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PyChess-Variants

Self-hostable web server for playing chess variants online

Game Servers ★ 309 stars Hard setup GPL-3.0

PyChess-Variants is the open-source software powering pychess.org, a website for playing chess and many chess variants in the browser. It can be self-hosted to run a private variant chess server.

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Key features

  • Browser-based variant chess
  • Real-time multiplayer
  • Engine analysis
  • Tournament support

Pros & cons

Strengths

  • Huge variant selection
  • Active development

Trade-offs

  • Complex to self-host
  • Niche audience

PyChess-Variants replaces

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