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Lichess

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Lichess

Summary

Lichess is a website[1]. Lichess ranks in the top 2% of website entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,150 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Lichess is in the country of France[3].
  • Lichess's instance of is recorded as website[4].
  • Lichess's instance of is recorded as free software[5].
  • Lichess's instance of is recorded as online chess playing site[6].
  • Lichess's instance of is recorded as online community[7].
  • Lichess's instance of is recorded as nonprofit organization[8].
  • Lichess's founder is recorded as Thibault Duplessis[9].
  • Lichess's developer is recorded as Thibault Duplessis[10].
  • Lichess's developer is recorded as Niklas Fiekas[11].
  • Lichess's copyright license is recorded as GNU Affero General Public License, version 3.0 or later[12].
  • Lichess's programmed in is recorded as Scala[13].
  • Lichess's programmed in is recorded as TypeScript[14].
  • Lichess's programmed in is recorded as Sass[15].
  • Lichess's programmed in is recorded as Q2005[16].
  • Lichess's programmed in is recorded as Java[17].
  • Lichess's programmed in is recorded as Python[18].
  • Lichess's software version identifier is recorded as 1.1.0[19].
  • Lichess's software version identifier is recorded as 1.0.0[20].
  • Lichess's software version identifier is recorded as 0.3.4[21].
  • Lichess's software version identifier is recorded as 0.3.5[22].
  • Lichess's software version identifier is recorded as 0.4.0[23].
  • Lichess's software version identifier is recorded as 0.4.2[24].
  • Lichess's software version identifier is recorded as 0.4.5[25].
  • Lichess's software version identifier is recorded as 0.5.1[26].
  • Lichess's software version identifier is recorded as 0.5.9[27].

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Founding

Lichess's founder is recorded as Thibault Duplessis[9]. June 20, 2010 marks the founding of Lichess[28].

Why It Matters

Lichess ranks in the top 2% of website entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,150 views/month).[2] Lichess has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] Lichess is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Related Entities

France free software Java JavaScript Python Sass Scala Thibault Duplessis TypeScript website

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Open Hub. Retrieved . openhub.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . source code repository. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . source code repository. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . source code repository. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . source code repository. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . source code repository. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . web.archive.org. web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11h ago · Aldanjack · 2026-08-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14659 → https://lichess.org/about
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ [[Property:P856]]: https://lichess.org"
  2. 4w ago · ~2026-40314-90 · 2026-07-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Website → —
    Funding scheme → crowdfunding
    Open hub id → —
    Funding scheme → —
    + 103 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P348]]: 1.1.0"
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