Does Godot support ARM-based computers?

UnknownUser

With the introduction of the new Surface Pro X (which replaced its Intel CPU with a Microsoft version of ARM) and Apple's plan to do the same with Macs, they seem to be suggesting that ARM chipsets are the future laptops. However, the compatibility of apps with these new models is vague: only apps listed in the MS Store are compatible, Adobe is working hard to push their apps to the ARM platform.... Will there be any problems if I export my Godot games to a ARM-based laptop like Surface Pro X?

TwistedTwigleg

Welcome to the forums @harrmitch!

I’m not 100% positive on this, but I am fairly certain that Godot is planning to support Apple Silicon (ARM), and so I imagine it wouldn’t be too much of a stretch to also support the Windows equivalent. I think Godot already supports Linux desktop ARM platforms, so things there should be good. For the most part, as long as Godot source can be compiled, it should run just fine on ARM. You will need to use a export template compiled for ARM, but outside of that, it should work just fine.

Calinou

Apple Silicon is already supported in the master branch: https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/39788