Installation

To use gama, the easiest way is to install the gama command line tool to easily get started building projects.

Linux Installation

Linux debian binaries are available at the gama releases page. Download the archive then install with apt.

sudo apt install path/to/debian/archive.deb

This will install gama and required development libraries like glfw, then you can use gama via gama command on your terminal.

─>$ gama
2025/08/26 01:31:15 open gama.yml: no such file or directory
Gama wraps along the whole project of creating, running and packaging
 your apps using gama.h.

Usage:
  gama [command]

Available Commands:
  build       Build the applicaiton
  completion  Generate the autocompletion script for the specified shell
  create      Create a new gama project
  font        Manage project fonts
  help        Help about any command
  package     A brief description of your command
  run         Run the built binaries

Flags:
      --config string   config file (default is $HOME/.gama.yaml)
  -h, --help            help for gama
  -t, --toggle          Help message for toggle

Use "gama [command] --help" for more information about a command.

Windows installation

You can install on windows using the windows installer at the releases page. Follow the setup to install gama user wide.