Released: February 26, 2026

Released: February 26, 2026

Released: January 29, 2026

Published: January 8, 2026

We're excited to announce a major improvement to Chess TUI's Lichess integration: we've replaced the polling system with true real-time streaming, resulting in instant move updates and a much smoother playing experience.

Released: January 5, 2026

Released: December 16, 2025

What's New​

• feat: blinking selected cell cursor by @thomas-mauran in https://github.com/thomas-mauran/chess-tui/pull/169
• feat: improve the color selection popup by @thomas-mauran in https://github.com/thomas-mauran/chess-tui/pull/171
• feat: allow engine to have an argument too by @thomas-mauran in https://github.com/thomas-mauran/chess-tui/pull/172
• feat: deb build by @thomas-mauran in https://github.com/thomas-mauran/chess-tui/pull/173

Released: December 15, 2025

• build on intel macos

Released: December 14, 2025

• fix style for the vertical alignment of the left side number
• fix the piece style with different scaling

Published: December 13, 2025

The Lichess integration in Chess TUI represents one of our most ambitious features, bringing online chess play directly to your terminal. In this blog post, we'll explore the technical challenges we faced, particularly around the polling system, the current state of the integration, and what's coming next.

Released: December 13, 2025

What's New​

• ci: build for aarch64-macos, aarch64-linux and x64-windows as well by @jarjk in https://github.com/thomas-mauran/chess-tui/pull/162
• feat: add sounds by @thomas-mauran in https://github.com/thomas-mauran/chess-tui/pull/161
• feat: lichess + doc + disconnect by @thomas-mauran in https://github.com/thomas-mauran/chess-tui/pull/165
• feat: bot auto install script and debug popup by @thomas-mauran in https://github.com/thomas-mauran/chess-tui/pull/166
• docs: blog posts + releases blog posts by @thomas-mauran in https://github.com/thomas-mauran/chess-tui/pull/167