love2d-community/awesome-love2d

Utilities

nativefsstars12 - Read and write files outside of LÖVE's allowed paths.

Distribution

love-fuserstars7 - Packages LÖVE Games using GitHub Actions. Supports Windows, Linux, and Android.

Performance

AppleCakestars9 - Profiling library for LÖVE, with detailed profiling and thread support.

Drawing

grove.draworder - Similar to deep, but you can set a custom sorting method and create multiple, nestable instances.

Helpers

grove.color - Blend, convert and interpolate colors using 'color objects'.

Distribution

love-packagerstars11 - Simple CLI to package your LÖVE Game in seconds.

Animation

Aseprite loaderstars12 - Complete ase/aseprite file loader (no json).

Input

Swipestars1 - A simple radial keyboard library.

UI

Heliumstars69 - A modern, customizable, high performance retained UI framework.

ListBoxstars14 - A dynamic ListBox for LÖVE that supports touch, mouse, and keyboard inputs.

Lynx - Very-lightweight list-based UI library.

Planstars8 - A super simple Rule-based layout library.

Tutorials

CS50 Introduction to Game Development - Harvard Colleges CS50 OpenCourseWare.

learn2love - Book for learning programming with Lua and LÖVE (Version 11.0+).

Using Tiled Maps in LÖVE - An article about using maps created with Tiled in your LÖVE game.

Tutorial on making an Arkanoid-type game - A complete tutorial on how to make a breakout clone by nooowaay.

Simple Game Tutorials - Tutorials for making simple games with LÖVE (Snake, Sokoban, Tetris, etc.).

How to LÖVE - A book by Sheepolution teaching LÖVE from the ground up.

Building love2d games for the web with love.js and Docker - A tutorial on packaging LÖVE games for the web.

IDEs

Atom - A hackable text editor for the 21st Century (obsolete).

• Love-Atom - Smart autocompletion for the LÖVE framework in Atom.
• Autocomplete GLSL - Adds GLSL autocompletion in Atom.
• language-glsl - OpenGL Shading Language support in Atom.
• language-lua - Lua language support in Atom.
• linter-luacheckstars12 - Lint Lua on the fly, using luacheck.
• Löve Launcher - Launch LÖVE for the current project without having to leave Atom.
• Löve IDE - This package auto-installs several utilities for writing Love2D games in Atom.
  • Autocomplete Löve - Auto-complete and snippets for LÖVE.
  • Hyperclick Löve - A Hyperclick provider for LÖVE which shows the wiki.
  • linter-luaparse - Lua syntax error checking in Atom.

Brackets - A modern, open source text editor by Adobe (obsolete).

• Lua Syntax Highlighterstars3 - Add Lua syntax highlighting in Brackets.
• LÖVE Hints for Brackets.io - Provides LÖVE code hints.
• Run LÖVEstars4 - Run LÖVE projects with a hotkey.

ZeroBrane Studio - ZeroBrane Studio is a lightweight Lua IDE with code completion, syntax highlighting, live coding, code analyzer, and debugging support.

• API Syntax Hightlightstars9 - Script to add LOVE API syntax highlighting to ZBS.

IntelliJ IDEA - Capable and Ergonomic Java IDE.

• EmmyLuastars492 - Lua IDE/Debugger Plugin for VSCode.
• LÖVE IDEAstars55 - Snippets and code completion for IntelliJ-IDEA.

Vim - Vim is a highly configurable text editor built to make creating and changing any kind of text very efficient.

• Vim LOVE Docsstars48 - Syntax highlighting for Vim.

Notepad++ - Notepad++ is a free source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages.

• LÖVE API for Notepad++stars10 - Code completion and documentation for Notepad++.

Visual Studio Code - VS Code is a new type of tool that combines the simplicity of a code editor with what developers need for their core edit-build-debug cycle.

• Visual Studio Code LÖVE Launcher - A Löve Launcher Extension for Visual Studio Code.
• Lua for Visual Studio Code - Provides Intellisense and Linting for Lua in VSCode.
• Local Lua Debugger - Simple Lua debugger with no dependencies. Löve specific launch.json example provided.

