thomas-mauran/chess-tui

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1160 stars · 75 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

chess-tui is a free, open-source terminal chess game written in Rust using Ratatui. It supports local two-player pass-and-play, playing against any UCI-compatible engine like Stockfish, online play and puzzles via Lichess, and network multiplayer.

Use cases

• play chess in the terminal
• play against stockfish from the command line
• play lichess games from my terminal
• solve chess puzzles in a tui
• pass-and-play chess on one machine
• hook up any uci chess engine
• read and write pgn chess games

When to choose

• you want to play chess without leaving the terminal
• you want a lightweight, cross-platform chess client with engine support
• you want Lichess integration in a TUI

When to avoid

• you want a graphical chess interface with mouse-driven board interaction
• you need chess training features beyond puzzles
• you don't have a terminal or prefer web/mobile chess apps

Facets

application · maturity active

game-engine cli terminal-ui gaming-tools cross-platform windows cli rust cross-platform chess tui ratatui stockfish lichess uci pgn terminal-game command-line linux macos

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