# Godot Engine

Godot Engine – Multi-platform 2D and 3D game engine

Repository: https://github.com/godotengine/godot
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/godot-engine
Homepage: https://godotengine.org
Language: C++
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: game-engine, godot, godotengine, open-source, multi-platform, gamedev, game-development
Last push: 2026-08-26T19:39:24+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 99/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 99, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4624, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 11, "gap_med": 29, "n_releases_24m": 16}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 116180, forks 26486 (observed 2026-08-28T04:12:24.095697+00:00)

## What it is
Godot Engine is a free, open-source, cross-platform game engine for building 2D and 3D games from a unified editor interface. It is MIT-licensed, community-driven, and supports one-click export to desktop, mobile, and web platforms.

## Use cases
- build a 2d platformer game
- create a 3d game without royalties
- make a game that exports to android and ios
- develop a browser-based html5 game
- learn game development with a free engine
- prototype game ideas in a unified editor
- port a game to multiple desktop platforms

## When to choose
- you want a fully free, MIT-licensed engine with no royalties or strings attached
- you need both 2D and 3D support in one tool
- you want one-click multi-platform export including web and mobile
- you prefer a community-driven, independent engine

## When to avoid
- you need guaranteed console porting without third-party licensing work
- your team requires AAA-scale proprietary tooling or vendor support contracts
- you rely on an ecosystem of marketplace assets specific to another engine

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: stable
- function: game-engine, graphics, gui, animation, sdk
- domain: graphics, cross-platform, simulation
- platform: cross-platform, windows, cpp
- tags: gamedev, 2d, 3d, editor, mit-license, gdscript, open-source, game-development, macos, linux, android, ios, web-server

## Member repositories
- godotengine/godot (main) score 99
- godotengine/godot-demo-projects (examples) score 86
- godotengine/godot-docs (docs) score 77
- godotengine/godot-cpp (sdk) score 99
- godotengine/godot-proposals (docs) score 66
- godotengine/tps-demo (examples) score 67

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:24.095697+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T16:11:53.329195+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/godotengine/godot (fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:24.095697+00:00, sha 38d0ea159f16)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.