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lichess-org/lila

♞ lichess.org: the forever free, adless and open source chess server ♞

AI dev
Stack
Scala Svelte npm pnpm
GitHub topics
#chess #free-software #functional-programming #game #lichess #non-profit
Updated
2026-10-09
Lists
2 list mentions
First commit
2012-02-19
History
8 history points
License
AGPL-3.0
Issues
1,268 open
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18,813
stars
Forks
2,820
Commits
80,232 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
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No 7-day history
Website GitHub
jhlywa/chess.js

A TypeScript chess library for chess move generation/validation, piece placement/movement, and check/checkmate/draw detection

Stack
TypeScript React npm
GitHub topics
#chess
Updated
2026-08-11
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2008-12-29
History
7 history points
License
BSD-2-Clause
Issues
45 open
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4,399
stars
Forks
984
Commits
501 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
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No 7-day history
Website GitHub
niklasf/python-chess

A chess library for Python, with move generation and validation, PGN parsing and writing, Polyglot opening book reading, Gaviota tablebase probing, Syzygy tablebase probing, and UCI/XBoard engine communication

Stack
Python pip
GitHub topics
#chess #epd #fen #gaviota #pgn #polyglot
Updated
2026-08-22
Lists
0 list mentions
First commit
2012-10-02
History
40 history points
License
GPL-3.0
Issues
49 open
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2,875
stars
Forks
582
Commits
4,056 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
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No 7-day history
Website GitHub
openingtree/openingtree

Consolidated view of all your chess games from chess.com, lichess, grandmaster games or custom pgn.

Stack
JavaScript React npm Yarn
GitHub topics
#chess #chess-openings #chess-variants #hacktoberfest
Updated
2026-05-03
Lists
0 list mentions
First commit
2019-11-29
History
40 history points
License
GPL-3.0
Issues
90 open
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475
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76
Commits
671 commits
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No 7-day history
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