Gnu Go

Gnu Go

GNU Go is a free program that plays the game of Go. GNU Go has played thousands of games on the NNGS Go server. GNU Go is now also playing regularly on the Legend Go Server in Taiwan, on the WING server in Japan, and many volunteers run GNU Go clients on KGS. GNU Go has established itself as the leading non-commercial go program in the recent tournaments that it has taken part in.

GUIs capable of running GNU Go

• qGo Windows / Linux / OSX. Also an IGS client
• glGo
• gGo
• jago (Java)
• cgoban1 (X Window-System)
• drago. Has an autohandicap mode and can give score estimate at any time.
• gogui (Java) Useful for a lot of experimentation with GNU Go via the GTP shell (but supports simple playing, too)
• Emacs interface links: emacswiki
• Sente Goban (Very nice Mac Os X client for GNU Go / IGS) goban
• MultiGo
• Many Faces of Go Play against GNUgo, or play GNUgo against any other program supporting GTP protocol.
• SmartGo Play against GNU Go; supports Tourney between SmartGo and GNU Go or other GTP-enabled programs.
• ccGo. Also an IGS client.
• Quarry (GNU/Linux, GTK+-based).
• Go Widget. Dashboard widget for Mac OSX. Play against GNU Go on a 9x9 board. Go Widget
• wap-go.com. HTML-frontend to GTP-capable programs. Optimized to save traffic, allows to play against GNU Go from mobilephone or PDA using html-browser.
• Monkeyjump (GNU/Linux, Python/SDL-based) Minimalistic. Play against GNU Go on various board sizes. Works with other GTP-capable programs. Configurable keybindings and themes.

GNU Go at go servers

The easiest way to play against GNU Go is to log on to one of the go servers below and challenge one of the many GNU Go bots.

• KGS has many bots running GNU Go, see KGSBots.
• GnuGo at DGS
  • WhiteRobot (v3.8)
  • Kôukaku kidôutai (v3.7.12)
• GoShrine
• Legend Go Server (LGS) (see go servers)
• WING