Answers.Body: <p>You can technically still use XBoard, but you will need to install X11 from MacPorts, since IIRC Apple no longer ships it.</p>
  <p>Julien Marcel has a collection of <a href="http://julien.marcel.free.fr/macchess/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">well-compiled OS X chess engines</a> (which do <em>not</em> require emulation).</p>
  <p>As for not having a ChessBase client, <a href="http://www.hiarcs.com/mac-chess-explorer.htm" rel="nofollow noreferrer">HIARCS Chess Explorer</a> does fine.</p>
  <p>(FWIW, there <em>is</em> a port of XBoard to Cocoa - currently named OSXBoard - but it seems to have stalled.)</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>Jin is the best, also on older macs there was another client "Fixation". I would recommend using a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardware_virtualization" rel="nofollow">virtualization</a> application such as VMWare Fusion or VirtualBox with a Windows guest to run your preferred Windows chess software - as macs also suffer from not having a satisfactory ChessBase client to review games. Performance is not an issue as chess apps do not need be too powerful for these things. </p>
  
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Answers.Text: "satisfactory ChessBase client" is an interesting phrase. Hiarcs and Shredder come full strength on OS/x, as does Stockfish. All three are quite competent analysis engines.
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Answers.Text: Arlen - yes, they are not ChessBase clients though, they are analysis engines, which in my view are quite different!
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Answers.Text: True, but as there's never been a satisfactory version of ChessBase on the Mac, I didn't see as how the lack of a client for a non-existent entity was by itself a valid criticism. (And yes, CB once tried to make a Mac version, but it was such a slow, buggy hack job no one in their right mind wanted to use it.)
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Answers.Body: <p>xboard can be installed via <a href="https://www.macports.org/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">macports</a> </p>
  
  <pre><code>sudo port install xboard
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  <p>if you run into trouble with your fonts see <a href="http://wiki.bitplan.com/index.php/XBoard#MacOS_.2F_macports" rel="nofollow noreferrer">XBoard page on wiki.bitplan.com</a></p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>There is now a native quartz xboard.app through GTK2.
  <a href="http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=19&amp;t=52964" rel="nofollow">http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=19&amp;t=52964</a></p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p><a href="http://www.jinchess.com/" rel="noreferrer">Jin</a> seems like a good option.</p>
  
  <p>Works well on OSX 10.8, and compatible with other platforms as well.</p>
  
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Body: <p>Is there a Mac OSX implementation (or equivalent) of WinBoard / XBoard?</p>
  
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Comments.Text: xboard can be compiled under OS X if you install XCode (to get gcc) and an X11 implementation (to get the libraries).  I have used it for years.  You will need timeseal if playing online on e.g. FICS.
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Comments.Text: Not an answer, but another OSX chess (the only?) which is still supported Kibitz. The version on GitHub is the latest, with the latest commit today.
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Title: OSX implementation of WinBoard / XBoard?
ThreadText: # OSX implementation of WinBoard / XBoard?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2013-04-25)
  
  Is there a Mac OSX implementation (or equivalent) of WinBoard / XBoard?
  
  **Tags:** software
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: xboard can be compiled under OS X if you install XCode (to get gcc) and an X11 implementation (to get the libraries).  I have used it for years.  You will need timeseal if playing online on e.g. FICS.  
  > **username_2**: Not an answer, but another OSX chess (the only?) which is still supported Kibitz. The version on GitHub is the latest, with the latest commit today.  
  
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  ## 5 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_0 on 2013-04-25. Score: 5 | Accepted answer
  
  [Jin](http://www.jinchess.com/) seems like a good option.
  
  Works well on OSX 10.8, and compatible with other platforms as well.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2013-07-18. Score: 6
  
  You can technically still use XBoard, but you will need to install X11 from MacPorts, since IIRC Apple no longer ships it.
  
  Julien Marcel has a collection of [well-compiled OS X chess engines](http://julien.marcel.free.fr/macchess/) (which do *not* require emulation).
  
  As for not having a ChessBase client, [HIARCS Chess Explorer](http://www.hiarcs.com/mac-chess-explorer.htm) does fine.
  
  (FWIW, there *is* a port of XBoard to Cocoa - currently named OSXBoard - but it seems to have stalled.)
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_4 on 2013-05-08. Score: 2
  
  Jin is the best, also on older macs there was another client "Fixation". I would recommend using a [virtualization](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardware_virtualization) application such as VMWare Fusion or VirtualBox with a Windows guest to run your preferred Windows chess software - as macs also suffer from not having a satisfactory ChessBase client to review games. Performance is not an issue as chess apps do not need be too powerful for these things.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_5**: "satisfactory ChessBase client" is an interesting phrase. Hiarcs and Shredder come full strength on OS/x, as does Stockfish. All three are quite competent analysis engines.  
  > **username_4**: username_5 - yes, they are not ChessBase clients though, they are analysis engines, which in my view are quite different!  
  > **username_5**: True, but as there's never been a satisfactory version of ChessBase on the Mac, I didn't see as how the lack of a client for a non-existent entity was by itself a valid criticism. (And yes, CB once tried to make a Mac version, but it was such a slow, buggy hack job no one in their right mind wanted to use it.)  
  
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  ### Answer by username_6 on 2019-12-26. Score: 1
  
  xboard can be installed via macports 
  sudo port install xboard
  
  if you run into trouble with your fonts see XBoard page on wiki.bitplan.com
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_7 on 2013-11-21. Score: 1
  
  There is now a native quartz xboard.app through GTK2.
  <http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=52964>
  
  
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