# MengTo/DesignerNewsApp

Build a Swift App as a designer

Repository: https://github.com/MengTo/DesignerNewsApp
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/designernewsapp
Homepage: http://designcode.io
Language: Objective-C
License Family: other
Last push: 2019-02-11T07:14:24+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": 4252, "days_push": 2760, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2422, forks 362 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:50.654486+00:00)

## What it is
An open-source iOS client for Designer News written in Swift by the creator of Design+Code. It serves as a real-world example app for designers learning to build iOS applications.

## Use cases
- learn how to build an iOS app as a designer
- study a real Swift app codebase
- browse Designer News on iOS
- see how to integrate Alamofire and animation libraries
- use as a starter template for a news reader app

## When to choose
- you are a designer learning iOS development through Design+Code
- you want a reference Swift codebase from the early Swift era
- you need an example of a complete iOS client app

## When to avoid
- you need a maintained, modern Swift/SwiftUI codebase
- you require iOS versions beyond the legacy Xcode 6.3 / iOS 8 era
- you need a production-ready Designer News client today

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: http-client, animation, ui-components
- domain: mobile-development, education, developer-tools
- platform: -
- tags: ios-app, swift, designer-news, sample-app, design-plus-code, objective-c, xcode, ios, mobile

## Member repositories
- MengTo/DesignerNewsApp (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:50.654486+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 2026-08-30T02:33:01.202329+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/MengTo/DesignerNewsApp (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:50.654486+00:00, sha c509155095cc)
  - homepage: http://designcode.io (fetched 2026-08-29T10:13:11.410235+00:00, sha bf55a690cdfd)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.