---
name: "goban"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "goban-ss"
version: "1.1-8"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/goban"
---

# goban(1)

Goban screensaver

## NAME

goban - Goban screensaver

## SYNOPSIS

**goban** \[*options*\]

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **goban** command.

**goban** is a screensaver program that replays historical games of go (aka wei-chi and baduk) on the screen.

## OPTIONS

- **-version, --version**

  Print version information

- **-\[no\]stealth**

  Stealth mode

- **-display**

  Display to use

- **-\[no\]color**

  Use color if possible

- **-\[no\]hiContrast**

  Use high-contrast graphics instead of rendered

- **-adfile**

  Set resource file name

- **-name**

  Name used to look up X resources

- **-fontHeight**

  Size (in pixels) of font (default = 12)

- **-window-id**

  X window id to draw in

- **-root**

  Draw on the root window

- **-stonetime**

  Milliseconds between stones in screensaver (default = 2000)

- **-gametime**

  Milliseconds between games in screensaver (default = 10000)

- **-acceleration**

  Rate of acceleration of stonetime 0=slow 100=fast (default = 50)

- **-game-dir**

  Directory to find games to play

- **-minstonetime**

  Minimum stonetime (limit on acceleration) in screensaver (default = 100)

- **-arena.games**

  Number of games to play in arena test

- **-arena.prog1**

  Program 1 for arena testing

- **-arena.prog2**

  Program 2 for arena testing

- **-arena.size**

  Size to use in arena testing

- **-arena.komi**

  Komi for arena testing

- **-arena.handicap**

  Handicap for arena testing

- **-edit**

  Edit SGF file

- **-nngs**

  Connect to NNGS

- **-igs**

  Connect to IGS

- **-screensaver**

  Run as a screensaver

- **-help, --help**

  Show help message

## SEE ALSO

[**xscreensaver**(1)](/xscreensaver/1.md)

See the README for info about arena mode.

## AUTHOR

goban was written by Scott Draves \<spot@draves.org\>.

This manual page was written by Al Nikolov \<clown@debian.org\>, for the Debian project (and may be used by others).

The Debian package is dedicated to the Saint-Petersburg Go Federation and personally to Maxim Podolyak, it's President.