Shogi (将棋) is a two-player strategy board game native to Japan, belonging to the same family as chess and xiangqi. Kifu (棋譜) is the Japanese term for abstract strategy game record.
Kifu Viewer is a desktop application which allows the loading of kif files and viewing shogi games. This application does not feature a shogi engine, thus the user cannot analyze games nor play against the computer.
A kif file can be loaded by either opening a file or pasting from system clipboard. Both these actions can be achieved via the menu bar, shortcuts or via buttons in the upper-right corner of the application.
Once a kif file is loaded, moves can be stepped through using the arrow keys:
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| UP | To the initial board |
| LEFT | Back one move |
| RIGHT | Forward one move |
| DOWN | To the final board |
Please see https://github.com/defuncart/kifu_viewer/releases for the latest desktop release.
The application may also be run in the browser at https://defuncart.com/kifu_viewer.
For Windows, note that C++ redistributable is required to run the app.
If you would like to build the app yourself, then you simply need:
- Flutter >= 2.10
- Dart >= 2.16
- macOS:
- Xcode >= 13
- CocoaPods >= 1.11.2
- windows:
- Developer Mode enabled
- linux:
- clang
- ninja-build
- libgtk-3-dev
- libblkid-dev
- web:
- Chrome
To generate NotoSansJP-RegularLite.otf, ensure that fonttools is installed and that a copy of NotoSansJP-Regular.otf resides in assets_dev/fonts/. Then run the following command:
pyftsubset assets_dev/fonts/NotoSansJP-Regular.otf --output-file=assets/fonts/NotoSansJP-RegularLite.otf --unicodes-file=assets_dev/fonts/lite_unicode.txt
Please report bugs and issues, and raise feature requests here.
To contribute, submit a PR with a detailed description and tests, if applicable.