Drawing

Runtime-TextureAtlasstars4 - Texture atlas packer and renderer at runtime; no external tools

Physics

Strikestars4 - 2D collision detection library. Extendable, based on Separating-Axis-Theorem

UI

Slabstars145 - Slab is an immediate mode GUI toolkit for the LÖVE framework.

Shaders

ngrading - Simple color grading library.

UI

NLaystars10 - Flexible layouting library.

Serialization

arsonstars3 - companion library for registering custom data types that can be encoded and decoded by json.lua

Game Distribution Tools

love-deploystars1 - Build and deploy games on itch.io (supports windows and web exports)

UI

Heliumstars49 - A modern, customizable, high performance retained UI framework.

Utilities

lovely-enginestars5 - A tool that makes setting up and using Love2d easier and with Moonscript support

Networking

love2d-lua-websocketstars7 - A simple event-driven websocket client library [IPv4]

3D

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

Utilities

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

Game Distribution Tools

boonstars102 - Multi-platform, easy to use tool supporting Windows, macOS, Linux.

love-exportstars38 - Fast and simple command-line tool that builds binaries for you. Supports Windows, MacOS, and Linux.

love-releasestars415 - A Lua script that automates game distribution. Supports Windows, macOS, Debian, Linux.

makelovestars50 - Advanced multi-platform tool to fuse your game written in Python 3. Supports Windows and Linux with AppImage.

Animation

SYSL-Textstars32 - Text animation and automatic wrapping library based on tags

lovanimstars15 - A minimal stateful animation library

Input

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

3D

g3dstars215 - Simple and easy 3D engine for LÖVE.

Platforms

Love.jsstars257 - LÖVE ported to the web using Emscripten

Lighting

lighterstars16 - A performant dynamic light implementation with a simple API

Platforms

LOVE-WrapLuastars26 - A small and simple wrapper for OneLua, lpp-vita, and Lua Player PS3

UI

YALGstars7 - A very simple, cross-platform, reactive UI for last minute UIs.

UI

Lynx - Very-lightweight list-based UI library.

Object Orientation

selenestars4 - Project template for writing games in Moonscript instead of Lua without precompiling

Drawing

turtle.luastars69 - Turtle graphics library for LÖVE

3D

model_rendererstars10 - a simple 3d model renderer for love2d

Helper Libraries

batteriesstars126 - fills out lua's sparse standard library and provides implementations of common algorithms and data structures useful for games.

Helper Libraries

narratorstars47 - An Ink narrative scripting language parser and runtime implementation

Utilities

Optikon - WYSIWYG visual level designer

Drawing

centerstars5 - A simple module to dynamically align and fit content to screens of any size

cindystars16 - Use byte color values in LÖVE 11+

deepstars34 - Adds Z axis; allows you to queue actions and draw calls

draftstars39 - A module for drawing complex shapes

SYSL-Pixelstars18 - Pixel art focused scaler for graphics, position, screen-captures and shaders

Sölarstars5 - a fairly simple solar system simulator

Input

tactilestars48 - A straightforward and flexible input library

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

Development

lovelierstars7 - A Love2D live reloader with Moonscript support

Utilities

nativefsstars30 - Read and write files outside of LÖVE's allowed paths

Object Orientation

muunstars6 - Moonscript compatible class implementation

Serialization

moonblobstars16 - Binary serialization and data parsing library

Development

LÖVE Buildstars29 - GitHub Action for automated cross-platform builds

Helper Libraries

Yonderstars7 - A ridiculously easy to use game state management library for LOVE2D

Platforms

LovePotionstars338 - Unofficial work-in-progress implementation of the LÖVE API for Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo Switch Homebrew

Tutorials

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

AI

astarstars5 - An other A* library. Any map(gird, point, mesh or infinite map) and support path cost.

UI

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

Animation

animxstars17 - A featureful Animation library for loading animations from XML files!

3D

3DreamEnginestars161 - An awesome 3D engine for LÖVE.

Brinevector3Dstars7 - FFI-enabled vector library for 3D (x,y,z)

Tutorials

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

IDEs

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++

Utilities

hex2colorstars4 - A single function to use HEX color values

Tutorials

CS50’s Introduction to Game Development - Harvard College’s CS50 OpenCourseWare

Helper Libraries

reflowprintstars38 - A library designed for alignment of text that is shown one character at a time

UI

LoveFrames Forkstars77 - 11.2 Fork of a GUI library

Utilities

colorchangerstars1 - Change the colors in your LÖVE game

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

Helper Libraries

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

iffystars15 - A SpriteSheet and Tileset helper library for LÖVE

Lighting

Lightstars7 - A simple dynamic light implementation

Math

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

Drawing

Pushstars347 - A simple resolution-handling library for LÖVE

Helper Libraries

humpstars828 - Collection of tools for developing games with LÖVE (Gamestates, Timers/Tweens, Vectors, Classes, Signals, Cameras). Repo is inactive but improvements are in the works at this fork (branch temp-master)

