amitburst/HackerNews
amitburst/HackerNews has 1,299 GitHub stars and 234 forks. GitHot measured 0 stars in 24 hours. Last checked 2026-11-06 10:13 UTC. Last push 2023-12-12.
A Hacker News reader iOS app written in Swift.
What you can do
- View "top", "newest", and "show" posts from Hacker News.
- Read posts using the SFSafariViewController component.
- Uses the official Firebase-based Hacker News API.
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OriginalHackerNews
A Hacker News reader iOS app written in Swift.
Features
- View "top", "newest", and "show" posts from Hacker News.
- Read posts using the
SFSafariViewControllercomponent. - Uses the official Firebase-based Hacker News API.
Getting Started
git clone https://github.com/amitburst/HackerNews.gitcd HackerNewspod install(requires CocoaPods)- Open
HackerNews.xcworkspacein Xcode 8.0 or higher.
Contributing
Please feel free to help out with this project! If you see something that could be made better or want a new feature, open up an issue or send a Pull Request! I don't really plan on putting this out on the App Store, but I think it's a great learning resource for those interested in iOS development with Swift.
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