Export Formats

While there are many libraries and frameworks that work directly with Tiled maps, Tiled also supports a number of additional file and export formats, as well as exporting a map to an image.

Exporting can be done by clicking File > Export. When triggering the menu action multiple times, Tiled will only ask for the file name the first time. Exporting can also be automated using the --export-map and --export-tileset command-line parameters.

Several Export Options are available, which are applied to maps or tilesets before they are exported (without affecting the map or tileset itself).

Supported Formats

• Generic File Formats
  • JSON
  • Lua
  • CSV
• Defold
  • defold
  • defoldcollection
• GameMaker: Studio 1.4
  • Object Instances
  • Views
  • Map Properties
  • Layer Properties
• GameMaker
  • References to Existing Assets
  • Exporting a Tiled Map
  • Special Cases and Custom Properties
• Godot 4
  • Layer Properties
  • Tileset Properties
  • Tile Properties
  • Map Properties
  • Object Properties
  • Limitations
• tBIN
• Other Formats
• Custom Export Formats
  • Using JavaScript
  • Using Python
  • Using C++
• Python Scripts
  • Example Export Plugin
  • Tileset Plugins
  • Debugging Your Script
  • API Reference
• Export as Image

Note

When exporting on the command-line on Linux, Tiled will still need an X server to run. To automate exports in a headless environment, you can use a headless X server such as Xvfb. In this case you would run Tiled from the command-line as follows:

xvfb-run tiled --export-map ...