Lichess · Rate Limits
Lichess Rate Limits
Lichess applies multiple per-endpoint rate-limiting strategies to keep the public API responsive for everyone. All limits are enforced server-side; the official guidance is to make only one request at a time and to back off on HTTP 429. There is no formal published quota table. Limits are documented inline in the OpenAPI per-endpoint description, with example values surfaced in this file.
Lichess Rate Limits is the machine-readable rate-limit profile for Lichess on the APIs.io network, conforming to the API Commons Rate Limits specification.
It captures 16 rate-limit definitions.
The profile also includes response codes documented for throttled and quotaExceeded.
Tagged areas include Chess, Rate Limiting, and Fair Use.
16 Limits
Throttle: 429
Quota: 429
ChessRate LimitingFair Use