Lichess BOT interface for UCI compatible engines.
- Upgrade to a BOT account on lichess. guide
go get github.com/dolegi/lichess-bot- Download a UCI compatible engine such as stockfish
- Create a new toml file for config
- Put BOT name, API key and engine path in
config.toml - Run with
./lichess-bot config.toml
As well as normal usage shown above, you can use this library to upgrade your account
WARNING: Upgrading your account cannot be undone
To upgrade run like this
./lichess-bot config.toml upgrade
token = "XXX"
botname = "XXX"
url = "https://lichess.org/api/"
[engine]
path = "path/to/engine"
[challenge]
variants = [
"standard"
]
speeds = [
"blitz",
"bullet"
]
modes = [
"rated",
"casual"
]token = "XXX" # API token for Lichess
botname = "XXX" # Name of the BOT account
url = "https://lichess.org/api/" # URL for Lichess API
[engine]
path = "path/to/engine" # Path to UCI compatible engine
[engine.options]
threads = 1 # Number of CPU threads to use
hash = 512 # Max memory in MB engine can use
[engine.go]
nodes = 1 # Search number of nodes only
depth = 5 # Search depth limit
movetime = 5000 # Move time limit in milliseconds
[network]
latency = 100 # Estimated network latency when sending requests in milliseconds
[challenge]
variants = [ # Variants engine supports
"standard"
]
speeds = [ # Speeds to play at
"blitz",
"bullet"
]
modes = [ # Modes to play. Must be "rated" and/or "casual"
"rated"
]Example usage for using Docker:
docker build . -t lichess-bot && docker run -v $(pwd)/config.toml:/app/config.toml lichess-bot ./config.toml
To install run go get github/dolegi/lichess-bot
Note: Windows release is untested