# Wick Editor | Open Source Tool To Creating Games, Animations And More ⭐

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**Category:** Tools & Scripts\
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**Created:** [April 2, 2025, 8:38pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/wick-editor-open-source-tool-to-creating-games-animations-and-more/302985 "2025-04-02T20:38:00Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 2, 2025, 8:38pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/wick-editor-open-source-tool-to-creating-games-animations-and-more/302985/1 "2025-04-02T20:38:00Z")

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# [![Wick Editor](https://github.com/Wicklets/wick-editor/raw/master/.github/images/logo.svg)](https://editor.wickeditor.com/)

[![](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/87ddab2ef405aee70f76af73b8184fccbe88f9f3551c178af03018ac86db8bfc/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f636f6e747269627574696f6e732d77656c636f6d652d6f72616e67652e737667) ](https://github.com/Wicklets/wick-editor/issues)[![](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/bf9928900c5435d8d923a0925e7668029eeea38c6275f73aa790fa9865cacf78/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f242d646f6e6174652d6666363962342e7376673f6d61784167653d32353932303030267374796c653d666c6174) ](https://www.patreon.com/WickEditor)[![](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/8a398fc9fbf479a323d2d91b9fcb6fb9c6b4d08e96dbb544488ccbed312115fc/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f4c6963656e73652d47504c76332d626c75652e737667) ](https://github.com/Wicklets/wick-editor/blob/master/LICENSE.md)[![follow on Twitter](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/cacbb7048d732d2fb2905e4d1d238aaf1f3d6ed73ff2cb4b0cc7c83aeab41280/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f747769747465722f666f6c6c6f772f7769636b656469746f723f7374796c653d736f6369616c266c6f676f3d74776974746572)](https://twitter.com/wickeditor?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

# Wick Editor

The Wick Editor is a free and open-source tool for creating games, animations, and everything in-between. It’s designed to be the most accessible tool for creating multimedia projects on the web.

[![](https://github.com/Wicklets/wick-editor/raw/master/.github/images/editor.svg)](https://github.com/Wicklets/wick-editor/blob/master/.github/images/editor.svg)

## Getting started

These instructions are for MacOS and Linux, we currently don’t have instructions for Windows, but if you need help please feel free to email [contact@wickeditor.com](mailto:contact@wickeditor.com).

### Requirements

You’ll need to download the following:

- [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/get-npm)

### Installation

1. Clone this repository:

`git clone https://github.com/Wicklets/wick-editor/`

1. Using the command line, change directories into the newly created `wick-editor` folder:

`cd wick-editor`

1. Install all dependencies using this command:

`npm install`

### Running the Editor

1. Run the editor with this command:

`npm start`

1. Open a web browser and go to this URL:

`localhost:3000`

Have fun hacking on Wick! 🎉

### Deploying to Production

To deploy, you’ll need to have push access to this repo.

1. Test the production build by using `npm predeploy`
2. Run `npm run deploy`

### Deploying to Prerelease

1. Run `npm run prerelease-deploy`

## Support

[![](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/671020107c9688451b5d495af4e4a9807e8550d452d2411aa8f134858e71afb3/68747470733a2f2f63352e70617472656f6e2e636f6d2f65787465726e616c2f6c6f676f2f6265636f6d655f615f706174726f6e5f627574746f6e4032782e706e67)](https://www.patreon.com/WickEditor)

## License

Wick Editor is under the GNU v3 Public License. See the [LICENSE](https://github.com/Wicklets/wick-editor/blob/master/LICENSE.md) for more information.

## Links

- [Wick Editor Site](https://www.wickeditor.com/)
- [Wick Editor Community Forum](https://forum.wickeditor.com/)
- [Follow on Twitter](https://twitter.com/wickeditor)
- [Follow on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/wickeditor/)

## Building and Releasing the Desktop App

Please refer to this Wiki entry for information on our dektop build processes! [https://github.com/Wicklets/wick-editor/wiki/Building-Desktop-Editors-for-Release](https://github.com/Wicklets/wick-editor/wiki/Building-Desktop-Editors-for-Release).

If you are familiar with electron-builder, electron-packager, or have experience building desktop electron apps for production, we could use your help! Please message us or open an issue.

## Support From

[![Mozilla Open Source Support](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/1958f9bdb70ae0755ac55c74c4c2c56b19956849cb4746021d8776ce5aa89d92/68747470733a2f2f7777772e7769636b656469746f722e636f6d2f7374617469632f6d656469612f6d6f7a696c6c612e37383765663535352e737667) ](https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/moss/)[![Frank-Ratchye Fund for Art at the Frontier](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/281c33c69ae54b2d9f96480e7873586a6eb9a6343f9aa50046fe579482e5093c/68747470733a2f2f7777772e7769636b656469746f722e636f6d2f7374617469632f6d656469612f73747564696f2e33356337613932652e737667) ](https://studioforcreativeinquiry.org/frfaf-projects)[![Clinic for Open Source Arts](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/2e5c4629a992396e15ca7abc2ec4d0645070bb388e9a1f5e220fdec29980d3de/68747470733a2f2f7777772e7769636b656469746f722e636f6d2f7374617469632f6d656469612f636f73615f6c6f676f2e39616638383361392e706e67)](https://www.du.edu/ahss/opensourcearts/)

## Testing Support From

[![Browser Stack](https://github.com/Wicklets/wick-editor/raw/master/.github/images/browserstack.svg)](https://www.browserstack.com/)

## GitHub:

[https://github.com/Wicklets/wick-editor](https://github.com/Wicklets/wick-editor)