Play chess in your terminal over SSH. No installs, no accounts.
Features:
- Beautiful terminal-filling chess board with ANSI colors
- Play against Stockfish AI (multiple difficulty levels)
- Two-step move interaction with visual feedback
- Leaderboard with PostgreSQL persistence
- SSH key persistence across restarts
Infrastructure:
- Docker containerized deployment
- CI/CD pipeline for dev/staging/production
- Health checks with auto-rollback
- Landing page at shellmate.sh
Tech: Python 3.12+, asyncssh, python-chess, Stockfish
