Chess-TUI Play Lichess games in your terminal (Rust)
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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-tuiFeedback and bug reports are welcome. Happy to answer questions!
HN · launched Dec 11, 2025 · 5 upvotes (top 90%) · 0 views
Niche: terminal and arcade games · 42 launches, 3 in the last 7 days · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Media & entertainment
- Dev tools
- Developer
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
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Could you build this?
Yes Connecting to the public Lichess streaming HTTP/WebSocket API and rendering board states using a terminal library like Ratatui in Rust is a classic weekend coding project.
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Competitors
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Launched 41 days after the earliest competitor.
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