Lichess.el
Play Lichess Inside Emacs
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HN · launched Jan 27, 2026 · 22 upvotes (top 33%) · 1 view
Niche: source code editors and extensions · 101 launches, 11 in the last 7 days ▲ +57% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Dev tools
- Prosumer
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
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Could you build this?
Yes It is an Emacs Lisp package that interfaces with the public Lichess HTTP and WebSocket APIs to display and play chess games in an Emacs buffer.
Discussion
2 comments analyzed.
Competitors mentioned: chess.com, Stockfish
Concerns raised: API availability/richness compared to alternatives
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 574 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #212 of 575 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 75 days after the earliest competitor.
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- rom-cli · github · 2026-10-21 · 31 upvotes · similarity 0.45
- nesterm · github · 2026-09-28 · 50 upvotes · similarity 0.45
- NotProton · github · 2026-09-23 · 133 upvotes · similarity 0.44
- Clef · hn · 2026-08-07 · 8 upvotes · similarity 0.44
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