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hexbot

A Python framework for building AI bots for Hexagonal Tic-Tac-Toe (Connect-6 on an infinite hex grid). Fast C game engine, multiple neural network architectures, AlphaZero training pipeline, and a live training dashboard.

Home of the Orca bot.

New here? Start with these

Page	What you'll get
Quickstart	5 minutes from pip install to a bot playing
Game Rules	The rules of Hex Connect-6 in 60 seconds
Concepts	MCTS, AlphaZero, policy/value, ELO explained briefly
Bot Approaches	Six complete bot designs with code
Examples	Ten ready-to-run scripts in the examples/ folder
FAQ	Common pitfalls and questions

Building a bot

Page	What it covers
Getting Started	Full HexGame API, coordinates, search
Bot Approaches	Hand-tuned, minimax, MCTS, neural, hybrid
Plugin System	Register custom bots and networks
Examples	Annotated tour of the examples/ folder
API Reference	All public function signatures

Training Orca

Page	What it covers
Training Guide	Self-play pipeline, curriculum, distributed
SFT Guide	Warm-start from game collections
Train Dashboard	Web UI for monitoring training
Configuration	Every tunable parameter
Benchmarking	Compare hardware and profile bottlenecks
Orca Bot	Architectures, loading, fine-tuning

Evaluating and sharing

Page	What it covers
Evaluation and Sharing	Arena, Leaderboard, Model Zoo
Playing Online	Run your bot on hexo.did.science under your account
Dashboard Guide	REST + WebSocket API for live game data
Advanced	Solver, opening book, ensemble, MCTS tricks

Install

pip install hexbot

See the README for development-install instructions.

Contributing

Built something cool with this? Open an issue or get in touch, and it'll be featured on the README.