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Download and get started with Stockfish

Get started

Download Stockfish from the official page.
Stockfish is completely free.
Download a GUI.
A GUI (Graphical User Interface) is is needed to conveniently use Stockfish; both free and commercial GUIs exist. Some GUIs provide an opening explorer or automatic game analysis.
Install Stockfish into the GUI.
See that guide for several GUIs; if your GUI isn't listed, follow its manual.
Configure Stockfish settings
Check out our FAQ for recommended settings.

Download Stockfish

Official downloads

Latest release

Latest development build

https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/releases?q=prerelease%3Atrue

[!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:

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- Intel: 10th Gen Mobile Core (Ice Lake) and 11th Gen Core (Rocket Lake).
- AMD: Ryzen 7000 series (Zen 4) and newer.
x86-64-vnni512
x86-64-avx512
- Intel: Core i9 X-series (Skylake-X and Cascade Lake-X).
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- Intel: 12th Gen Core (Alder Lake) and newer.
x86-64-bmi2
- Intel: 4th Gen Core (Haswell) and newer.
- AMD: Ryzen 5000 series (Zen 3).
x86-64-avx2
- Intel: 4th Gen Core (Haswell) and newer.
- AMD: Excavator, Ryzen 1000 (Zen), 2000 (Zen+), and 3000 (Zen 2) series.
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- Intel: (2008+). 1st to 3rd Gen Core.
- AMD: (2011+). Bulldozer, Piledriver, and Steamroller (FX series).
x86-64
- Any 64-bit capable processor but offers the least performance.

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)	jose (source code) How to install Stockfish

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.