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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
2026-07-08
Lists
2 list mentions
First commit
2012-02-19
History
5 history points
License
AGPL-3.0
Issues
1,276 open
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18,408
stars
Forks
2,716
Commits
76,921 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
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
2025-10-10
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2008-12-29
History
5 history points
License
BSD-2-Clause
Issues
43 open
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4,350
stars
Forks
985
Commits
500 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days
0 0.0%
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
2026-07-12
Lists
0 list mentions
First commit
2012-10-02
History
22 history points
License
GPL-3.0
Issues
46 open
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2,846
stars
Forks
573
Commits
4,054 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
+5 +0.2%
Commit velocity, last 7 days
+6 +0.1%
Website GitHub
openingtree/openingtree

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

Stack
JavaScript npm Yarn
GitHub topics
#chess #chess-openings #chess-variants #hacktoberfest
Updated
2026-05-03
Lists
0 list mentions
First commit
2019-11-29
History
22 history points
License
GPL-3.0
Issues
90 open
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468
stars
Forks
74
Commits
671 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
+1 +0.2%
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0 0.0%
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