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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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    Defold game engine documentation for www.defold.com

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    Defold examples for the Learn section of the site

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  • defold Public

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

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  • asset-portal Public

    List of Defold assets, libraries and extensions

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    Python 190 39 5 0 Updated Sep 26, 2026
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  • 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 26, 2026
  • extender Public

    Native extension build server

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    Java 66 MIT 24 18 3 Updated Sep 25, 2026
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  • extension-permissions Public

    Extension to query for and request application permissions from the user or operating system

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  • extension-applovin Public Forked from AppLovin/AppLovin-MAX-Defold

    AppLovin MAX Defold extension for Android and iOS

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    Python 2 MIT 10 0 0 Updated Sep 24, 2026
  • extension-photon-fusion Public

    Defold native extension for the Photon Fusion framework.

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    C++ 3 MIT 0 1 0 Updated Sep 23, 2026