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Godot Engine

A free and open-source 2D and 3D game engine.

Godot Engine is a free 2D and 3D game engine with a node-based scene system, its own GDScript language (with optional C# and C++ binding), a built-in editor, and exporters for desktop (Linux, macOS, Windows), mobile (Android, iOS), web (HTML5), and consoles (via third-party publishers). The editor is written in Godot itself, which has the elegant side effect that the engine eats its own dog food in the most fundamental way.

Juan Linietsky and Ariel Manzur started Godot at OKAM Studio in Argentina, originally as in-house tooling, and open-sourced it in 2014. The project moved to a non-profit Godot Foundation in 2022 to handle donations and corporate sponsorships from companies like W4 Games, Heroic Labs, and Ramatak.

Godot has been growing rapidly since around 2020. Unity's licensing controversies in 2023 brought a flood of new users to Godot looking for a free alternative. The 4.x release line introduced a substantially-improved 3D renderer (Forward+ with clustered lighting), Vulkan support, and many quality-of-life improvements.

Debian/Ubuntu: sudo apt install godot3
Fedora/RHEL:   sudo dnf install godot
Arch:          sudo pacman -S godot
Flatpak:       flatpak install flathub org.godotengine.Godot