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https://github.com/noidexe/godot-version-manager

Download, Install and Manage any version of Godot Engine from a simple app.
https://github.com/noidexe/godot-version-manager

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Download, Install and Manage any version of Godot Engine from a simple app.

Host: GitHub
URL: https://github.com/noidexe/godot-version-manager
Owner: noidexe
License: mit
Created: 2021-10-23T05:33:26.000Z (about 3 years ago)
Default Branch: main
Last Pushed: 2024-05-08T23:22:54.000Z (6 months ago)
Last Synced: 2024-05-09T00:29:48.934Z (6 months ago)
Topics: game-development, godot
Language: GDScript
Homepage:
Size: 6.73 MB
Stars: 156
Watchers: 4
Forks: 13
Open Issues: 5
Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE

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godot-version-manager

Download, install and manage any version of Godot Engine from a simple app.

![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/526829/213944428-2b2d1ffa-8656-4efa-9bf4-dc32f793a6a7.png)

## Installation
### Windows:
Unzip and double-click. (On Windows XP please make sure Powershell is installed)
### Linux:
Unzip and double-click. Extraction of downloaded versions requires `unzip` which, if not installed, should be available in your distro repository
### OSX:
- Should auto extract after download
- You need to run `sudo xattr -r -d com.apple.quarantine path/to/Godot Version Manager.app` since unsigned binaries get marked as untrusted otherwise. Feel free to build the project yourself if you don't trust the prebuilt binaries
- Double click Godot Version Manager.app

## Features
- Automatically download and install any version of Godot from a drop-drown menu. (requires powershell for extraction)
- Show or hide alpha, beta, rc and dev versions from download drop-down.
- Add your own binaries anywhere on your filesystem.
- Colorful icons to easily distinguish stable, rc, beta, alpha and master builds.
- Right click to remove any entry from the list
- Drag and drop to reorder enties
- Drag and drop a project.godot file or Godot project folder to add a project and launch it with a specific version
- News feed from godotengine.org./news

## F.A.Q
**Q: Where are the downloaded binaries saved to?**

A: They are saved to `user://versions` which varies depending on your platform. On windows it's %appdata%/Godot/app_serdata/Godot Version Manager/versions

**Q: How is this different from Hourglass or Godot Manager?**

A: [Hourglass](https://hourglass.jwestman.net/) is a much more mature and featureful project which also does project management. Maybe the only advantage GVM has is that it also downloads news snippets from the official website :) [Godot Manager](https://github.com/eumario/godot-manager) seems to be a pretty mature and featureful alternative too. A new (Aug 2023) alternative is [Godots](https://github.com/MakovWait/godots). [GodotEnv](https://github.com/chickensoft-games/GodotEnv) is a command-line only alternative.

**Q: Why do you scrape godotengine.org/news instead or fetching the RSS feed?**

A: When the feature was added the only alternative was a full feed with every piece of news, with no ability to only fetch the most recent ones. The godot-website team kindly added a json version of the news that fully fits the needs of this app. This is pending implementation https://github.com/noidexe/godot-version-manager/issues/29