3D

love-gltf - Gltf asset loader and test renderer; Supports skeletal animations and morph targets.

model_rendererstars14 - A simple 3d model renderer for love2d.

anim9stars27 - 3D skeletal animation library (design to be used with IQM and IQE).

Brinevector3Dstars8 - FFI-enabled vector library for 3D (x,y,z).

IQEstars8 - Inter-Quake Export loader (text).

IQMstars33 - Inter-Quake Model loader (binary).

Lovoxstars43 - Pseudo-3D library for working with voxels.

Animation

androssstars29 - A Lua library for 2D skeletal/bone animations with a Löve backend.

anim8stars530 - Animation library.

animxstars18 - A featureful Animation library for loading animations from XML files!.

chirostars25 - Convenience wrapper around Spine.

Peachystars85 - A parser/renderer for Aseprite animations in LÖVE.

skeletorstars25 - 2D skeletal animation system.

Waltstars53 - Animation library.

Lumpstars19 - Adobe Flash animation runtime.

lovanimstars20 - A minimal stateful animation library.

SYSL-Textstars45 - Text animation and automatic wrapping library based on tags.

Drawing

renderplanetstars18 - Realistic orthographic planet rendering.

Sölarstars5 - A fairly simple solar system simulator.

Artalstars38 - A .PSD parsing library for LÖVE.

Autobatchstars93 - Small LÖVE module to automate the use of SpriteBatches.

centerstars7 - A simple module to dynamically align and fit content to screens of any size.

deepstars39 - Adds Z axis; allows you to queue actions and draw calls.

draftstars41 - A module for drawing complex shapes.

HSLUVstars33 - Lua implementation of HSLuv (a human-friendly alternative to HSL).

Maid64stars40 - Low resolution scaler for LÖVE.

Pushstars361 - A simple resolution-handling library for LÖVE.

svgloverstars43 - Library to import and display simple SVGs in LÖVE.

SYSL-Pixelstars23 - Pixel art focused scaler for graphics, position, screen-captures and shaders.

Tove2dstars138 - Animated vector graphics for LÖVE.

turtle.luastars71 - Turtle graphics library for LÖVE.

Runtime-TextureAtlasstars8 - Texture atlas packer and renderer at runtime; no external tools.

Export-TextureAtlasstars3 - Extends Runtime-TextureAtlas as a commandline tool to export an atlas.

Helpers

batteriesstars173 - Fills out lua's sparse standard library and provides implementations of common algorithms and data structures useful for games.

luestars40 - Lue is a LÖVE library that allows you to display hue color effects in your game.

roomystars30 - Screen management library for LÖVE.

shackstars46 - Shack is a LÖVE library that lets you easily add screen effects such as shake and rotation.

astraystars113 - Astray is a lua based maze, room and dungeon generation library for dungeon crawlers and roguelike video games.

clovestars18 - A helper library which allows you to quickly loads huge amount of assets.

iffystars17 - A SpriteSheet and Tileset helper library for LÖVE.

knifestars338 - Collection of useful micro-modules for Lua (Class, State Machines, Bind, Chain, Coroutines, Event, Memoize, Entity, Tests, Timer).

shardstars12 - Collection of useful mini modules.

love-state-switcherstars8 - State switcher class for Lua LÖVE Engine.

lumestars715 - Collection of functions for Lua, geared towards game development.

narratorstars62 - An Ink narrative scripting language parser and runtime implementation.

reflowprintstars37 - A library designed for alignment of text that is shown one character at a time.

rotLovestars213 - Roguelike Toolkit in LÖVE. A LÖVE/lua port of rot.js.

ScreenManagerstars29 - Screen/State Management for the LÖVE framework.

Simple Tiled Implementationstars660 - Tiled map loader and renderer.

Vividstars49 - Color math, manipulation and conversion library.

Yonderstars9 - A ridiculously easy to use game state management library for LOVE2D.

