Godot

free and open-source cross-platform game engine for making 2D and 3D games
CreativeWork game_engine Q16972633
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Godot

Summary

Godot is a game engine[1]. Godot ranks in the top 3% of game_engine entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,954 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Godot is the creator of Juan Linietsky[3].
  • Godot is the creator of Ariel Manzur[4].
  • Godot's instance of is recorded as game engine[5].
  • Godot's instance of is recorded as free and open-source software[6].
  • Godot's instance of is recorded as source-available software[7].
  • Godot's instance of is recorded as application software[8].
  • Waiting for Godot is named after Godot[9].
  • Godot's developer is recorded as Rémi Verschelde[10].
  • Godot's developer is recorded as Juan Linietsky[11].
  • Godot's copyright license is recorded as MIT License[12].
  • Godot's programmed in is recorded as Q2407[13].
  • Godot's programmed in is recorded as Q15777[14].
  • Godot's programmed in is recorded as Q2370[15].
  • Godot's programmed in is recorded as Java[16].
  • Godot's programmed in is recorded as OpenGL Shading Language[17].
  • Godot's programmed in is recorded as Objective-C[18].
  • Godot's operating system is recorded as Q3251801[19].
  • Godot's operating system is recorded as macOS[20].
  • Godot's operating system is recorded as Microsoft Windows[21].
  • Godot's operating system is recorded as BSD[22].
  • Godot's operating system is recorded as iOS[23].
  • Godot's operating system is recorded as Android[24].
  • Godot's operating system is recorded as Q21600523[25].
  • Godot's operating system is recorded as HTML5[26].
  • Godot's operating system is recorded as WebAssembly[27].

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Authorship and Creation

Created works include Juan Linietsky[3], a software developer[28], b. 1976[29], of Argentina[30] and Ariel Manzur[4], a software developer[31], of Argentina[32].

Why It Matters

Godot ranks in the top 3% of game_engine entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,954 views/month).[2] Godot has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] Godot is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

Godot has been cited as an influence by GDScript[35], a programming language[36], founded in 2001[37].

FAQs

Who did Godot influence?

Godot has been cited as an influence by GDScript[35].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] . wikidata.org.
  7. [4] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . github.com. github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . github.com. github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [35] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Brigandeur · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier 2.1.1, 2.1, 2.0.4.1 +105
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ update to 4.6.3"
  2. 19d ago · ~2026-21884-79 · 2026-05-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Distributed by Steam, itch.io, Flathub
    Has characteristic indie game
    Inception
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    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P18]]: Godot 4.6.png"
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