1. Download Stockfish from the official page.
   Stockfish is completely free.
2. Download a GUI
   A GUI (Graphical User Interface) is needed to conveniently use Stockfish; both free and commercial GUIs exist.
   Some GUIs provide an opening explorer or automatic game analysis.
3. Install Stockfish into the GUI
   See that guide for several GUIs; if your GUI isn't listed, follow its manual.
4. Configure Stockfish settings
   Check out our FAQ for recommended settings.

• https://stockfishchess.org/download/
• https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/releases/latest

• https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/releases?q=prerelease%3Atrue

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A chess graphical user interface allows you to interact with Stockfish in a user-friendly way. Popular GUIs, which can use Stockfish as an engine, are:

En Croissant (source code) How to install Stockfish Change settings	Nibbler (source code) How to install Stockfish Change settings
Arena How to install Stockfish Change settings	Lichess Local Engine (source code) (WIP) How to install Stockfish Change settings
BanksiaGUI	Cutechess (source code)
ChessX (source code)	LiGround (source code)
Lucas Chess (source code)	Scid vs. PC (source code)
XBoard (source code)	jose (source code) How to install Stockfish
JFXChess (source code) How to install Stockfish

DroidFish (source code)	SmallFish
Chessis

Chessbase	Hiarcs
Shredder

Lichess Change settings	Chess.com Change settings
ChessMonitor	Chessify
DecodeChess

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Engines tab > Add new > Install Stockfish

1. Engines > Install New Engine...

   

2. Select and open the Stockfish executable

   

1. Engine > Choose engine...

   

2. Select and open the Stockfish executable

   

1. Log in with Lichess

   

   

2. Click the Install Stockfish button

   

3. Go to the Lichess analysis page

   https://lichess.org/analysis

4. Select the engine from the engine list

   

Stockfish is already bundled with jose. To enable it for play and analysis do:

1. Edit > Options (F9)
2. select the 'Engine' tab
3. select Stockfish in the list of engines
4. below, you can edit all the engine parameters

Stockfish is already bundled with jfxchess. To add another version of Stockfish select

1. Menu Engine > Engine Settings
2. click on Add
3. select the stockfish.exe of your choice
4. on Edit Parameters you can modify all uci engine parameters

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Right click in the engine name > Configure

Open the Engine menu

Select Stockfish in the engines tab

or open the engine settings in the Analysis board

Open the engine settings

Click the settings button in the analysis page