Math

nvec - Hump.vector-compatible LuaJIT FFI-accelerated 2D vector library.

vector.luastars28 - A simple vector library based on the PVector class from processing.

Bresenhamstars13 - Bresenham's line algorithm written in Lua.

brinevectorstars37 - Standalone lightweight luajit ffi-accelerated 2D vector library for great performance.

Cirno's Perfect Math Librarystars250 - Math/intersection library designed for games.

delaunaystars94 - Delaunay triangulation for convex polygons.

hump.vector - Powerful 2D vector class.

MLibstars68 - Math and shape-intersection detection library written in Lua. It's aim is to be robust and easy to use.

shashstars45 - A simple, lightweight spatial hash for Lua.

Physics

breezefieldstars28 - A lightweight and easy love.physics wrapper (windfield alternative).

Bumpstars745 - Collision detection library for Lua.

HC - Collision detection with arbitrary polygons; allows rotation of objects.

Strikestars10 - 2D collision detection library. Extendable, based on Separating-Axis-Theorem.

Serialization

arsonstars4 - Companion library for registering custom data types that can be encoded and decoded by json.lua.

binserstars168 - Customizable Lua Serializer.

bitserstars133 - Serializes and deserializes Lua values with LuaJIT.

cdatastars30 - Serialize between Lua data and C data using LuaJIT's FFI.

knife.serialize - Serialize data as a Lua script.

Ladystars34 - Saving and loading savegames; based on Ser.

moonblobstars18 - Binary serialization and data parsing library.

Serstars71 - Fast, robust, richly-featured table serialization library for Lua.

Smallfolkstars16 - A fast, robust, secure, richly-featured table serialization library for Lua.

tricklestars29 - A bitstream library focused on high compression for use in networking.

UI

Love Imguistars275 - Imgui module for the LÖVE game engine.

SUITstars407 - Small immediate mode GUI library.

CatUIstars79 - A very light-weight GUI library for LÖVE.

GOOistars184 - Android-oriented GUI library.

Gspöt - A stateful GUI lib for LÖVE.

Hanker - Maximalist immediate mode-ish UI elements; gamepad-friendly.

LoveFrames Forkstars88 - 11.2 Fork of a GUI library.

Löve-Nuklearstars293 - Lightweight immediate mode GUI for LÖVE games.

Patchystars32 - 9patch library.

SafeWordstars3 - An overscan detection library for LÖVE.

Utilities

ShakeDetectorLuastars4 - Uses accelerometer data for shake device detection written in Lua.

ArrayRotation - Rotation of two dimensional arrays (square and non-square).

cargostars130 - Asset manager.

chance.lua - Library for generating random data.

colorchangerstars1 - Change the colors in your LÖVE game.

Flirtstars11 - LÖVE version manager; allows to switch between multiple versions of engine on same machine.

GifCatstars37 - A simple module for saving gifs from LÖVE.

hex2colorstars4 - A single function to use HEX color values.

i18nstars20 - Internationalization library designed to help localize your game.

Ini Parserstars7 - General purpose ini configuration parser.

log.luastars239 - Library for configurable log output.

love-loaderstars112 - Threaded resource loading.

love2d-assets-loaderstars32 - Assets Loader.

love-pestars13 - A tool made in LÖVE for changing LÖVE icon itself.

lovely-enginestars7 - A tool that makes setting up and using LÖVE easier and with Moonscript support.

Lilystars78 - Async Asset Loader.

luasteamstars64 - Lua bindings for the Steamworks API.

Luventstars64 - Simple event-driven programming.

nativefiledialog - Open a file picker on Windows/Mac/Linux.

Optikon - WYSIWYG visual level designer.

ParticleEditorstars1 - An editor of particle for LÖVE.

particle-system-playgroundstars10 - A basic LÖVE particle system editor.

require.luastars3 - Require all files in a folder.

splashystars29 - Splash Screen Library.

tickstars59 - Useful timing tweaks for LÖVE's run loop.

AI

Jumperstars567 - Grid-based pathfinding library.

