Statistics for topic chess

RepositoryStats tracks 631,899 Github repositories, of these 246 are tagged with the chess topic. The most common primary language for repositories using this topic is Python (54). Other languages include: C++ (35),  Rust (29),  TypeScript (27),  JavaScript (23),  C# (14)

Stargazers over time for topic chess

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Most starred repositories for topic chess (view more)

lichess-org
lila lichess-org
2.4k
16.4k
agpl-3.0
228
♞ lichess.org: the forever free, adless and open source chess server ♞
game chess scala lichess type-safe non-profit typescript free-software play-framework functional-programming
Created 2012-02-21
66,313 commits to master branch, last one 4 hours ago
official-stockfish
Stockfish official-stockfish
2.4k
12.6k
gpl-3.0
252
A free and strong UCI chess engine
cpp uci chess stockfish chess-engine
Created 2014-06-18
6,579 commits to master branch, last one 4 days ago
jhlywa
chess.js jhlywa
924
3.9k
bsd-2-clause
96
A TypeScript chess library for chess move generation/validation, piece placement/movement, and check/checkmate/draw detection
chess
Created 2008-12-29
458 commits to master branch, last one 24 days ago
thomasahle
sunfish thomasahle
556
3.1k
other
85
Sunfish: a Python Chess Engine in 111 lines of code
ai chess python sunfish chess-ai chess-engine
Created 2014-02-10
261 commits to master branch, last one 7 months ago
LeelaChessZero
lc0 LeelaChessZero
556
2.6k
gpl-3.0
92
Open source neural network chess engine with GPU acceleration and broad hardware support.
gpu uci cuda chess chess-ai alphazero chess-engine deep-learning neural-networks leela-chess-zero alphazero-inspired deep-reinforcement-learning
Created 2018-05-30
1,590 commits to master branch, last one a day ago
niklasf
python-chess niklasf
536
2.5k
gpl-3.0
70
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 comm...
epd fen pgn uci chess syzygy xboard gaviota polyglot
Created 2012-10-03
4,014 commits to master branch, last one 27 days ago

Trending repositories for topic chess (view more)

Last 3 days (new repositories)
no newly created repositories trending in the last 3 days
Last 3 days (absolute gain)
official-stockfish
official-stockfish/Stockfish

A free and strong UCI chess engine

12,644 (+20)
gpl-3.0
lichess-org
lichess-org/lila

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

16,398 (+13)
agpl-3.0
Adam-Kulju
Adam-Kulju/Patricia

Super aggressive chess engine

115 (+2)
mit
chrisbutner
chrisbutner/ChessCoach

Neural network-based chess engine capable of natural language commentary

490 (+2)
gpl-3.0
rooklift
rooklift/nibbler

Chess analysis GUI for UCI engines, with extra features for Leela (Lc0) in particular.

620 (+2)
gpl-3.0
Last 3 days (relative gain)
gtim
gtim/svelte-chessground

Chessboard component. Chessground Svelte wrapper.

25 (+4%)
gpl-3.0
liamt19
liamt19/Lizard

Strongest A/B chess engine written in C#

37 (+3%)
mit
aronpetko
aronpetko/integral

Strong neural-network chess engine written in C++

54 (+2%)
Adam-Kulju
Adam-Kulju/Patricia

Super aggressive chess engine

115 (+2%)
mit
rosenthj
rosenthj/Winter

UCI Chess Engine

92 (+1%)
gpl-3.0
Last week (new repositories)
no newly created repositories trending in the last week
Last week (absolute gain)
official-stockfish
official-stockfish/Stockfish

A free and strong UCI chess engine

12,644 (+42)
gpl-3.0
lichess-org
lichess-org/lila

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

16,398 (+30)
agpl-3.0
niklasf
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 comm...

