Chess.gif

Create beautiful GIFs from your chess games

Features

• Paste a PGN, get a GIF - no uploads, no signup
• Customizable board and piece sets
• Orientation control (white/black)
• One-click download
• Auto save for later uses (up to 3 games)

Tech Stack

• PGN is parsed with chess.js
• Board preview is animated with react-chessboard
• Each position is drawn on an offscreen canvas
• PNG frames are assembled into a GIF with gifshot

Todos

• Generate from chess.com links
• Add title input
• Customize each frame

Contributing

Issues and PRs are welcome. If you have a feature request or find a bug, please open an issue:

• Feature requests: https://github.com/indiecodermm/chess-gif/issues
• Bug reports: https://github.com/indiecodermm/chess-gif/issues

Credits

• SVG pieces are downloaded from lichess repo (all credit to the original authors and licensors)