Solar2D
MIT free 2D engine for mobile games and apps (ex Corona SDK)
Libraries / Libraries · OSS/MIT · 2.9k
Reviewed 2026-10-18 · last push 2026-10-13 · repo checked 2026-10-19
What's Good
MIT (coronalabs/corona), build 3736 (2026-10-12). One project publishes to iPhone and iPad, Android, Amazon Fire, Mac, Windows, Linux, HTML5, Apple TV and Android TV. Lua is easy to learn, a desktop simulator speeds up iteration, and plugins cover ads, analytics and in-app purchases. ★~2.9k.
The Catch
The community is small and much of it remembers the Corona era, so newer tutorials are scarce. Lua is a niche language for many teams. 3D is out of scope.
Verdict
A fast, free path to simple 2D mobile games if you like Lua.
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