Lua-starstars33 - Easy and pure Lua A* path finding.

Camera

Bradystars51 - Camera library with parallax scrolling.

Editgridstars40 - Gamera and HUMP compatible scaling grid.

gamerastars194 - Camera system.

hump.camera - Camera library with window locking and smooth camera movement interpolation.

Development

FPSGraphstars14 - Small FPS graphing utility.

debugGraphstars28 - Small OO FPS graphing utillity based on FPSGraph.

Lovebirdstars253 - Browser-based debug console.

LoveDebugstars89 - Inline console-like debugger utility.

lurkerstars230 - Auto-swaps changed Lua files in a running game.

LÖVE APIstars242 - The complete API documentation of LÖVE in a Lua table.

LÖVE Buildstars39 - GitHub Action for automated cross-platform builds.

LÖVE TypeScript Definitionsstars81 - Write LÖVE games with TypeScript.

lovelierstars10 - A LÖVE live reloader with Moonscript support.

Entity

adorbsstars25 - Minimal, Functional Entity Component System.

Concordstars138 - A feature-complete ECS library.

knife.system - Minimalist functional ECS.

natastars32 - Hybrid OOP/ECS entity management.

tiny-ecsstars471 - Entity Component System for Lua that's simple, flexible, and useful.

Input

batonstars158 - Input library for LÖVE that bridges the gap between keyboard and gamepad controls.

love-microphonestars54 - Simple microphone support for LÖVE.

LoveKeysstars5 - A simple input handeling library that keeps track of things for you.

tactilestars49 - A straightforward and flexible input library.

Lighting

lighterstars18 - A performant dynamic light implementation with a simple API.

Shädowsstars148 - A Shadows & Lights engine for LÖVE.

Light Worldstars206 - A lighting model.

Simple Love Lightsstars20 - A very simple raycasting light implementation.

Lightstars6 - A simple dynamic light implementation.

Music

denverstars70 - A Löve custom waveform generation library.

lovebpmstars60 - A LÖVE library for syncing events to the BPM of an audio track.

ripplestars26 - An audio manager with tagging support.

wavestars80 - A sound manager with audio parsing and rhythm functionalities.

Networking

Grease - Networking library intended to make networking easy for lovers (TCP, UDP, Enet). (IPv6)

LoverNetstars52 - A networking library that leverages bitser and enet. (IPv4)

NoobHubstars265 - OpenSource multiplayer and network messaging. (IPv6)

Sock.luastars144 - A Lua networking library for LÖVE games. (IPv4)

löve-wsstars19 - A websocket client and server library.

love2d-lua-websocketstars16 - A simple event-driven websocket client library. (IPv4)

OO

30logstars366 - Minified framework for object-orientation in Lua. It features named (and unnamed) classes, single inheritance and a basic support for mixins.

classicstars607 - Tiny class module for Lua. Attempts to stay simple and provide decent performance by avoiding unnecessary over-abstraction.

hump.class - Small, fast class/prototype implementation with multiple inheritance (class-commons).

middleclassstars1.5k - Simple OOP library for Lua; has inheritance, metamethods (operators), class variables and weak mixin support (class-commons).

muunstars7 - Moonscript compatible class implementation.

selenestars8 - Project template for writing games in Moonscript instead of Lua without precompiling.

Performance

jprofstars71 - Profiling library/tool for LÖVE.

Piefillerstars19 - Graphical profiler for LÖVE.

ProFi - A simple lua profiler that works with LuaJIT and prints a pretty report file in columns.

Platforms

LoveDosstars600 - A Lua framework for 2D DOS games, implementing a subset of the LÖVE API.

LoveFTW - Work-in-progress port to Windows phone 8.1.

LovePotionstars374 - Unofficial work-in-progress implementation of the LÖVE API for Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo Switch Homebrew.

LOVE-WrapLuastars27 - A small and simple wrapper for OneLua, lpp-vita, and Lua Player PS3.

Love.jsstars340 - LÖVE ported to the web using Emscripten.

