Open Source ChessBase AlternativesChess Databases and other similar apps like ChessBase

The best open source alternative to ChessBase is En Croissant. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to ChessBase and seven of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to ChessBase are Scid vs. PC, scidCommunity, ChessX and ChessDB.

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  1. Scid vs. PC icon
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    Shane's Chess Information Database is a powerful Chess Toolkit, with which one can create huge chess databases, run engine analysis, or play casual games against the computer or online with the Free Internet Chess Server.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
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  2. scidCommunity icon
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    scidCommunity differs from upstream Scid by offering enhancements not present in the upstream repo. Enhancements include:

    25 scidCommunity alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  3. ChessDB icon
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    ChessDB - a free Chess database for Mac OS X, Windows, Linux, and UNIX - like ChessBase , but better.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  4. eboard icon
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    eboard is a chess interface for Unix-like systems (GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, etc.) based on the GTK+ GUI toolkit. It provides a chess board interface to ICS (Internet Chess Servers) like FICS and to chess engines like GNU Chess, Sjeng and Crafty.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  5. With Scid on the go you can browse and search chess databases created with the free chess database application Scid (http://scid.sourceforge.net/).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
     
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