rysasahrialLooking for a Hacker News client that’s fully open‑source, native iOS, and gives you direct access to the source code? This perfectly crafted app brings the full Hacker News experience right to your iPhone and iPad—with SwiftUI elegance and real code transparency.
Our Hacker News iOS client is built from the ground up in Swift, offering a sleek, high-performance interface that rivals any other app in its class. It’s not just a reader, but also a developer playground: the source code is accessible on GitHub, so you can inspect, modify, or even contribute. That makes it ideal both for users who want a clean, ad‑free reading experience and for developers who want to explore or reuse actual production‑grade SwiftUI code.
What makes this app stand out:
- Fully open‑source and MIT‑licensed: inspect the entire SwiftUI source code, submit pull requests, and customize it for your own use.
- Native iOS experience: SwiftUI‑based UI ensures smooth transitions, deep iPhone/iPad integration, and dark mode support.
- Advanced features like swipe‑to‑upvote, customizable fonts, padding, and theming. Most importantly, the app reads the HN API directly—just like web Hacker News.
- Supports all Hacker News endpoints: front page, Ask HN, Show HN, newest, classic, jobs, best stories, noob, active, top comments, and more.
- In‑app comment replies, nested threading with collapse, and Safari‑View links optionally in readability mode.
- Powerful Algolia‑powered search with filters: query by “#story”, “#comments”, or filter to a specific author/date.
- One‑time in‑app‑purchase unlocks permanent dark theme, but you can also use dark mode per session for free.
- iPad Split View, plus fully adaptive layouts: even landscape on larger phones is great.
Why developers love it: it’s a “living documentation” of modern app architecture. You’ll find exemplary SwiftUI patterns, snapshot testing, and native‑level performance optimization. Want to reuse parts for your own app? Just browse the GitHub source code and import the UI modules you need.
This app is perfect for anyone who follows Hacker News and also values code transparency. Whether you’re reading, voting, commenting—or pulling code into your own projects—the app delivers. Plus, it’s a real‑world example of using open source to demonstrate high‑quality iOS development.