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[](https://godotengine.org)
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## Godot Engine
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Homepage: https://godotengine.org
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#### 2D and 3D cross-platform game engine
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Godot Engine is a feature-packed, cross-platform game engine to create 2D and
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3D games from a unified interface. It provides a comprehensive set of common
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tools, so that users can focus on making games without having to reinvent the
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wheel. Games can be exported in one click to a number of platforms, including
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the major desktop platforms (Linux, Mac OSX, Windows) as well as mobile
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(Android, iOS) and web-based (HTML5) platforms.
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#### Free, open source and community-driven
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Godot is completely free and open source under the very permissive MIT license.
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No strings attached, no royalties, nothing. The users' games are theirs, down
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to the last line of engine code. Godot's development is fully independent and
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community-driven, empowering users to help shape their engine to match their
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expectations. It is supported by the Software Freedom Conservancy
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not-for-profit.
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Before being open sourced in February 2014, Godot had been developed by Juan
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Linietsky and Ariel Manzur (both still maintaining the project) for several
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years as an in-house engine, used to publish several work-for-hire titles.
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### Getting the engine
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#### Binary downloads
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Official binaries for the Godot editor and the export templates can be found
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[on the homepage](https://godotengine.org/download).
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#### Compiling from source
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[See the official docs](https://docs.godotengine.org/en/latest/development/compiling/)
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for compilation instructions for every supported platform.
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### Community and contributing
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Godot is not only an engine but an ever-growing community of users and engine
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developers. The main community channels are listed [on the homepage](https://godotengine.org/community).
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To get in touch with the developers, the best way is to join the
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[#godotengine IRC channel](https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=godotengine)
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on Freenode.
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To get started contributing to the project, see the [contributing guide](CONTRIBUTING.md).
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### Documentation and demos
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The official documentation is hosted on [ReadTheDocs](https://docs.godotengine.org).
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It is maintained by the Godot community in its own [GitHub repository](https://github.com/godotengine/godot-docs).
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The [class reference](https://docs.godotengine.org/en/latest/classes/)
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is also accessible from within the engine.
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The official demos are maintained in their own [GitHub repository](https://github.com/godotengine/godot-demo-projects)
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as well.
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There are also a number of other learning resources provided by the community,
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such as text and video tutorials, demos, etc. Consult the [community channels](https://godotengine.org/community)
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for more info.
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[](https://travis-ci.org/godotengine/godot)
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[](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/akien-mga/godot)
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[](https://www.codetriage.com/godotengine/godot)
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[](https://hosted.weblate.org/engage/godot-engine/?utm_source=widget)
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