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Analysis GUI for the 21st century\r\n\r\n![LiGround](https://github.com/LucyLMM/images/blob/main/LiGround_Screenshot.PNG)\r\n\u003c!-- \u003cimg src=\"./media/screenshots/liground-0.0.1.png\" alt=\"LiGround screenshot\" title=\"LiGround screenshot.\" /\u003e --\u003e\r\n\r\n## Download\r\n\r\n### Binaries\r\n\r\nWe provide binary releases for the following plattforms:\r\n\r\nOperating System | Version\r\n---              | ---\r\nLinux            | [**liground-0.6.0-linux.AppImage**](https://github.com/ml-research/liground/releases/download/0.6.0/liground-0.6.0.AppImage)\r\nWindows          | [**liground-Setup-0.6.0-win.exe**](https://github.com/ml-research/liground/releases/download/0.6.0/liground.Setup.0.6.0.exe)                              \r\nMac              | [**liground-0.6.0-mac.zip**](https://github.com/ml-research/liground/releases/download/0.6.0/liground-0.6.0-mac.zip)\r\n\r\nThe current _LiGround_ release and all its previous versions can also be found at [releases](https://github.com/ml-research/liground/releases).\r\n\r\n## Supported Games\r\n\r\n### Regional and Historical Games\r\n- [Chess](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess)\r\n- [Janggi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janggi)\r\n- [Makruk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makruk)\r\n- [Shogi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shogi)\r\n- [Xiangqi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiangqi)\r\n\r\n### Chess Variants\r\n\r\n- [Antichess](https://lichess.org/variant/antichess)\r\n- [Atomic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_chess)\r\n- [Chess960](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess960)\r\n- [Crazyhouse](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crazyhouse)\r\n- [Horde](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunsany%27s_Chess#Horde_Chess)\r\n- [King of the Hill](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_the_Hill_(chess))\r\n- [Racing Kings](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V._R._Parton#Racing_Kings)\r\n- [Three-check](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-check_chess)\r\n\r\n## Build Instructions\r\n\r\n### Build Setup\r\n``` bash\r\n# install dependencies\r\nnpm install\r\n\r\n# run dev server with hot reload at localhost:9080\r\nnpm run dev\r\n\r\n# build electron application for production\r\nnpm run build\r\n\r\n# lint all JS/Vue component files\r\nnpm run lint\r\n```\r\n\r\n### Post-Installation Actions\r\nLiGround ships with preincluded engine binaries. By default all engines are downloaded automatically into the `./engines/` folder as postinstall action. However, if no prebuilt binaries are available for you system or something goes wrong, please go ahead and build/download them manually:\r\n\r\n* Stockfish 17: download the archive for your platform ([Linux AVX2](https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/releases/download/sf_17/stockfish-ubuntu-x86-64-avx2.tar), [Windows AVX2](https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/releases/download/sf_17/stockfish-windows-x86-64-avx2.zip), [macOS universal](https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/releases/download/sf_17/stockfish-macos-universal.zip)), extract it, and copy/rename the binary to `stockfish` (or `stockfish.exe`).\r\n* Download [Multi-Variant-Stockfish 10](https://github.com/ddugovic/Stockfish/releases/variant_sf_10) and rename it to `multi-variant-stockfish`\r\n* Download [Fairy-Stockfish 14 **Largeboard**](https://github.com/fairy-stockfish/Fairy-Stockfish/releases/fairy_sf_14) and rename it to `fairy-stockfish`\r\n\r\n### Libraries\r\nThe following libraries or assets are used in **LiGround**:\r\n\r\nLibrary | Description | Usage\r\n--- | --- | ---\r\n[**ffish.js**](https://www.npmjs.com/package/ffish) | A high performance WebAssembly chess variant library based on [_Fairy-Stockfish_](https://github.com/ianfab/Fairy-Stockfish). | Used in the GUI for legal move generation, FEN parsing \u0026 validation, pocket pieces, etc.\r\n[**ChessgroundX**](https://github.com/gbtami/chessgroundx) | A free/libre open source chess UI developed for [lichess.org](https://lichess.org/) and [pychess.org](https://www.pychess.org/). | Used as the main UI board element.\r\n[**ornicar/lila**](https://github.com/ornicar/lila) | The forever free, adless and open source chess server | Many high quality assets from [lichess.org](https://lichess.org/) (e.g. piece styles, board styles, chess fonts, ...) are used within this GUI.\r\n[**Vue.js**](https://vuejs.org/) | The Progressive JavaScript Framework | Used as the main JavaScript Framework.\r\n[**Electron**](https://www.electronjs.org/) | Build cross-platform desktop apps with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS | Used for exporting the GUI to the desktop.\r\n[**electron-vue**](https://github.com/SimulatedGREG/electron-vue) | An Electron \u0026 Vue.js quick start boilerplate | Used for the boilerplate code.\r\n\r\n### Related\r\nProjects that influenced the creation of **LiGround**:\r\n\r\nProject | Description\r\n--- | ---\r\n[**tinyChessServer**](https://github.com/MoritzWillig/tinyChessServer) | An xboard server for playing bughouse games via websockets\r\n[**lichess.org/analysis**](https://lichess.org/analysis) | The forever free, adless and open source chess server\r\n[**vue-chessboard**](https://github.com/vitogit/vue-chessboard) | Chessboard vue component to load positions, create positions and see threats\r\n[**cutechess**](https://github.com/cutechess/cutechess) | A graphical user interface, command-line interface and a library for playing chess.\r\n[**XBoard**](https://www.gnu.org/software/xboard/) / [**WinBoard**](http://hgm.nubati.net/) | A graphical user interface for chess in all its major forms.\r\n[**Nibbler**](https://github.com/fohristiwhirl/nibbler) | Leela Chess Zero (Lc0) interface.\r\n[**chess.js**](https://github.com/jhlywa/chess.js) |  A Javascript chess library for chess move generation/validation, piece placement/movement, and check/checkmate/draw detection\r\n\r\n---\r\n\r\nThis project was generated with [electron-vue](https://github.com/SimulatedGREG/electron-vue)@[45a3e22](https://github.com/SimulatedGREG/electron-vue/tree/45a3e224e7bb8fc71909021ccfdcfec0f461f634) using [vue-cli](https://github.com/vuejs/vue-cli). Documentation about the original structure can be found [here](https://simulatedgreg.gitbooks.io/electron-vue/content/index.html).\r\n\r\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fml-research%2Fliground","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fml-research%2Fliground","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fml-research%2Fliground/lists"}