Listudy
A free, open-source alternative to Chessable. Build a repertoire, drill it with spaced repetition, no paywall.
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Our take
Listudy is the obvious answer for anyone who balked at Chessable's pricing. You give up the polished course experience and the MoveTrainer refinements, but you keep the core loop: paste a PGN, drill it, remember your openings. I still use it for my Black repertoire where I've built my own lines and don't need a GM's commentary.
Listudy is an open-source opening trainer and tactics study platform built by a solo developer. It supports repertoire import from PGN, spaced-repetition drilling, and shared public studies.
It’s not a head-to-head Chessable replacement — there’s no paid course ecosystem — but for players who want to own their study material and not pay a subscription, it’s the best option.
Pros
- Fully free and open source (MIT) — no subscription, no upsell
- Imports PGNs directly; build your own repertoire without writing anything from scratch
- Clean, minimal UI that gets out of your way
Cons
- No course catalogue — you bring your own repertoire or rely on user-contributed ones
- SRS algorithm is simpler than Chessable's; long-term retention is slightly worse in my experience
- Small community — expect fewer new features and slower bug fixes
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