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7 matching projects · updated Sep 29, 2026 How we rank ↗

#1 TRENDING jhlywa/chess.js TypeScript 2008

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

◇ chess

988 ↑ +1 today

#2 TRENDING keldaanCommunity/pokemonAutoChess TypeScript 2019

Pokemon Auto Chess Game. Made by fans for fans. Open source, non profit. All rights to the Pokemon Company.

◇ autochess ◇ pokemon ◇ pokemon-auto-chess

557 ↑ +1 today

#3 TRENDING jcarolus/android-chess Java 2014

Chess game for Android.

◇ android ◇ chess

295 ↑ +1 today

#4 TRENDING lichess-org/lila-docker Rust 2023

Lichess local development using Docker Compose.

◇ docker ◇ docker-compose ◇ lichess

114 ↑ +1 today

#5 TRENDING asdfjkl/jfxchess Java 2014

JFXChess - Chess Program

◇ chess ◇ cross-platform ◇ games ◇ gui

23 ↑ +1 today

#6 TRENDING Witek902/Caissa C++ 2021

Strong chess engine

◇ ai ◇ chess ◇ cpp ◇ neural-network

12 ↑ +1 today

#7 TRENDING gbtami/pychess-variants Python 2019

Chess variants server

◇ aiohttp-server ◇ bughouse ◇ capablanca ◇ chess

145 ↑ +1 today

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