microsoft/WinObjC on Hacker News

…major time of upheaval for iOS libraries and they matured and this project was ultimately canceled. https://github.com/Microsoft/WinObjC

comment by evereverever · 2025-09-05 · in Étoilé – desktop built on GNUStep

…ago, MicroSoft (more likely somebody's 20% project) tried to do it again, this time based on iOS. https://github.com/microsoft/WinObjC

comment by ksherlock · 2025-07-21 · in Modern Debian-based Window Maker distribution

…a ported app running with it at one point. And I think Microsoft took a pass at it more recently: https://github.com/Microsoft/WinObjC But it appears Darling uses Cocotron so maybe you've already seen how well it works for you.

comment by robterrell · 2023-11-26 · in Darling: Run macOS Software on Linux

…from "shit I read on Wikipedia", but WinObjC does exist and it did use parts of GNUStep: https://github.com/Microsoft/WinObjC/issues/116

comment by kmeisthax · 2023-01-26 · in HelloSystem – OS with original Mac philosophy with a modern architecture

…of low-level stuff, patching 3rd-party code, etc. [1] https://github.com/ipasimulator/ipasim [2] https://github.com/Microsoft/WinObjC

comment by janjones · 2022-12-22 · in Emulating an iPod Touch 1G and iPhoneOS 1.0 using QEMU (Part I)

…see that most of the activity happened in the typical tenure length at tech companies (1-2 years) https://github.com/microsoft/WinObjC/graphs/contributors

comment by trinovantes · 2022-08-18 · in Is the Windows Bridge for iOS Projects Dead?

…... on the other hand, Microsoft actually tried to do that once, and their implementation was bad: https://github.com/microsoft/WinObjC/tree/develop/Frameworks...

comment by TheTon · 2022-03-21 · in Ask HN: I'd like to practice coding GUI from scratch. Any recommendations?

…but they're a billion dollar company with the man power to accomplish something like that. [1] https://github.com/microsoft/WinObjC

comment by heavyset_go · 2021-02-10 · in Hello system, a FreeBSD-based OS designed to resemble Mac

…is thriving: https://github.com/Microsoft/react-native-windows 3) WinObjC is looking formidable: https://github.com/Microsoft/WinObjC I think the future is bright for Microsoft, cross-platform development, and the React universe..!

comment by LinguaBrowse · 2018-08-09 · in Microsoft are quietly merging Office code into their react-native-macos repo

Not dead at all. Microsoft has been using it to bring Obj-C to Windows. https://github.com/Microsoft/WinObjC

comment by mattl · 2017-12-07 · in Qt 5.10 released

There's also the WinObjC project from Microsoft: https://github.com/Microsoft/WinObjC

comment by Jasper_ · 2017-11-04 · in The Cocotron

Not if Microsoft keeps this up: https://github.com/Microsoft/WinObjC/tree/develop/Frameworks... I'm not saying that's entirely reasonable , but it exists.

comment by favorited · 2017-10-05 · in Dictionary and Set Improvements in Swift 4.0

…I'm sure it was a script, but this needs to be fixed, stat. Sadly, not even the first time: https://github.com/Microsoft/WinObjC/issues/35 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10024377 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10018208 (which…

comment by DannyBee · 2017-01-24 · in New DirectX Shader Compiler Based on Clang/LLVM Open-Sourced

TIL WinObjC is alive and well. https://github.com/Microsoft/WinObjC

comment by mycall · 2016-12-21 · in 20 years ago, Apple bought NeXT

…claim that APIs are copyrightable... ...while reimplementing Apple's proprietary iOS frameworks ( https://github.com/Microsoft/WinObjC ).

comment by curt15 · 2016-06-09 · in FreeBSD 10.3 officially supported on Microsoft Azure

Microsoft lets you build your iOS apps for Windows. https://github.com/Microsoft/WinObjC

comment by RandallBrown · 2016-06-08 · in An unofficial WWDC app for OS X

…the Microsoft iOS to Windows bridge? It's for objective c, but it bridges UIkit to UWP controls... https://github.com/Microsoft/WinObjC/tree/master/Frameworks/...

comment by Maarten88 · 2016-05-07 · in Swift for Windows

…as it is continuing to implement Apple's proprietary iOS frameworks in Project Islandwood ( https://github.com/Microsoft/WinObjC ). The ruling on API copyrightability does not set precedent in any of the courts that normally hear copyright…

comment by curt15 · 2016-04-07 · in Bash on Ubuntu on Windows

…Windows as possible. Maybe after (or in conjunction with) Swift 3.0. Don't see it on their roadmap: https://github.com/Microsoft/WinObjC/wiki/Roadmap But there's an open issue for it so that's promising:…

comment by clouddrover · 2016-03-04 · in Swift Evolution acceptances: The big three

…that thinks this is an OK implementation of arc4random()? (even if it was fixed later?) - https://github.com/Microsoft/WinObjC/blob/59a63e42a9d10da8aa...

comment by 0x0 · 2015-08-26 · in NeXTBSD aka FreeBSD X

…They also got the copyright headers wrong when trying to fix Cocotron's stripped copyrights: https://github.com/Microsoft/WinObjC/issues/35#issuecomment-...

comment by teacup50 · 2015-08-07 · in Microsoft WinObjC: Restore original licenses

>Edit: They added the license https://github.com/Microsoft/WinObjC/commit/611e9e5a4b837360... . And also apologized: https://twitter.com/windowsdev/status/629379957018394624

comment by pmelendez · 2015-08-06 · in Windows Bridge for iOS

Some of this code is just... WTF? For example, https://github.com/Microsoft/WinObjC/blob/106d8b2738101872a1... ; even setting aside the fact that some minutes don't have 60 seconds, 30.42 days per month?!

comment by timdierks · 2015-08-06 · in Windows Bridge for iOS

…without any attribution: https://twitter.com/steipete/status/629364240063799296 Compare: https://github.com/Microsoft/WinObjC/blob/106d8b2738101872a1... and https://github.com/steipete/PSTCollectionView/blob/master/PS... Edit: They added…

comment by MartinMond · 2015-08-06 · in Windows Bridge for iOS