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Defold is a completely free to use game engine for development of console, desktop, mobile and web games. There are no up-front costs, no licensing fees and no royalties. The Defold editor runs on Windows, Linux and macOS and includes a code editor, debugger, profiler and advanced scene and UI editors. Game logic is written in Lua with the option to use native code to extend the engine with additional functionality.

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    Defold is a completely free to use game engine for development of desktop, console, mobile and web games.

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  2. doc doc Public

    Defold game engine documentation for www.defold.com

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  3. examples examples Public

    Defold examples for the Learn section of the site

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  • defold/defold.github.io's past year of commit activity
    HTML 14 16 23 0 Updated Sep 9, 2026
  • asset-portal Public

    List of Defold assets, libraries and extensions

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    Python 189 39 5 0 Updated Sep 9, 2026
  • defold Public

    Defold is a completely free to use game engine for development of desktop, console, mobile and web games.

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    C++ 6,298 452 915 (8 issues need help) 42 Updated Sep 9, 2026
  • extension-texturepacker Public

    Adds support for the TexturePacker atlas format

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    Clojure 22 MIT 5 2 1 Updated Sep 9, 2026
  • extension-rive Public

    Adding Rive.app support to the Defold engine

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    C++ 73 MIT 15 11 1 Updated Sep 9, 2026
  • extension-spine Public

    The Defold specific Spine runtime implementation

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    C 46 18 36 1 Updated Sep 9, 2026
  • doc Public

    Defold game engine documentation for www.defold.com

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    Python 145 127 24 6 Updated Sep 9, 2026
  • tool-metrics Public
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    Python 1 0 0 0 Updated Sep 9, 2026
  • build-size Public

    Graph showing the Defold engine and editor sizes for all supported platforms

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    JavaScript 19 4 2 0 Updated Sep 9, 2026
  • extension-automation-bridge Public

    Debug-only native extension for inspecting a running Defold game and sending input from local automation clients such as Codex

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    Python 32 3 0 0 Updated Sep 8, 2026