Lila
Ad-less chess server powering lichess.org, with official iOS and Android client apps.
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Still maintained? Yes: 3,117 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v1.1.0 (Aug 2017).
At a glance
Lila quick facts
- Health score
- 62/100 SLOWING
- Stars
- 18,924
- Last commit
- today (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v1.1.0, Aug 2017
- Licence
- AGPL-3.0
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "Lila (li[chess in sca]la) is a free online chess game server focused on realtime gameplay and ease of use."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Lila scores 62/100, #9 of 20 in Games: 3,117 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v1.1.0, 9.2 years ago) earns 0.0 of 25, 18,924 stars add 17.1 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and no advertised Docker image leaves the final 10 unclaimed. That places it in the slowing band (40 to 69). The biggest shortfall is release recency, worth 25.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
3117 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency biggest shortfall 0.0 / 25
v1.1.0 released 9.2 years ago
- Stars 17.1 / 20
19k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 3117
- Last 90 days
- 9,819
- Last 12 months
- today
- Last push
Ranked #9 of 20 tools in Games by health , between Hypersomnia (#8) and The Battle for Wesnoth (#10) .
Details
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | Scala |
| Latest release | v1.1.0 · 9.2 years ago |
| Stars | 18,924 |
| Open issues | 1,235 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | lichess-org/lila ↗ |
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Lila: common questions
Is Lila still maintained?
Lila had 3,117 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was today; the latest tagged release, v1.1.0, is from 9.2 years ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.