# \[ANN\] SgfParser 0.8.0 - Open, browse and save!

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**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [January 5, 2010, 7:18am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-sgfparser-0-8-0-open-browse-and-save/181083 "2010-01-05T07:18:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![trevoke](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/ee7513/32.png) [@trevoke](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/trevoke)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2010, 7:18am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-sgfparser-0-8-0-open-browse-and-save/181083/1 "2010-01-05T07:18:56Z")

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SgfParser has been released!

What is it?  
SGF stands for Simple Game Format. It is a plain text file format to  
store records of two-player board games like chess, backgammon, etc -  
the most famous of which is known as go, igo, weiqi, weichi or baduk,  
depending where you may have learned about it.

Basically, the library parses the file and makes a linked list out of  
it. Fancy.

Grab the source at: [GitHub - Trevoke/SGFParser: A Ruby library to parse SGF (Smart Game Format) files, best-known for holding weiqi / go game records](http://github.com/Trevoke/SGFParser)  
Install the gem, if you have gemcutter installed: gem install SgfParser

Good things:

- browses all SGF files well.
- supports multiple gametrees per file
- easy access to node properties (thank god)

Bad things:

- no checking for correctness of file. When the library thinks it’s done  
parsing… It’s done parsing.
- interface is probably still a little awkward.

But at least it’s out there! All feedback welcome.