# amitburst/HackerNews

A Hacker News reader iOS app written in Swift.

Repository: https://github.com/amitburst/HackerNews
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/amitburst-hackernews
Language: Swift
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: hacker-news, swift, ios, firebase
Last push: 2023-12-12T16:47:41+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4474, "days_push": 995, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1305, forks 235 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:18.715665+00:00)

## What it is
A Hacker News reader iOS app written in Swift that lets users browse top, newest, and show posts. It uses the official Firebase-based Hacker News API and SFSafariViewController for reading articles.

## Use cases
- read hacker news on my iphone
- browse top and newest hacker news posts on ios
- open hacker news articles in an in-app browser
- learn ios development with a real swift app example
- study how to consume the hacker news firebase api in swift

## When to choose
- you want a native iOS client for Hacker News
- you are learning Swift/iOS development and want a small real-world codebase to study
- you want a simple open-source example of consuming the Hacker News API

## When to avoid
- you need an actively developed app with frequent updates
- you want an app distributed on the App Store
- you need an Android or cross-platform reader

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: http-client, gui
- domain: mobile-development, developer-tools, education
- platform: -
- tags: hacker-news, news-reader, swift, learning-resource, firebase-api, ios, mobile

## Member repositories
- amitburst/HackerNews (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:18.715665+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:51:01.068165+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/amitburst/HackerNews (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:18.715665+00:00, sha afcf6ae2c265)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.