Freechess is an open-source chess web app to play, view and analyze your chess games for free on any device with Stockfish !
Mission
It aims to have all the features from the best chess apps, while being free and open-source. It is designed to be easy to use, fast, and reliable.
Features
- Load and analyze games from lichess.org and chess.com
- Analysis board with live engine evaluation, custom arrows, evaluation graph, ...
- Chess960 support
- Play against Stockfish at any elo
- Store your games in your browser database
Stack
Built with Next.js, React, Material UI, and TypeScript.
Deployed on Firebase, see it live here.
Running the app in dev mode
At least Node.js 22.11 is required.
Install the dependencies :
npm i
Run the development server :
npm run dev
Open http://localhost:3000 in the browser to see the app running.
The app will automatically refresh on any source file change.
Lint
Run it with :
npm run lint
Deploy
To deploy the app, install the Firebase CLI and authenticate, then run :
npm run deploy
License
GNU General Public License v3.0.
See COPYING to see the full text.