushing the hottest current content, helping you track hotspots in real time
- Incremental monitoring mode: Suitable for investors and traders, pushed only when new content is available to avoid duplicate information interference
What's more intimate is that it also supports time window control, so you can set it to receive messages only on weekdays from 09:00-18:00, or to receive a summary in the evening from 20:00-22:00, completely customized to your life rhythm.
2. Accurate content filtering, goodbye to irrelevant information
This is one of the most powerful features of TrendRadar. It supports three keyword syntaxes:
- common word: base match, e.g. enter AI, any news containing AI will be captured
- Must words (+): limited scope, e.g. +AI +Technology, must contain both AI and technology to be captured
- Filter words (!): Excluding distractions such as apples ! Fruit, you can accurately access technology news, excluding fruit information
Even better, it supports phrase-based management. Different phrases separated by empty lines will be counted independently, allowing you to monitor hotspots in multiple areas at the same time, such as a group focusing on stock quotes, a group tracking AI dynamics, and a group monitoring brand public opinion.
3. Trend analysis of hot spots to see through to the essence of the information
TrendRadar doesn't simply push news, it analyzes the evolution of hotspots:
- Record the complete time span from the first to the last appearance of each news item
- Statistics on the change in ranking and frequency of occurrence of news in different time periods
- Be the first to recognize emerging hot topics with the 🆕 marker!
- Distinguish between one-time hot topics and in-depth news that continues to fester
- Demonstrate the ranking performance of the same news on different platforms to see the difference in media attention
This in-depth analysis allows me to see the pulse behind the hot spots and stop being confused by appearances.
Multi-channel direct access, information at your fingertips
TrendRadar supports multiple push channels, so there's one for you:
- Enterprise WeChat (with WeChat Push)
- obscure or illegible writing
- staple
- Telegram
- mails
- ntfy
The one I use most often is Flybook, and the push works as follows:
Push content is formatted in HTML, beautifully laid out and focused. Highly ranked news is bolded in red, emerging hotspots are marked with the 🆕 symbol, and persistent topics are shown with a timeframe. All information at a glance.
Real-life usage scenarios: how I rely on it to work
As a content creator, I need to keep an eye on the industry, but I don't have the time to spend all day brushing up on the hot searches on various platforms, so TrendRadar has become my right-hand man:
- At 9 a.m., get the day's summary of what happened overnight
- On your lunch break, check the current list to catch the hot spots that are festering
- At work, set up incremental monitoring to receive only breaking news related to my field
- In the evening, get a summary of the day's highlights to use as fodder for tomorrow's content creation
This way, I only receive truly valuable industry information and save at least an hour of ineffective screen time each day.
Who is it for? These four types of people need it the most
- Investors/traders: Need to monitor changes in public opinion of specific industries or companies in real time to capture investment opportunities
- Self-publishers/content creators: Creating content that relies on what's hot needs to be the first to catch the trends
- Corporate PR/Brand Manager: Monitor brand public opinion and respond quickly to crises
- Ordinary users who care about current affairs: don't want to be kidnapped by algorithms and want to be proactive in getting the information they want
Version 3.0 heavy upgrade: AI intelligent analysis
The latest release, version 3.0, adds AI analytics, based on the MCP protocol, which lets you deep-dive into news data using natural language:
- Querying data with dialog: querying yesterday's hotspots in Zhihu
- Trend Analysis: Analyzing Bitcoin's Recent Heat Changes
- Smart Summary: Generate a summary report of today's hot topics
- Sentiment analysis: assessing the public sentiment of an event
- Historical comparisons: comparing attention to the same event last year vs. this year
This feature upgrades TrendRadar from a simple push tool to a true information analysis platform.
The Power of Open Source: 4000+ Stars in 1 Day
This project was created by an ordinary developer, initially just a small tool for personal use. Unexpectedly after the open source, it harvested 4000+ Star within 1 day, and now it has exceeded 12,000 Star.
What's more touching is that many users spontaneously contribute code to fix bugs and optimize features. This is the best embodiment of the open source spirit: everyone benefits and everyone participates.
Start your information revolution
If you too are tired of being controlled by algorithms, tired of endless swiping, and tired of losing yourself in the deluge of information, TrendRadar may be the answer you're looking for.
Deploy it, configure it, make it work for you. Give yourself back your time, give yourself back your attention, give yourself back your life.
Open source address:https://github.com/sansan0/TrendRadar
In 30 seconds, you can start an information revolution of your own. You, ready?
