HackerNewsWatch (watchOS)
A minimal Hacker News reader for Apple Watch built with SwiftUI.
Scrollable top stories feed with title, points, and comments count
Tap a story to view comments in a simple tree-style view
"Open Article" link at the top opens the article in the watch browser
HN-like styling (orange accent)
Requirements
Xcode 15 or newer
macOS with command line tools
Homebrew (for XcodeGen) or install XcodeGen manually
Generate the Xcode project
./scripts/generate.sh
This will install XcodeGen if needed and generate HackerNewsWatch.xcodeproj .
Build
./scripts/build.sh
To run on the latest available watchOS Simulator and auto-launch the app:
./scripts/run-sim.sh
The script will pick a recent Apple Watch simulator runtime and boot it. You can also open the generated HackerNewsWatch.xcodeproj in Xcode and run there.
Project layout
project.yml – XcodeGen spec
– XcodeGen spec Sources/WatchApp – Swift sources for the watch app
– Swift sources for the watch app scripts/ – helper scripts to generate and build
Privacy
The app accesses the public Hacker News API over HTTPS and does not collect or store personal data.
License
MIT