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: 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

Released: December 11, 2025

We're excited to announce the release of Chess TUI 2.0.0! This major update brings significant improvements and new features to enhance your chess playing experience.

Released: September 3, 2025

This release includes important fixes, migrations, and feature improvements.

Released: February 3, 2025

This release focuses on improving logging capabilities and fixing multiplayer connection issues.

Released: December 15, 2024

This release introduces online multiplayer functionality, allowing you to play chess with others over the network!