HackerWeb 2

A read-only Hacker News client.

• Only 30 front-page stories. No more no less.
• Revolutionary comments thread UI. Smart collapse and easy navigation.
• Easy-switch between web view and comments view.

This is a complete rewrite of the first version launched in 2016.

• V1: https://github.com/cheeaun/hackerweb-native
• Story: http://cheeaun.com/blog/2016/03/building-hackerweb-ios/

Preview

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Development

This is built with Expo under the Managed Workflow. Currently using SDK 40 and targeted only for iOS (for now).

npm install -g expo-cli

After cloning this repository:

cd hackerweb-native-2
npm i
npm start

Resources

• API from node-hnapi and the official API
• Icons from SF Symbols
• Awesome Hacker News

License

• MIT.
• Not affiliated with Hacker News or YCombinator.