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Lichess

Lichess is a free, open-source game for Android and iOS. The one open-source chess platform. It has 2,625 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0-or-later license, and you can install it from F-Droid.

github.com/lichess-org/mobile (opens in a new tab)

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About Lichess

Lichess is a free/libre, open-source chess application powered by volunteers and donations. Today, Lichess users play more than five million games every day. Lichess is one of the most popular chess websites in the world while remaining 100% free. Note: Push notifications are a work in progress and should not be expected to work correctly. To enable them, a Unified Push distributor such as needs to be installed.

Privacy and F-Droid

F-Droid builds Lichess from its published source code and flags anti-features such as ads, tracking or reliance on non-free services.

  • Contains non-free assets
  • Depends on the developer's own network service

Screenshots

  • Lichess screenshot 1
  • Lichess screenshot 2
  • Lichess screenshot 3

Screenshots from the app's F-Droid listing.

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FAQ

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Is Lichess free and open source?

Yes. Lichess's source code is public on GitHub under the GPL-3.0-or-later license, which is OSI-approved or FSF-free. F-Droid flags these anti-features on its latest build: contains non-free assets; depends on the developer's own network service.

How do I install Lichess?

You can install Lichess from F-Droid (package org.lichess.mobileV2); the links are on this page. Its GitHub repository also publishes releases (latest: v0.30.3).

Is Lichess still maintained?

The repository's most recent commit was on Oct 27, 2026. Its F-Droid listing was last updated on Oct 12, 2026. appsgit only lists apps whose repository had a commit in the last six months.