2,542 (+5)
gpl-3.0
chrisbutner
chrisbutner/ChessCoach

Neural network-based chess engine capable of natural language commentary

490 (+4)
gpl-3.0
lichess-org
lichess-org/chessground

Mobile/Web chess UI for lichess.org

1,121 (+4)
gpl-3.0
Last week (relative gain)
gtim
gtim/svelte-chessground

Chessboard component. Chessground Svelte wrapper.

25 (+4%)
gpl-3.0
liamt19
liamt19/Lizard

Strongest A/B chess engine written in C#

37 (+3%)
mit
danieltan1517
danieltan1517/chess-jai

Chess Engine and UI in Jai Programming Language

41 (+3%)
FlipByBlink
FlipByBlink/PersonaChess

Chess app for Spatial SharePlay 【Apple Vision Pro】

54 (+2%)
aronpetko
aronpetko/integral

Strong neural-network chess engine written in C++

54 (+2%)
Last month (new repositories)
no newly created repositories trending in the last month
Last month (absolute gain)
official-stockfish
official-stockfish/Stockfish

A free and strong UCI chess engine

12,644 (+200)
gpl-3.0
lichess-org
lichess-org/lila

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

16,398 (+134)
agpl-3.0
lichess-org
lichess-org/mobile

Lichess mobile app v2

1,586 (+63)
gpl-3.0
jhlywa
jhlywa/chess.js

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

3,942 (+54)
bsd-2-clause
franciscoBSalgueiro
franciscoBSalgueiro/en-croissant

The Ultimate Chess Toolkit

844 (+45)
gpl-3.0
Last month (relative gain)
notune
notune/LeelaQueenOdds

Lc0 net trained specifically to win against humans with Queen Odds

27 (+23%)
agpl-3.0
zjeffer
zjeffer/chess-deep-rl

Research project: create a chess engine using Deep Reinforcement Learning

132 (+16%)
gpl-3.0
Adam-Kulju
Adam-Kulju/Patricia

Super aggressive chess engine

115 (+12%)
mit
Disservin
Disservin/fastchess

fastchess is a chess cli tool to run engine vs engine matches

110 (+10%)
mit
Disservin
Disservin/chess-library

C++ chess library

114 (+10%)
mit
Last 12-months (new repositories)
WintrCat
WintrCat/chessencryption

Chess Encryption 🔑

419
mit
Infinite-Chess
Infinite-Chess/infinitechess.org

Infinite Chess Web Server

202
agpl-3.0
misprit7
misprit7/real-time-chess

A physical chess board without the concept of turns

125
mit
Bot-Rakshit
Bot-Rakshit/bm_frontend

Frontend repository of Samay Raina's chess community website

107
mit
whiletruelearn
whiletruelearn/termichess

Play chess in your terminal.

53
apache-2.0
Last 12-months (absolute gain)
official-stockfish
official-stockfish/Stockfish

A free and strong UCI chess engine

12,644 (+2,294)
gpl-3.0
lichess-org
lichess-org/lila

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

16,398 (+1,934)
agpl-3.0
lichess-org
lichess-org/mobile

Lichess mobile app v2

1,586 (+753)
gpl-3.0
franciscoBSalgueiro
franciscoBSalgueiro/en-croissant

The Ultimate Chess Toolkit

844 (+534)
gpl-3.0
WintrCat
WintrCat/freechess

WintrCat's Game Report ♟️

716 (+472)
Last 12-months (relative gain)
WintrCat
WintrCat/chessencryption

Chess Encryption 🔑

419 (+3,123%)
mit
Adam-Kulju
Adam-Kulju/Patricia

Super aggressive chess engine

115 (+945%)
mit
Timmoth
Timmoth/Sapling

A strong dotnet UCI Chess engine - My leaf nodes are growing

40 (+900%)
apache-2.0
GuillaumeSD
GuillaumeSD/Freechess

Chess web app to analyze, play and view your games for free on any device with Stockfish !

27 (+575%)
gpl-3.0
sgrvinod
sgrvinod/chess-transformers

Teaching transformers to play chess

119 (+441%)
mit