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Dev tools · December 11, 2025

Chess-TUI Play Lichess games in your terminal (Rust)

Hi HN, I’ve released a new version of chess-tui, a Rust terminal UI for playing live games against Lichess opponents. The update includes a cleaner TUI, better performance, improved keybindings, and smoother real-time integration with the Lichess API. It’s designed as a simple, fast way to play chess without leaving the terminal. Repo:https://github.com/thomas-mauran/chess-tui Feedback and bug reports are welcome. Happy to answer questions!

Chess-TUI Play Lichess games in your terminal (Rust) launched on December 11, 2025 with 5 votes, #2,550 of 11,628 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches.

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What it does

Chess TUI is a terminal-based chess client written in Rust that lets you play chess directly from your command line, whether it’s local games, bot matches, or real-time online games on Lichess. Built for developers and terminal enthusiasts, it delivers a clean, responsive TUI while staying lightweight, fast, and fully keyboard-driven. Try it out by yourself at https://github.com/thomas-mauran/chess-tui

Play chess in any terminal. Rust TUI, Stockfish, Lichess. - thomas-mauran/chess-tui

Chess in the terminal. Free, cross-platform terminal chess game in Rust. Local play, Stockfish, Lichess.from github.com

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