Matewawe

A beautiful, open-source chess app for Android.

Play chess against AI, solve chess puzzles, learn and practice chess openings, or play local multiplayer games with friends over Bluetooth and Wi-Fi/LAN.

Features

🤖 AI opponent with adjustable difficulty
🧩 Chess puzzles and tactical training
📖 Chess openings — learn and practice opening lines
♟️ Opening practice for different variations and move sequences
📶 Local multiplayer over Bluetooth/LAN
👥 Nearby player discovery over local Wi-Fi
🌙 Dark theme
🌍 English, Russian, German, Japanese, Lithuanian and Chinese
🔓 100% open source

Screenshots

Installation

Download the APK for the version you want from the Releases page.
On your Android device, allow installs from unknown sources for the app you use to open the file (Settings → Apps → Special access → Install unknown apps).
Open the downloaded .apk file and confirm the install.

Or via adb (after downloading):

adb install Matewawe-v1.0.42.apk

Verifying a download

Compare the SHA-256 checksum against the value listed in CHANGELOG.md:

sha256sum Matewawe-v1.0.42.apk

Repository structure

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├── assets/              # Icon and README images
│   └── screenshots/     # App screenshots
├── CHANGELOG.md         # Per-version build dates, sizes and checksums (links to GitHub Releases)
├── LICENSE              # GNU GPLv3
└── README.md

APK builds themselves are published as assets on the Releases page, not stored in this repository.

License

This project is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0 — see the LICENSE file for details.