Self-hostable multiplayer Parchis game 🎲
Hey everyone 👋. I just wanted to share a little personal project that grew a bit more than I initially planned.
The original idea was simply to build a game so I could play Parchis (Ludo) with my family, as it’s a classic in our household. I ended up building the whole thing entirely through "vibecoding" (AI-assisted coding) because I wanted to see how far I could push current AI tools.
The result is a full web multiplayer game (React/Vite frontend + Node/Express/[Socket.io](http://socket.io/) backend with SQLite to store game data).
If anyone is curious or wants to spin it up on their local network to play with friends/family: 🔗 **Repo:** <https://codeberg.org/baner/parchis> (it has a docker-compose.yml ready to go in seconds).
**⚠️ A big warning about security:** As I mentioned, I completely built this relying on AI, and it was initially meant as a home project. *I am not a cybersecurity expert by any means.* While I have briefly exposed it to the internet a couple of times to play with remote relatives, **my absolute recommendation is to host it ONLY on your local network (LAN) or behind a VPN (like Tailscale/Wireguard)**. The nature of AI-generated code means it's probably full of vulnerabilities that I haven't caught. Play at your own risk if you decide to open ports to the wild web! 😅
This is also my first project using a monorepo structure and publishing a Docker image for others to deploy. If you take a look and see something horrible (or something that works surprisingly well haha), all feedback is super welcome. I hope someone finds it fun for a local game night!
The original idea was simply to build a game so I could play Parchis (Ludo) with my family, as it’s a classic in our household. I ended up building the whole thing entirely through "vibecoding" (AI-assisted coding) because I wanted to see how far I could push current AI tools.
The result is a full web multiplayer game (React/Vite frontend + Node/Express/[Socket.io](http://socket.io/) backend with SQLite to store game data).
If anyone is curious or wants to spin it up on their local network to play with friends/family: 🔗 **Repo:** <https://codeberg.org/baner/parchis> (it has a docker-compose.yml ready to go in seconds).
**⚠️ A big warning about security:** As I mentioned, I completely built this relying on AI, and it was initially meant as a home project. *I am not a cybersecurity expert by any means.* While I have briefly exposed it to the internet a couple of times to play with remote relatives, **my absolute recommendation is to host it ONLY on your local network (LAN) or behind a VPN (like Tailscale/Wireguard)**. The nature of AI-generated code means it's probably full of vulnerabilities that I haven't caught. Play at your own risk if you decide to open ports to the wild web! 😅
This is also my first project using a monorepo structure and publishing a Docker image for others to deploy. If you take a look and see something horrible (or something that works surprisingly well haha), all feedback is super welcome. I hope someone finds it fun for a local game night!
