Godot CLI Guide

January 1, 2023

This guide should assist when using Godot at the command line

compile for Linux/BSD

scons -j4 platform=linuxbsd tools=yes target=release_debug

compile for Linux/BSD with link time optimization (possibly uses 7GB RAM during build)

scons -j4 platform=linuxbsd tools=yes target=release_debug use_lto=yes

compile for Linux/BSD using Clang and LLD (possibly faster than GCC at linking)

scons -j4 platform=linuxbsd tools=yes target=release_debug use_llvm=yes use_lld=yes

compile export templates for Linux/BSD

scons platform=linuxbsd tools=no target=release bits=32
scons platform=linuxbsd tools=no target=release_debug bits=32

scons platform=linuxbsd tools=no target=release bits=64
scons platform=linuxbsd tools=no target=release_debug bits=64

cross-compile for Windows

scons -j4 platform=windows tools=yes target=release_debug

cross-compile for macOS

git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/tpoechtrager/osxcross.git "$HOME/osxcross"
export OSXCROSS_ROOT="$HOME/osxcross"
scons -j4 platform=osx tools=yes target=release_debug

compile headless build with tools (used for automating project builds/exports)

scons -j4 platform=server tools=yes target=release_debug

compile server build with remote debug

scons -j4 platform=server tools=no target=release_debug

compile server build for dedicated game servers

scons -j4 platform=server tools=no target=release