Tencent/PhoenixGo

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2917 stars · 571 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

PhoenixGo is a Go (weiqi/baduk) AI engine from Tencent that implements the AlphaGo Zero approach of learning the game without human knowledge. It won the World AI Go Tournament 2018 and communicates via the Go Text Protocol (GTP) for use with Go GUIs.

Use cases

• play go against a strong ai engine
• implement alphago zero from the paper
• connect a go ai to sabaki via gtp
• study monte carlo tree search for board games
• run a go bot on foxgo or cgos
• research neural network go playing

When to choose

• you need a tournament-strength Go engine on Linux with optional GPU acceleration
• you want to study or reproduce an AlphaGo Zero-style implementation
• you need a GTP-compatible engine for Go GUIs or online servers

When to avoid

• you need a maintained project with recent updates
• you want an easy build on Windows or macOS
• you need a general game AI framework rather than a Go-specific engine

Facets

application · maturity maintenance

machine-learning deep-learning llm-inference gpu-computing simulation artificial-intelligence machine-learning cpp cli go-game alpha-go-zero mcts reinforcement-learning gtp-engine board-games game-development linux gpu

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