Download and usage - official-stockfish/Stockfish GitHub Wiki

Download Stockfish

[!NOTE] Stockfish is a command line program. You may want to use it in your own UCI-compatible chess GUI.
Developers should communicate with Stockfish via the UCI protocol.

Get started

First download Stockfish. Stockfish itself is completely free with all its options.
Next, download a GUI (Graphical User Interface) as it is needed to conveniently use Stockfish. There are multiple free and commercial GUIs available. Different GUI's have more or less advanced features, for example, an opening explorer or automatic game analysis.
Now Stockfish must be made available to the GUI. Install in a Chess GUI explains how this can be done for some of them. If a different GUI is used, please read the GUI's manual.
Ultimately, change the default settings of Stockfish to get the best possible analysis.

Official downloads

Latest release

https://stockfishchess.org/download/

Windows
Linux
macOS
- App Store
- brew install stockfish
iOS

Binaries are also available on GitHub: https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/releases/latest

Latest development build

Navigate to our releases
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Download your preferred binary

[!NOTE] We only recommend downloading from the official GitHub releases.
Websites such as Abrok are third parties, so we cannot guarantee the safety, reliability, and availability of those binaries because we are not responsible for them.

Choose a binary

In order of preference:

x86-64-vnni512
x86-64-vnni256
x86-64-avx512
- AMD: Zen 4 and newer (e.g. Ryzen 9 7950X).
x86-64-avxvnni
x86-64-bmi2
- Intel: 4th Gen and newer (e.g. i7 4770K, i5 13600K).
- AMD: Zen 3 (e.g. Ryzen 5 5600X).
x86-64-avx2
- AMD: Zen, Zen+, and Zen 2 (e.g. Ryzen 5 1600, Ryzen 5 3600).
x86-64-sse41-popcnt
x86-64
x86-32

Download a Chess GUI

A chess graphical user interface allows you to interact with the engine in a user-friendly way. Popular GUIs are:

Free

Computer

En Croissant (source code)How to install Stockfish Change settings	Nibbler (source code)How to install Stockfish Change settings

ArenaHow to install Stockfish Change settings	Lichess Local Engine (source code) (WIP)How to install Stockfish Change settings

BanksiaGUI	Cutechess (source code)

ChessX (source code)	LiGround (source code)

Lucas Chess (source code)	Scid vs. PC (source code)

XBoard (source code)

Mobile

DroidFish (source code)	SmallFish

Chessis

Paid

Chessbase	Hiarcs

Shredder

Online

[!NOTE] If you don't want to download a GUI, you can also use some of the available online interfaces. Keep in mind that you might not get the latest version of Stockfish, settings might be limited and speed will be slower.