# grp/newsyc

An iPhone Hacker News client.

Repository: https://github.com/grp/newsyc
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/newsyc
Homepage: http://newsyc.me/
Language: Objective-C
License: BSD-2-Clause
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2016-09-29T07:31:26+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5630, "days_push": 3625, "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 1111, forks 277 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:37.685422+00:00)

## What it is
news:yc is a native iPhone client for Hacker News written in Objective-C. It lets users browse Hacker News stories and comments on iOS devices.

## Use cases
- read hacker news on iphone
- browse hn stories and comments on ios
- native hacker news client for apple devices

## When to choose
- you want a native iOS Hacker News reader
- you want to study or fork an Objective-C iOS app

## When to avoid
- you need an actively maintained client
- you target Android or non-Apple platforms
- you need modern Swift codebase

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: gui
- domain: social-media, mobile-development, developer-tools
- platform: -
- tags: hacker-news-client, objective-c, iphone, ios, mobile

## Member repositories
- grp/newsyc (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:37.685422+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 2026-08-30T06:43:23.710889+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/grp/newsyc (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:37.685422+00:00, sha 034c8a30884d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.