Difference between revisions of "Xboard"
(new release) |
(Added Debian and Savannah link) |
||
(9 intermediate revisions by one other user not shown) | |||
Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{Entry | {{Entry | ||
− | |Name= | + | |Name=GNU XBoard |
|Short description=Graphical chessboard | |Short description=Graphical chessboard | ||
− | |Full description=XBoard is a graphical user interface for chess | + | |Full description='''XBoard''' is a graphical chessboard for the X Window System. It can serve as a user interface for chess engines such as Fairy-Max, Crafty or [[GNU Chess]], for the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_chess_server Internet Chess Server], or for electronic mail correspondence chess. It supports all major forms of chess, such as international chess, xiangqi (Chinese chess), shogi (Japanese chess) and Makruk, in addition to many minor variants such as Losers Chess, Crazyhouse, Chess960 and Capablanca Chess. |
− | + | ||
− | + | XBoard presents a fully interactive graphical interface and can load and save games in the Portable Game Notation. It can also be used by itself as viewer for stored chess games. | |
− | + | ||
− | + | This package runs on GNU and BSD systems that use the X Window System (eg, most GNU/Linux distros, most *BSDs, including OSX). But the project also includes a port to 32-bit Windows systems called WinBoard. | |
|Homepage URL=https://www.gnu.org/software/xboard/ | |Homepage URL=https://www.gnu.org/software/xboard/ | ||
|User level=intermediate | |User level=intermediate | ||
|VCS checkout command=git clone git://git.savannah.gnu.org/xboard.git | |VCS checkout command=git clone git://git.savannah.gnu.org/xboard.git | ||
|Computer languages=C | |Computer languages=C | ||
− | |Documentation note=https://www.gnu.org/software/xboard/manual/ | + | |Documentation note=Online documentation available at: https://www.gnu.org/software/xboard/manual/ |
+ | |Accepts cryptocurrency donations=No | ||
|Related projects=Baby,Chess,Eboard,Sjeng | |Related projects=Baby,Chess,Eboard,Sjeng | ||
|Keywords=games,xboard,chess,PGN,crafty | |Keywords=games,xboard,chess,PGN,crafty | ||
− | |Version identifier=4. | + | |Version identifier=4.9.1 |
− | |Version date= | + | |Version date=2016/07/31 |
|Version status=stable | |Version status=stable | ||
− | |Version download= | + | |Version download=https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/xboard/xboard-4.9.1.tar.gz |
− | |Last review by= | + | |Last review by=Bendikker |
− | |Last review date= | + | |Last review date=2018/02/20 |
− | |||
|Submitted date=2011-04-01 | |Submitted date=2011-04-01 | ||
− | |||
|Is GNU=Yes | |Is GNU=Yes | ||
|GNU package identifier=xboard | |GNU package identifier=xboard | ||
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
}} | }} | ||
{{Project license | {{Project license | ||
|License=GPLv3orlater | |License=GPLv3orlater | ||
− | |License verified by= | + | |License verified by=Genium |
− | |License verified date= | + | |License verified date=2016/02/26 |
}} | }} | ||
{{Person | {{Person | ||
Line 40: | Line 34: | ||
|Role=Maintainer | |Role=Maintainer | ||
|Email=xboard@tim-mann.org | |Email=xboard@tim-mann.org | ||
− | |||
}} | }} | ||
{{Person | {{Person | ||
|Real name=Chris Sears | |Real name=Chris Sears | ||
|Role=Contributor | |Role=Contributor | ||
− | |||
}} | }} | ||
{{Person | {{Person | ||
|Real name=Dan Sears | |Real name=Dan Sears | ||
|Role=Contributor | |Role=Contributor | ||
− | |||
}} | }} | ||
{{Person | {{Person | ||
Line 56: | Line 47: | ||
|Role=Maintainer | |Role=Maintainer | ||
|Email=apersaud@lbl.gov | |Email=apersaud@lbl.gov | ||
− | |||
}} | }} | ||
{{Resource | {{Resource | ||
− | |Resource audience= | + | |Resource audience=Debian (Ref) |
− | |Resource | + | |Resource URL=https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/xboard |
− | |Resource URL= | + | }} |
+ | {{Resource | ||
+ | |Resource audience=Savannah (Ref) | ||
+ | |Resource URL=https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/xboard | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{Resource | {{Resource | ||
|Resource audience=Developer | |Resource audience=Developer | ||
|Resource kind=VCS Repository Webview | |Resource kind=VCS Repository Webview | ||
− | |Resource URL=http://savannah.gnu.org/ | + | |Resource URL=http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/xboard.git |
}} | }} | ||
{{Resource | {{Resource | ||
Line 79: | Line 72: | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{Resource | {{Resource | ||
− | |Resource audience= | + | |Resource audience=GNU |
− | |Resource kind= | + | |Resource kind=Homepage |
− | |Resource URL= | + | |Resource URL=https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/packages/x.html |
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{Resource | ||
+ | |Resource audience=Gentoo | ||
+ | |Resource kind=Homepage | ||
+ | |Resource URL=https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/games-board/xboard | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{Software category | {{Software category | ||
|Game=chess-related | |Game=chess-related | ||
|Interface=x-window-system | |Interface=x-window-system | ||
+ | |Programming-language=C | ||
+ | |Runs-on=Windows, BSD, OS X, GNU/Linux | ||
|Use=gameplaying | |Use=gameplaying | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{Featured}} | {{Featured}} |
Revision as of 19:10, 19 February 2018
GNU XBoard
https://www.gnu.org/software/xboard/
Graphical chessboard.
XBoard is a graphical chessboard for the X Window System. It can serve as a user interface for chess engines such as Fairy Max, Sjeng, Baby, Hachu or GNU Chess, for the Internet Chess Server, or for electronic mail correspondence chess. It supports all major forms of chess, such as international chess, xiangqi (Chinese chess), shogi (Japanese chess) and Makruk, in addition to many minor variants such as Losers Chess, Crazyhouse, Chess960 and Capablanca Chess.
XBoard presents a fully interactive graphical interface and can load and save games in the Portable Game Notation. It can also be used by itself as viewer for stored chess games.
Licensing
License
Verified by
Verified on
Notes
Leaders and contributors
Contact(s) | Role |
---|---|
Arun Persaud | Maintainer |
Joshua Pettus | Maintainer |
Resources and communication
Software prerequisites
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the page “GNU Free Documentation License”.
The copyright and license notices on this page only apply to the text on this page. Any software or copyright-licenses or other similar notices described in this text has its own copyright notice and license, which can usually be found in the distribution or license text itself.