Project Summary
The purpose of Lichess is to provide a minimalist Chess game.
It requires no registration. You don't need to create an account.
It requires no Flash and can be run from any modern web browser.
Lichess provides following features:
* Multiplayer
* Single player with Artificial Intelligence
* Castling
* En passant
* Promotion
* Check, Chekmate & Stalemate detection
* Move hints and validation
Lichess is built using only Open Source software, including:
* PHP 5.3.2 with Symfony 2 & PHPUnit
* JavaScript with jQuery & UI
* HTML5 & CSS
* Ubuntu 10.04, nginx & Vim
* Crafty Chess engine
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has a well established, mature codebase
maintained by a very large development team
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took an estimated 156 years of effort (COCOMO model)
starting with its first commit in February, 2012
ending with its most recent commit about 22 hours ago
MIT License
Permitted
Commercial Use
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Sub-License
Private Use
Forbidden
Hold Liable
Required
Include Copyright
Include License
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Project Security
Vulnerabilities per Version ( last 10 releases )
There are no reported vulnerabilities
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