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LÖVE

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Hi there! LÖVE is an awesome framework you can use to make 2D games in Lua. It's free, open-source, and works on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Android and iOS.

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License model

  • Free • Open Source

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Platforms

  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Linux
  • Android
  • iPhone
  • BSD
  • iPad
  • FreeBSD
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4.5 / 5 Avg rating (2)
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Properties

  1.  Lightweight

Features

  1.  Portable
  2.  Lua scripting
  3.  Collaborative Workspaces

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    POX added LÖVE as alternative to Xogot
    •5 days ago
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    POX added LÖVE as alternative to GemRB
    •17 days ago
  • asterryplace liked LÖVE
    •about 1 month ago
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    gaobill added LÖVE as alternative to WebGAL
    •about 2 months ago
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    Kezxo added LÖVE as alternative to Picotron
    •4 months ago
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    Kezxo added LÖVE as alternative to PICO-8
    •5 months ago
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    POX added LÖVE as alternative to Fibbo
    •6 months ago
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    K0RR added LÖVE as alternative to Stride Game Engine
    •6 months ago
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    abhaskumarsinha added LÖVE as alternative to Nirvana 3D
    •7 months ago
  • ezjpzy liked LÖVE
    •7 months ago
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LÖVE information

  • Developed by

    Unknown

  • Licensing

    Open Source and Free product.

  • Written in

  • Rating

    Average rating of 4.5

  • Alternatives

    97 alternatives listed

  • Supported Languages

    • English

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Development

GitHub repository

  •  6,572 Stars
  •  470 Forks
  •  94 Open Issues
  •   Updated May 10, 2025 
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Our users have written 2 comments and reviews about LÖVE, and it has gotten 91 likes

LÖVE was added to AlternativeTo by qubodup on Jan 13, 2012 and this page was last updated May 10, 2021. LÖVE is sometimes referred to as LOVE, love2d.

Comments and Reviews

   
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Top Positive Comment
ddabrahim
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•Sep 20, 2021
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Love it how easy and simple to get started and for being portable, comes with everything included no setup needed. You can just download, code and run your code. Perfect for beginners but comes with lot of features and libraries to satisfy even advanced users. Also like the way you can package your project in to a .love file and share it and run it with Love2D. Neat little framework. Lovely!

SiliconThings
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•Nov 29, 2018
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Love2d is a lovely framework for people wanting to learn game development. It's written in C++, which means it will perform well, and it uses LUA to interface with its API. And LUA is a good starting point for beginners.

The only issue I have is the is the poor documentation.

[Edited by SiliconThings, November 29]

What is LÖVE?

As you probably know by now, LÖVE is a framework for making 2D games in the Lua programming language. LÖVE is totally free, and can be used in anything from friendly open-source hobby projects, to evil, closed-source commercial ones.

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