Other Awesome Lists

awesome-pico8stars1.9k - A curated list of PICO-8 resources, tutorials, tools and more

Utilities

ShakeDetectorLuastars4 - uses accelerometer data for shake device detection written in Lua

Helper Libraries

shardstars9 - Collection of useful mini modules

Development

LÖVE TypeScript Definitionsstars73 - Write LÖVE games with TypeScript

Utilities

luasteamstars57 - Lua bindings for the Steamworks API

UI

Gspöt - A stateful GUI lib for LÖVE

Helper Libraries

roomystars26 - screen management library for LÖVE

Entity

Concordstars118 - A feature-complete ECS library

Tutorials

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

Physics

breezefieldstars22 - A lightweight and easy love.physics wrapper [windfield alternative]

3D

IQMstars29 - Inter-Quake Model loader (binary)

AI

Lua-starstars28 - Easy and pure Lua A* path finding

Music

ripplestars20 - An audio manager with tagging support

denverstars65 - A Löve custom waveform generation library

lovebpmstars56 - A LÖVE library for syncing events to the BPM of an audio track

wavestars78 - A sound manager with audio parsing and rhythm functionalities

3D

anim9stars25 - 3D skeletal animation library (design to be used with IQM and IQE)

bump-3dpdstars57 - A 3D collision detection library for Lua.

IQEstars8 - Inter-Quake Export loader (text)

Lovoxstars41 - Pseudo-3D library for working with voxels

AI

Jumperstars551 - Grid-based pathfinding library

Animation

androssstars28 - a Lua library for 2D skeletal/bone animations with a Löve backend

anim8stars487 - Animation library

chirostars24 - Convenience wrapper around Spine

Peachystars81 - A parser/renderer for Aseprite animations in LÖVE

skeletorstars24 - 2D skeletal animation system

Waltstars51 - Animation library

Lumpstars18 - Adobe Flash animation runtime

Camera

Bradystars50 - Camera library with parallax scrolling

Editgridstars37 - Gamera and HUMP compatible scaling grid

gamerastars178 - Camera system

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

Development

FPSGraphstars12 - Small FPS graphing utility

debugGraphstars26 - Small OO FPS graphing utillity based on FPSGraph

Lovebirdstars240 - Browser-based debug console

LoveDebugstars89 - Inline console-like debugger utility

lurkerstars220 - Auto-swaps changed Lua files in a running game

LÖVE APIstars217 - The complete API documentation of LÖVE in a Lua table

Drawing

Artalstars35 - A .PSD parsing library for LÖVE

Autobatchstars91 - Small LÖVE module to automate the use of SpriteBatches

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

Maid64stars39 - Low resolution scaler for LÖVE

renderplanetstars18 - realistic orthographic planet rendering

svgloverstars42 - Library to import and display simple SVGs in LÖVE

Tove2dstars126 - Animated vector graphics for LÖVE

Entity

adorbsstars22 - Minimal, Functional Entity Component System

knife.system - Minimalist functional ECS

natastars32 - Hybrid OOP/ECS entity management

tiny-ecsstars424 - Entity Component System for Lua that's simple, flexible, and useful

Helper Libraries

astraystars107 - Astray is a lua based maze, room and dungeon generation library for dungeon crawlers and roguelike video games

cartographerstars55 - Small Tiled map loader and drawer.

knifestars307 - Collection of useful micro-modules for Lua (Class, State Machines, Bind, Chain, Coroutines, Event, Memoize, Entity, Tests, Timer)

lovely-windowsstars11 - A Window/Screen Manager Module for virtual windows.

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

luestars38 - lue is a LÖVE library that allows you to display hue color effects in your game

lumestars636 - Collection of functions for Lua, geared towards game development

rotLovestars203 - Roguelike Toolkit in Love. A Love2D/lua port of rot.js

ScreenManagerstars27 - Screen/State Management for the LÖVE framework

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

Simple Tiled Implementationstars621 - Tiled map loader and renderer

Vividstars48 - Color math, manipulation and conversion library

Input

batonstars137 - Input library for LÖVE that bridges the gap between keyboard and gamepad controls

boipushystars142 - A simple and easy to use input handler

love-microphonestars54 - Simple microphone support for LÖVE

Lighting

Shädowsstars142 - A Shadows & Lights engine for löve

Light Worldstars205 - A lighting model

Simple Love Lightsstars20 - A very simple raycasting light implementation

Math

Bresenhamstars13 - Bresenham's line algorithm written in Lua

brinevectorstars35 - Standalone lightweight luajit ffi-accelerated 2D vector library for great performance

