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Show HN: HackerNewt – Breadth-first exploring HN client for iOS

#1

Post by hnand » Tue, Jul 01, 2025, 3:57 PM UTC

I made a HN client that allows you to explore comments in a breadth-first manner. Compared to the classic depth-first approach, it works much better for the larger threads - you don't lose the context and can easily skip discussions you're not interested in.

Video preview: https://imgur.com/a/tzBdpXw

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#2

Post by pvg » Tue, Jul 01, 2025, 4:00 PM UTC

A thread 2 years ago https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36030350

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#3

Post by sneak » Tue, Jul 01, 2025, 4:53 PM UTC

Thanks for not surveilling the users of your app. I bought the premium version.

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#4

Post by fraXis » Tue, Jul 01, 2025, 5:20 PM UTC

Nice job! Will you be releasing an Android version?

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#5

Post by ashish01 » Tue, Jul 01, 2025, 5:40 PM UTC

I also prefer BFS expansion of comments. So I implemented https://hn-reader.pages.dev/ for this. Also has dark mode to be easy on eyes.

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#6

Post by hnand » Tue, Jul 01, 2025, 5:53 PM UTC

fraXis wrote: post #4

Nice job! Will you be releasing an Android version?

Thanks! As of now I don't have any plans for Android. It's a native iOS app written in Swift, so that would require building a new app from the ground up.

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#7

Post by vednig » Tue, Jul 01, 2025, 6:04 PM UTC

I built one too at hacked.stream few months back in React Native

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#8

Post by [deleted] » Tue, Jul 01, 2025, 6:20 PM UTC

vednig wrote: post #7

I built one too at hacked.stream few months back in React Native

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#9

Post by [deleted] » Tue, Jul 01, 2025, 6:20 PM UTC

ashish01 wrote: post #5

I also prefer BFS expansion of comments. So I implemented https://hn-reader.pages.dev/ for this. Also has dark mode to be easy on eyes.

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#10

Post by tnetenbaa » Tue, Jul 01, 2025, 6:29 PM UTC

hnand wrote: post #6

fraXis wrote: post #4

Nice job! Will you be releasing an Android version?

Thanks! As of now I don't have any plans for Android. It's a native iOS app written in Swift, so that would require building a new app from the ground up.

Don't know if you saw, but Swift is coming to Android. Might not require a rebuild after all.