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Go Client
    Keywords: Software

A Go client provides a graphical interface to Go programs or/and Go servers.

Most Go clients are Go Editing Programs, but few are Go playing programs, too.


Here are some client softwares. Some of them are more than just IGS/NNGS-client:

[ext] ccGo
Written in C++. Use Gtk2-widgets. For Linux and other Unixes. Open source.
Cgoban1
Uses X Window System. Open source.
PANDA-gGo
Formerly known as "gGo" and before that "qGo for Java". Written in Java. One of those official clients of IGS. Member of IGSCP.
[ext] Goban
A beautiful OS X editor and client that includes GnuGo.
PANDA-glGo
formerly know as glGo
[ext] Goban
For MacOS X.
[ext] Igc2000
Another IGS/NNGS client.
[ext] Jago
Written in Java.
qGo
Written in C++. Use Qt-widgets. Member of IGSCP. Works under both Windows and Unixes. Open source.
[ext] TanGo
Client for Windows. Written in Visual Basic. Open source. Also contain a SGF viewer/GNU Go player/NNGS Server
[ext] RubyGo
Client written in Ruby. Open source. Member of IGSCP. Works under both Windows and Unixes.
[ext] qigc
Client (using the qt library, open source)
[ext] SDL Go
Client that communicates with GNU Go through its ascii interface, supports GTP too
[ext] Xgospel
X-Window client for Go servers, no GNU Go support (open source)
[ext] Ergo
Java client for Go servers (open source)
[ext] Gcperl
Perl module client (supersedes Tkgc, open source)
[ext] KGO
Client (open source)
ViZiGO
Client for playing on servers
Panda EGG
One of those official clients of IGS
Drago
Windows editor/replayer interfaced with GTP engines

Tips wanted

  • Is there a Go client which displays the remaining time SGF's tags "BL" and "WL"?

Yes, Drago. When a SGF file is read with BL and WL properties, it opens a panel to display the timing properties.

  • Which Go client or SGF editor imports ascii formatted positions via copy and paste? Or which software tool converts it into SGF? Example:
     a b c d e f g h j k l m n o p q r s t
  19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
  18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
  17 . O O O . . . . O . . X X X . . X . . 17
  16 . X O X O . O . . , O O X O . X . O . 16
  15 . X X X . . . . . . . . X O . . . . . 15
  14 . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . 14
  13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . 13
  12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
  11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
  10 . . X , . . . . . , . . . . . O . . . 10
   9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
   8 . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . O(X). 8
   7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . X X . . 7
   6 . . . O . X . . O . . O . . . . . . . 6
   5 . . . . . . . . . . . X . . . . O . . 5
   4 . . . O . X . . X , . X O O . O . . . 4
   3 . . . O X . . . O . . X O X X X X . . 3
   2 . . O X X . . X . . . . . . . . . . . 2
   1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
     a b c d e f g h j k l m n o p q r s t
gGo and qGo can import and export ASCII diagrams.

I wrote a Perl script that does that. Seel also [ext] http://www.dse.nl/~toni/go/ascii2sgf/index_uk.htm

  • Are there programs that let you connect directly to someone else ? The reason, obviously, is to be able to play games with coworkers during lunchbreaks, and avoiding the corporate firewall, which doesn't allow connections to Go servers on the internet.
Jago can do direct connections to play local games.
Remillard Whomever asked about playing through a port blocking firewall, please contact me. There is a solution to this that is reasonably simple.
And TanGo includes an easy to setup NNGS server, so you can use that too.


This is a copy of the living page "Go Client" at Sensei's Library.
(OC) 2004 the Authors, published under the OpenContent License V1.0.