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For draughts players, Lidraughts provides a free, ad-free open-source server with 8x8 and 10x10 boards and multiple variants.
About Lidraughts
Lidraughts is an open-source draughts server based on a rewrite of lichess/lila for draughts. It supports both 10x10 and 8x8 boards, including the 10x10 variants Frisian draughts, Antidraughts, Frysk! and Breakthrough, and the 8x8 variants Russian and Brazilian draughts. The project describes lidraughts.org as forever free and adless.
The server includes live games, computer opponents, tournaments, simuls, tactics, a board editor, analysis with an engine, studies or shared analysis, coordinate training, forums and teams. Computer opposition and analysis use Fabien Letouzey's Scan 3.1 for all 10x10 draughts variants. The UI is available in 27 languages, with varying degrees of completeness.
Key features
- Supports 10x10 and 8x8 boards with Frisian, Antidraughts, Frysk!, Breakthrough, Russian, Brazilian variants.
- Features live games, computer opponents, tournaments, simuls, tactics, board editor, forums and teams.
- Includes analysis with engine, studies/shared analysis and coordinate training.
- Computer opposition and analysis use Scan 3.1 for all 10x10 variants.
- UI available in 27 languages with varying degrees of completeness.
- Open-source server described as forever free and adless.
Best for: Draughts players and developers interested in an open-source draughts server for 8x8 and 10x10 variants.
Good for
- Open source under the AGPL-3.0 license.
- Described as forever free and adless.
- Supports multiple 8x8 and 10x10 draughts variants.
Watch out for
- Translation completeness varies across the 27 UI languages.
Lidraughts at a glance
- Category
- Gaming › Tabletop & Board Games
- Type
- Open-source project
- Pricing
- Not confirmed. Check the site
- Open source
- Yes · Source code
- Language
- English
- Last checked
- Oct 6, 2026 · Online when checked
- Listed
- Oct 5, 2026
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Lidraughts FAQ
What draughts variants does Lidraughts support?
It supports 10x10 variants Frisian draughts, Antidraughts, Frysk! and Breakthrough, plus 8x8 variants Russian and Brazilian draughts.
What engine powers computer opposition and analysis?
Fabien Letouzey's Scan 3.1 is used for all 10x10 draughts variants.
Is Lidraughts free and ad-free?
The project describes lidraughts.org as the forever free, adless and open source draughts server.
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