LÖVRstars1.3k - LÖVE for virtual reality devices.

Publishing

Love-Snap-Templatestars22 - A template for packaging LÖVE games for distribution in the Snappy Store.

AppImageKitstars7.2k - Using AppImageKit you can package LÖVE games as AppImages that run on common Linux-based operating systems, such as RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu, Fedora, debian and derivatives; one game = one file.

Shaders

LoveShaderConverterstars59 - Convert Shadertoy Shader files to LÖVE GLSL Files with handy utilities for infinite purposes.

Shadertoy viewer - Run code copied from shadertoy directly or output the converted code to a LÖVE shader.

Testing

bustedstars1.1k - Simple unit-testing framework with customizable assertions.

knife.test - Fixture-free test framework.

Luassertstars126 - Extends assert() with additional, customizable tests.

Lunateststars75 - xUnit-style randomized unit testing framework.

luststars71 - Minimal test framework.

Specl - Behavior Driven Development (BDD) tool.

Telescope - Highly-customizable BDD-style testing library.

Tweening

Fluxstars282 - A fast, lightweight tweening library for Lua.

hump.timer - Timer and tweening library with flexible tweening methods.

tickstars83 - Lua module for delaying function calls.

tween.luastars469 - Tweening/Easing/Interpolating functions for Lua inspired on jQuery's animate method.

Distribution

love-exportstars41 - Fast and simple command-line tool that builds binaries for you. Supports Windows, macOS, and Linux.

love-deploystars2 - Build and deploy games on itch.io (supports windows and web exports).

Related

awesome-luastars3k - A list like this one, but more general and encompassing all of Lua's uses.

awesome-love-shadersstars60 - A collection of shaders designed to work in LÖVE.

awesome-pico8stars2k - A curated list of PICO-8 resources, tutorials, tools and more.

Helpers

humpstars44 - Collection of tools for developing games with LÖVE (Gamestates, Timers/Tweens, Vectors, Classes, Signals, Cameras).

UI

Slabstars199 - Slab is an immediate mode GUI toolkit for the LÖVE framework.

Shaders

ngrading - Simple color grading library.

UI

NLaystars14 - Flexible layouting library.

Distribution

boonstars106 - Multi-platform, easy to use tool supporting Windows, macOS, Linux.

love-releasestars433 - A Lua script that automates game distribution. Supports Windows, macOS, Debian, Linux.

makelovestars60 - Advanced multi-platform tool to fuse your game written in Python 3. Supports Windows and Linux with AppImage.

Input

inputstars2 - Simple and powerful input library. support check operation time, sequence.

3D

g3dstars286 - Simple and easy 3D engine for LÖVE.

UI

YALGstars10 - A very simple, cross-platform, reactive UI for last minute UIs.

AI

astarstars6 - An other A* library. Any map(gird, point, mesh or infinite map) and support path cost.

3D

3DreamEnginestars202 - An awesome 3D engine for LÖVE.

3D

bump-3dpdstars58 - A 3D collision detection library for Lua.

Helpers

cartographerstars58 - Small Tiled map loader and drawer.

lovely-windowsstars13 - A Window/Screen Manager Module for virtual windows.

OO

knife.base - Extremely minimal base class providing single inheritance and constructors.

Physics

loveblobsstars57 - A softbody library with support for both dynamic and static arbitrary softbodies.

Shaders

Moonshinestars430 - Repository of common post-processing effects like blur, vignette, color-grading, etc.

Tweening

knife.timer - Create timers and tweens with ease.

UI

Polywell - A highly-configurable text editor / coding tool written in Lua that runs on the LÖVE game engine.

IDEs

Sublime Text - Sublime Text is a sophisticated text editor for code, markup and prose. You'll love the slick user interface, extraordinary features and amazing performance.

• Package Manager - The Sublime Text package manager that makes it exceedingly simple to find, install and keep packages up-to-date.
• SublimeLove - Supports syntax highlighting, auto-completion, and build system.
• SublimeLinter-luacheck - Provides linting and static analysis of your Lua code.