Gideros

Spec sheet

Product

Gideros is a free, open-source cross-platform technology for creating games with Lua.Read 9 Oct 2026 · gideros.rocks

Free plan

YesRead 21 Sep 2026 · gideros.rocks

Android export

Android projects can be exported for Android Studio or directly as APK or AAB once configured, with support for Google Play APIs and other stores.Read 9 Oct 2026 · gideros.rocks

Apple platforms

The site lists iOS, Apple TV, and macOS game development, with ads, in-app purchases, and other plugins available.Read 9 Oct 2026 · gideros.rocks

Community support

The Gideros forum invites users to subscribe and ask questions and has categories for general questions, plugins, tutorials, and bug reports.Read 9 Oct 2026 · forum.gideros.rocks

Console export

YesRead 21 Sep 2026 · gideros.rocks

Developer tools

The included development set has a lightweight IDE, desktop and device players, a texture packer, and a font creator.Read 9 Oct 2026 · gideros.rocks

Device testing

The site says games can be tested on a real device over Wi-Fi in about one second without an export or deployment step.Read 9 Oct 2026 · gideros.rocks

Documentation

The developer guide links to documentation for classes, methods, events, properties, and plugins, with examples.Read 9 Oct 2026 · gideros.rocks

Download systems

The download page lists Windows 10, Mac OS X Big Sur or later, and Linux as supported development systems, with at least a 1 GHz processor and 1 GB RAM required.Read 9 Oct 2026 · gideros.rocks

Mobile export

YesRead 21 Sep 2026 · gideros.rocks

Multiplayer tools

YesRead 21 Sep 2026 · gideros.rocks

Performance

Gideros is built on C/C++ and OpenGL and describes its game runtime as running at native speed.Read 9 Oct 2026 · gideros.rocks

Plugins

Plugins can extend Gideros, including by binding existing C, C++, Java, or Objective-C code to Lua.Read 9 Oct 2026 · gideros.rocks

Quest export

The site says Gideros can export an APK suitable for Meta Quest 2 and 3.Read 9 Oct 2026 · gideros.rocks

Scaling

Gideros supports automatic screen scaling and selecting the appropriate image resolution across screen sizes.Read 9 Oct 2026 · gideros.rocks

Scripting languages

Lua,LuauRead 21 Sep 2026 · gideros.rocks

Source code model

open_sourceRead 21 Sep 2026 · gideros.rocks

Target platforms

Android,iOS,macOS,tvOS,Windows,HTML5,Linux,UWP,Xbox OneRead 21 Sep 2026 · gideros.rocks

Web export

Gideros can create HTML apps using WebGL and WebAssembly.Read 9 Oct 2026 · gideros.rocks

Windows export

Gideros can export a Visual Studio solution for Windows Store apps and a standalone Windows executable.Read 9 Oct 2026 · gideros.rocks

Plans and prices

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Where Specifiction places it

• Game Engine Software#39 of 928.4