godot-docs/index.rst

Godot Docs – *master* branch
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Welcome to the official documentation of `Godot Engine <https://godotengine.org>`__,
the free and open source community-driven 2D and 3D game engine! If you are new
to this documentation, we recommend that you read the
:ref:`introduction page <doc_about_intro>` to get an overview of what this
documentation has to offer.

The table of contents in the sidebar should let you easily access the documentation
for your topic of interest. You can also use the search function in the top-left corner.

Get involved
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Godot Engine is an open source project developed by a community of volunteers.
The documentation team can always use your feedback and help to improve the
tutorials and class reference. If you don't understand something, or cannot find
what you are looking for in the docs, help us make the documentation better
by letting us know!

Submit an issue or pull request on the `GitHub repository <https://github.com/godotengine/godot-docs/issues>`_,
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.. Below is the main table-of-content tree of the documentation website.
   It is hidden on the page itself, but it makes up the sidebar for navigation.

.. toctree::
   :hidden:
   :maxdepth: 1
   :caption: About
   :name: sec-general

   about/introduction
   about/faq
   about/troubleshooting
   about/list_of_features
   about/docs_changelog
   about/release_policy
   about/complying_with_licenses

.. toctree::
   :hidden:
   :maxdepth: 1
   :caption: Getting started
   :name: sec-learn

   getting_started/introduction/index
   getting_started/step_by_step/index
   getting_started/first_2d_game/index
   getting_started/first_3d_game/index


.. Sections below are split into two groups. First come meta sections, covering
   general matters. Below that different areas of the engine are listed.
   These sections are sorted alphabetically. Please keep them that way.
.. toctree::
   :hidden:
   :maxdepth: 1
   :caption: Manual
   :name: sec-tutorials

   tutorials/best_practices/index
   tutorials/editor/index
   tutorials/migrating/index

   tutorials/2d/index
   tutorials/3d/index
   tutorials/animation/index
   tutorials/assets_pipeline/index
   tutorials/audio/index
   tutorials/export/index
   tutorials/i18n/index
   tutorials/inputs/index
   tutorials/io/index
   tutorials/math/index
   tutorials/navigation/index
   tutorials/networking/index
   tutorials/performance/index
   tutorials/physics/index
   tutorials/platform/index
   tutorials/plugins/index
   tutorials/rendering/index
   tutorials/scripting/index
   tutorials/shaders/index
   tutorials/ui/index
   tutorials/xr/index


.. toctree::
   :hidden:
   :maxdepth: 1
   :caption: Engine Development
   :name: sec-devel

   development/compiling/index
   development/cpp/index
   development/editor/index
   development/file_formats/index


.. toctree::
   :hidden:
   :maxdepth: 1
   :caption: Community
   :name: sec-community

   community/contributing/index
   community/asset_library/index
   community/channels
   community/tutorials


.. toctree::
   :hidden:
   :maxdepth: 1
   :caption: Class reference
   :name: sec-class-ref

   classes/index