Cirno's Perfect Math Librarystars206 - Math/intersection library designed for games

delaunaystars91 - Delaunay triangulation for convex polygons

hump.vector - Powerful 2D vector class

MLibstars64 - Math and shape-intersection detection library written in Lua. It's aim is to be robust and easy to use

shashstars44 - A simple, lightweight spatial hash for Lua

vector.luastars23 - a simple vector library based on the PVector class from processing

Networking

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

LoverNetstars51 - A networking library that leverages bitser and enet [IPv4]

NoobHubstars263 - OpenSource multiplayer and network messaging [IPv6]

Sock.luastars134 - A Lua networking library for LÖVE games [IPv4]

löve-wsstars15 - A websocket client and server library

Object Orientation

30logstars344 - Minified framework for object-orientation in Lua. It features named (and unnamed) classes, single inheritance and a basic support for mixins

classicstars552 - 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)

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

middleclassstars1.4k - Simple OOP library for Lua; has inheritance, metamethods (operators), class variables and weak mixin support (class-commons)

Performance

jprofstars65 - Profiling library/tool for LÖVE

Piefillerstars18 - Graphical profiler for LÖVE

profile.lua - Profile.lua is a small, non-intrusive module for finding bottlenecks in your Lua code

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

Physics

Bumpstars706 - Collision detection library for Lua

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

loveblobsstars55 - A softbody library with support for both dynamic and static arbitrary softbodies.

Windfieldstars286 - Physics module wrapper for LÖVE

Platforms

LoveDosstars581 - A Lua framework for 2D DOS games, implementing a subset of the LÖVE API

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

LÖVRstars1.2k - LÖVE for virtual reality devices

Publishing

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

AppImageKitstars6.9k - 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

Serialization

binserstars153 - Customizable Lua Serializer

bitserstars125 - 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

Ladystars33 - Saving and loading savegames; based on Ser

Serstars69 - Fast, robust, richly-featured table serialization library for Lua

Smallfolkstars14 - A fast, robust, secure, richly-featured table serialization library for Lua

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

Shaders

LoveShaderConverterstars55 - 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

Moonshinestars408 - Repository of common post-processing effects like blur, vignette, color-grading, etc.

Testing

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

knife.test - Fixture-free test framework

Luassertstars108 - Extends assert() with additional, customizable tests

Lunateststars73 - xUnit-style randomized unit testing framework

luststars65 - Minimal test framework

Specl - Behavior Driven Development (BDD) tool

Telescope - Highly-customizable BDD-style testing library

Tweening

Fluxstars261 - A fast, lightweight tweening library for Lua

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

knife.timer - Create timers and tweens with ease.

tickstars77 - Lua module for delaying function calls

tween.luastars447 - Tweening/Easing/Interpolating functions for Lua inspired on jQuery's animate method

UI

CatUIstars72 - A very light-weight GUI library for LÖVE

GOOistars168 - Android-oriented GUI library

Love Imguistars269 - imgui module for the LÖVE game engine

Löve-Nuklearstars290 - Lightweight immediate mode GUI for LÖVE games

Patchystars32 - 9patch library

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

SafeWordstars2 - An overscan detection library for LÖVE

SUITstars389 - small immediate mode GUI library

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

Utilities

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

cargostars126 - Asset manager

chance.lua - Library for generating random data

Flirtstars10 - LÖVE version manager; allows to switch between multiple versions of engine on same machine

GifCatstars36 - A simple module for saving gifs from LÖVE

i18nstars19 - Internationalization library designed to help localize your game

Ini Parserstars6 - General purpose ini configuration parser

log.luastars229 - Library for configurable log output

love-loaderstars109 - Threaded resource loading

love2d-assets-loaderstars31 - Assets Loader

love-pestars14 - A tool made in LÖVE for changing LÖVE icon itself

Lilystars72 - Async Asset Loader

Luventstars65 - Simple event-driven programming

ParticleEditorstars1 - An editor of particle for LÖVE

splashystars25 - Splash Screen Library

tickstars51 - Useful timing tweaks for LÖVE's run loop

Tutorials

adnzzzzZ'sstars3.1k - A blog by adnzzzzZ with articles about game development using LÖVE

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.)

IDEs

Atom - A hackable text editor for the 21st Century

• 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

• 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

• EmmyLuastars464 - Lua IDE/Debugger Plugin for VSCode
• Lua for IDEA - Lua plugin for IntelliJ-IDEA
• LÖVE IDEAstars50 - 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 Docsstars45 - Syntax highlighting for Vim

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.

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.

Other Awesome Lists

awesome-luastars2.8k - A list like this one, but more general and encompassing all of Lua's uses

awesome-love-shadersstars56 - A collection of shaders designed to work in LÖVE