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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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  • doc Public

    Defold game engine documentation for www.defold.com

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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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  • asset-portal Public

    List of Defold assets, libraries and extensions

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    Python 189 39 5 0 Updated Sep 13, 2026
  • extension-energy-saver Public

    Extension to help reduce power consumption in your Defold game

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    Go 1 MIT 0 0 0 Updated Sep 13, 2026
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  • build-size Public

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

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  • extension-rive Public

    Adding Rive.app support to the Defold engine

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    The Defold specific Spine runtime implementation

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    C 46 18 36 1 Updated Sep 12, 2026
  • extension-playables Public

    Defold native extension for the YouTube Playables SDK

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