Tactile

A tilemap editor that aims to be simple, fast and lightweight.

Aim

• Easy to learn and easy to use
• Workflow optimized for common actions
• Well documented and high-quality source code
• Lightweight feel and scalable performance
• Cross-platform: works on Windows, macOS, and Linux

Features

• Extensive and intuitive undo/redo support
• Various layer types
  • Tile layers
  • Object layers
  • Group layers
• Supports an intuitive and human-readable YAML map format
• Read and write support for the JSON and XML map formats used by Tiled
• Export maps as Godot scenes (see godot.md)
• Intuitive mouse tools
  • Tile stamp tool
  • Eraser tool
  • Bucket fill tool
  • Rectangle tool
  • Ellipse tool
  • Point tool
• Components (attachable bundles of attributes, as commonly found in game engines)
• Properties that can be attached to almost anything: maps, layers, objects, tiles, etc.
  • Vector properties, with support for 2D/3D/4D vectors of both integers and floats
• Tile animations
• Tile compression support, using Base64 encoding with either Zlib or Zstd
• Helpful error messages when things go wrong, e.g. when parsing corrupted maps
• Language support for American English, British English, and Swedish
• Various editor themes, both dark and light
• Easy to install (and uninstall) using the installers bundled along releases

Documentation

More documentation can be found in the docs directory.