Bovo

"Five in a row" board game

by KDEVerified

GameBoard & CardsFree software· GPL-2.0-or-laterRecently updated on FlathubAll ages

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Bovo is a Gomoku (from Japanese 五目並べ - lit. "five points") like game for two players, where the opponents alternate in placing their respective pictogram on the game board. (Also known as: Connect Five, Five in a row, X and O, Naughts and Crosses)

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Developer
KDE
License
GPL-2.0+ (free software)What this license lets you do
Languages
60 languages

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Available via
Flatpak · Snap (2) · Arch Linux · Debian · Ubuntu · Fedora · openSUSE · Alpine Linux · Void Linux · Slackware · Solus · Gentoo · Nixpkgs
All 14 packagings

Flathub (Flatpak), Snap Store, Snap Store (Beta build), Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch Linux, Nixpkgs, openSUSE, Alpine Linux, Void Linux, Slackware, Solus, Gentoo (Candidate build)

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  • Uses the internet

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Sources disagree on the license
Catalog data as of
October 12, 2026
How each source lists it (14)
SourceNameVersionBuilt byLicenseDescription
Flathub (Flatpak)Bovo26.08.2Official buildGPL-2.0+"Five in a row" board game
Snap Storebovo26.04.3—GPL-2.0+"Five in a row" board game
Snap Store (Beta build)bovo26.04.3—GPL-2.0+"Five in a row" board game
Debianbovo4:25.04.0-1Distribution build—gomoku (five in line) board game
Ubuntubovo4:25.12.3-0ubuntu1Distribution build—gomoku (five in line) board game
Fedorabovo26.08.1Distribution buildGPL-2.0-or-later AND GFDL-1.2-or-laterFive in a row game
Arch Linuxbovo26.08.2-1Distribution buildGPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.0-or-laterA Gomoku like game for two players
Nixpkgsbovo26.08.2Distribution buildBSD-3-Clause AND CC0-1.0Bovo is a Gomoku like game for two players
openSUSEbovo26.08.2Distribution buildGPL-2.0-or-laterFive-in-a-row Board Game
Alpine Linuxbovo26.04.2-r0Distribution buildGPL-2.0-or-later AND GFDL-1.2-onlyA Gomoku like game for two players
Void Linuxbovo26.08.1_1Distribution buildGPL-2.0-or-laterGomoku like game for two players
Slackwarebovo26.08.2-1Distribution build—bovo (five-in-a-row board game)
Solusbovo25.08.2Distribution buildGFDL-1.2-or-later AND GPL-2.0-or-laterA Gomoku like game for two players
Gentoo (Candidate build)bovo26.08.2Distribution buildGPL-2.0-onlyFive-in-a-row Board Game
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