Stockfish Compiler

A WPF application for compiling Stockfish chess engine with automatic CPU architecture detection.

Features

• Automatic compiler detection (MSYS2, MinGW, Clang)
• CPU architecture detection for optimal performance
• Download Stockfish source (latest stable release or master branch)
• Profile-guided optimization build
• Real-time build output and progress
• Dark-themed UI

Requirements

• Windows 10/11 with .NET 8 Runtime
• MSYS2 with MinGW-w64 or Clang installed

Installation

Install MSYS2

1. Download and install MSYS2 from https://www.msys2.org/
2. Open MSYS2 MSYS terminal and run:

   pacman -Syu
   pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc make

Run StockfishCompiler

1. Extract the release to a folder
2. Run StockfishCompiler.exe

Usage

1. Compiler Setup Tab

   • Click "Detect Compilers" to find installed compilers
   • Click "Detect Optimal Architecture" to auto-select best CPU architecture

2. Build Configuration Tab

   • Adjust parallel jobs (defaults to your CPU core count)
   • Set output directory where compiled Stockfish will be saved
   • Choose which Stockfish source to download (latest stable release or the master branch)
   • Choose build options (download network, strip executable)

3. Compilation Tab

   • Click "Start Build" to begin compilation
   • View real-time build output
   • Cancel build if needed

Logs

Application logs are saved to:

%LOCALAPPDATA%\StockfishCompiler\logs\app-YYYY-MM-DD.log

You can open the logs folder directly from File Explorer by pasting the path above into the address bar.

License

MIT License - see LICENSE file for details

Credits

• Stockfish: https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish
• UI Framework: WPF (.NET 8)
• MVVM Toolkit: CommunityToolkit.Mvvm
• Logging: Serilog