Clint project spreading in Europe.

Clint project spreading in Europe.

Clint (chess live interface) is an open-source complete website for broadcasting chess tournaments based on pgn4web.

Its development started in 2019, arising from a need of a quality chess games viewer for live broadcasts in Croatia. The alternative then popular DGT viewer was not mobile-friendly and was based on Adobe Flash Player which was to be discontinued at the end of 2020. The chessboard was rather small, its interface was poor and unorganized. The goal of the new viewer was to organize all the content on a single page while keeping the design friendly for mobiles, tablets and desktop computers.

The idea for a better viewer was made possible by pgn4web, a JavaScript chess games viewer which provides efficient broadcasting infrastructure but lacks a good user interface. That was the challenge the new interface started to address.

The first version of clint was published in 2020. The interface evolved during the years and nowadays provides a carefully optimized responsive layout with Stockfish analysis, exporting options (PGN / FEN), colors customization, embedding images and videos, multiple boards view and other features. The setup procedure is simplified so that operators with even very little technical knowledge can easily deploy and customize a nice website for broadcasting chess games.

The new interface quickly became the preferred broadcasting website in Croatia. Clint is also deployed in a number of websites throughout Europe and it seems that chess organizers started to recognize its value.

Being an open source project, clint is available for free to chess organizers all over the world. Chess organizers using clint should give it a proper attribution, so that interested viewers can find the repository and possibly recommend it to other organizers.

Feedback and suggestions are welcome from everyone and will be considered for future development. Code contributions are also welcome.

GitHub repository