# Lichess (open-source game)

> Lichess is a free, open-source game for Android and iOS. The one open-source chess platform. It has 2,582 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0-or-later license, and you can install it from F-Droid.

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.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/lichess-org/mobile |
| Platforms | Android, iOS |
| Built with | Flutter |
| GitHub stars | 2,582 |
| License | GPL-3.0-or-later (open source) |
| F-Droid | https://f-droid.org/packages/org.lichess.mobileV2/ (package org.lichess.mobileV2) |
| F-Droid anti-features | Contains non-free assets; Depends on the developer's own network service |
| Google Play | not linked |
| App Store | not linked |
| Website | https://lichess.org |
| Official | no |
| Category | Games |
| Latest release | v0.29.1 (Oct 1, 2026) |
| Last commit | Oct 7, 2026 |

F-Droid builds its apps from source and flags anti-features: https://f-droid.org/en/docs/Anti-Features/

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