Multiple Godot Projects at once!

Godot version 4.4.1 stable
OS: macOS Sequoia 15.4.1

Is it possible to open multiple Godot projects at once? I’m working on a project and would like to view some parts / scripts from a different project at the same time. The reason I want to achieve this, is so that I don’t have to be constantly clicking: Project → Quit to project list, it’s very time consuming. Is this currently possible?

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I sometimes have two or three projects open in difference instances of Godot. How feasible that is depends on whether your computer can handle the load. I would wager that you’ll be fine.

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Mind is I ask you how to open different instances of Godot at once? I have never done that. And thanks for your reply!

I click on the same desktop icon as the first instance.

I still haven’t figure out how to open multiple instances of the Godot Editor (not the game) at once. So I can’t reference the content with other projects but at least for the Scripts, I use pastebin.com with GD Script Highlight.

Macs are weird, they don’t like having an app open multiple times. Seems like at best you’ll have to open Godot through the terminal

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/47350555/launch-multiple-instances-of-application-in-mac

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It’s actually really simple. Open the project directly from the project.godot file instead of opening Godot first and. That way you can open multiple Godot projects.

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It seems this method doesn’t work for me. Probably because I’m using a Mac. Thanks for your reply though!

I actually found a different way to do it however, thanks for that link that explains how to open multiple instances of an app using the terminal, I might try this later.

Thanks, yes this actually works and it’s very easy to do. Now I can work faster and more efficient :+1:

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I didn’t realize that until gertkeno mentioned it, so that explains my confusion.

In a pinch, could probably download and run slightly different versions of Godot?