Cross-Platform Support

One Qt6 codebase supports Linux, macOS, and Windows

Linux macOS Windows Qt 6

The Linux, macOS, and Windows screenshots were captured with the English interface.

Linux

Runs natively on Linux

1 Linux Screenshot

ShogiBoardQ running on Linux. It works on major desktop environments such as KDE Plasma and GNOME. The screenshot shows a game against the Hayanagi engine on KDE Plasma.

ShogiBoardQ on Linux: a game against the Hayanagi engine on KDE Plasma

Linux: a game on KDE Plasma while Hayanagi is thinking (English interface)

2 Linux Package

ShogiBoardQ-linux.zip on GitHub Releases contains the AppImage, the tsume shogi collections (3- to 13-move mates, 6,000 problems in total), and the Hayanagi engine. After you extract the ZIP, the collections and Hayanagi are ready to select. The package is for x86_64 Linux.

On Arch Linux, running makepkg -si in packaging/arch of the repository builds and installs a pacman package with the system Qt 6. The collections and Hayanagi are installed with it (see packaging/arch/README.md).

To build from source or create the package, see Linux Build and Release.

macOS

Runs natively on macOS

1 macOS Screenshot

ShogiBoardQ running on macOS. The screenshot shows a game against the Hayanagi engine on macOS.

ShogiBoardQ on macOS: a game against the Hayanagi engine

macOS: a game on macOS while Hayanagi is thinking (English interface)

Windows

Runs natively on Windows

1 Windows Screenshot

ShogiBoardQ running on Windows. The screenshot shows a game against the Hayanagi engine on Windows 11.

ShogiBoardQ on Windows: a game against the Hayanagi engine on Windows 11

Windows: a game on Windows 11 while Hayanagi is thinking (English interface)

Cross-Platform Development with Qt6

The Qt6 framework enables support for multiple operating systems

1 One Codebase for Multiple Operating Systems

ShogiBoardQ is built with Qt6 and C++17. Qt6's cross-platform capabilities let you build applications for Linux, macOS, and Windows from the same source code.

2 Consistent Interface Across Platforms

ShogiBoardQ uses Qt6's Fusion widget style to provide a consistent interface across platforms.

Linux: supports desktop environments such as KDE Plasma and GNOME
macOS: uses the same board, menus, and dialogs
Windows: uses the same board, menus, and dialogs

3 How to Build

Install Qt6 and CMake on your OS, then build from source, including the Hayanagi submodule.

Qt 6.7 or later (Widgets, Charts, Network, Concurrent, Multimedia, Sql, LinguistTools)
A C++17-compatible compiler
CMake 3.16 or later

For setup, build commands, and distribution packages, see the Linux, Windows, and macOS build and release guides.