A small Mac app for chess players
A chess puzzle
in your menu bar.
Click the knight, solve a position, then close it again. TacticBar remembers your progress and can sync rated results with Lichess.
Made for macOS 14.7+
A meeting that could have been an email
The menu bar above is live — try the knight
Native macOS app · Adaptive difficulty · Optional Lichess sync · macOS 14.7+
There is not much to learn
It stays out of the way until you click the knight.
- 01
Open it from the menu bar
TacticBar appears over whatever you are doing. Closing it takes you straight back.
- 02
Play at the right difficulty
The app adjusts to your results, or uses your existing Lichess puzzle rating as a starting point.
- 03
Lichess is optional
Connect your account for unseen puzzles and rated results, or use TacticBar on its own.
TacticBar for macOS