Some bridge tools

A few simple web-based utilities for contract bridge players. They are free software, and you may modify and/or redistribute them under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 or, at your option, any later version.

You can browse or download the source code, and its revision history, from its Git repository.

Dealing lists

Shuffling cards is tedious, and if you don’t do it enough, you get less interesting hands than you ought to. Instead, get a randomly generated list of piles to deal the cards in. Each list is a randomly generated partition of the 52 cards into four hands of 13 cards each.

You should still shuffle the cards a bit before dealing in order to prevent any really clever players from being able to work out the hands based on the old order of the cards and the dealing list.

If you’re going to be away from the net, you may find it useful to print a sheet of many deals.

Hand generator

If you have a spare moment, then why not spend it staring at a randomly generated bridge hand? The link on each page can be used to share interesting hands with others.