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Lichess mobile app

From lichess-org·Updated June 27, 2026·View on GitHub·

Second iteration of the [Lichess mobile app](https://lichess.org/mobile). The project is written primarily in Dart, distributed under the GNU General Public License v3.0 license, first published in 2022. It has gained significant community traction with 2,367 stars and 436 forks on GitHub. Key topics include: android, chess, dart, flutter, ios.

Latest release: v0.24.6Version 0.24.6
June 11, 2026View Changelog →

Lichess Mobile

Second iteration of the Lichess mobile app.

How to contribute

Contributions to this project are welcome!

If you want to contribute, please read the contributing guide.

If you are new to this project, you can read the documentation to get
started. The CLAUDE.md is also a good resource to understand the
codebase.

Setup

tl;dr: Install Flutter, clone the repo, run in order:

  • flutter pub get
  • dart run build_runner watch
  • flutter analyze --watch,

and you're ready to code!

See the dev environment docs for detailed instructions.

Running the app

To run the app, you can use the following command:

bash
# if not already done, run the code generation dart run build_runner build # run the app on all available devices flutter run -d all

Running tests

To run the tests, you can use the following command:

bash
# if not already done, run the code generation dart run build_runner build flutter test

Internationalisation

Do not edit the app_en.arb file by hand, this file is generated.
For more information, see Internationalisation.

Releasing

Only for members of lichess team.

  1. Bump the pubspec.yaml version number. This can be in a PR making a change or a separate PR. Use semantic versioning to determine which part to increment. The version number after the + should also be incremented. For example 0.3.3+000303 with a patch should become 0.3.4+000304.
  2. Run workflow Deploy to Play Store
  3. Publish on F-Droid

Contributors

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