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'''Shane's Chess Information Database''' ('''Scid''') is an [[Open source|open source]] [[UNIX]], [[Windows (operating system)|Windows]], [[Linux]], and [[Mac OS|Mac]] application for viewing and maintaining huge databases of [[chess]] games.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.chesszone.org/soft/scid/scid.html | title=Review by Chess Zone| accessdate=2015-03-03}}</ref> It has features comparable to popular commercial chess software.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://freechess.50webs.com/scid.html | title=Zarkon Fischer's Free Chess Programs| accessdate=2015-03-03}}</ref> Scid is written in Tcl/Tk and C++.

Scid has undergone several stages of development. Firstly by Shane Hudson, and then Pascal Georges. The [[fork (software development)|fork]] [http://scidvspc.sourceforge.net/ Scid vs. PC] is a notable alternative.

== Features ==