thomas-mauran/chess-tui
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Play chess in any terminal. Rust TUI, Stockfish, Lichess. observed · 2026-10-01
Health v2 · maintenance only
86/100
- Activity 97
- Release rhythm 77
- Longevity 76
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-21. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 8
- age_days: 1071
- days_rel: 153
- days_push: 22
- n_releases_24m: 20
Adoption not part of the score
1190 stars · 80 forks observed · 2026-10-01
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
3 sources
- readme: https://github.com/thomas-mauran/chess-tui · fetched 2026-10-01 · 749cb50010e2
- homepage: https://thomas-mauran.github.io/chess-tui/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 10e01bc54bfa
- registry_crates: https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/chess-tui · fetched 2026-08-29 · 8bf3d2b8799c
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| thomas-mauran/chess-tui | main | 86 |
For agents
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