ShareChess is a free, open source website that allows you to share chess games as self-contained replay links (the whole game is stored in the url without the need for a database), PNG images, or GIF / MP4 / WebM animations.

The website provides a high variety of chessboard and piece designs to serve as an open alternative for commercial chess GIF makers.

Installation

Latest build is available on github.com/sharechess/sharechess.github.io and is ready to deploy on any hosting service (if you want to self-host the project).

For development:

fork this repo and clone the fork to your local environment,
go to the project's directory and run npm i (requires Node 16 LTS or higher, available here),
run npm start - it will start the development server,
start coding ;)

Preview of the current dev version is available here: https://sharechess-dev.netlify.app/

License

The project is under open GNU GPL V3.0 license.

Some of the assets are under separate licenses. Full list of credits, copyrights and licenses is located here: CREDITS.