Godot Engine is a free, open-source game engine that supports 2D, 3D, and cross-platform development under the permissive MIT license, with no royalties on games built with it. Godot Engine's Twitter Score is 13 out of 1000 as of September 2026, ranking #75,053 among 485,821 tracked accounts.
Godot Engine was founded by Juan Linietsky and Ariel Manzur, and publicly released as open-source software in January 2014. The project's source-code copyright is held collectively by its contributors, meaning it cannot be sold or acquired by any company. Godot Engine is affiliated with the Godot Foundation, a legally independent nonprofit established in August 2022 that manages donations and provides financial support for engine development. Godot Engine was previously a member project of the Software Freedom Conservancy.
Godot Engine has attracted external support from the broader gaming industry. OP Games previously donated USD 100,000 toward general engine development. Godot Engine does not position itself as a blockchain or cryptocurrency project, and its core development roadmap does not include third-party proprietary SDKs. Godot Engine has accumulated 144,099 followers as of September 2026 and published 3,999 posts, and has been mentioned by 55 accounts a total of 95 times.
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