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Top 10 Most-Starred Game Engine Projects on GitHub

The most popular open-source Game Engine projects, ranked by GitHub stars.

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  1. godotengine/godot

    Godot Engine – Multi-platform 2D and 3D game engine

    119.4K ★

    No change

  2. ocornut/imgui

    Dear ImGui: Bloat-free Graphical User interface for C++ with minimal dependencies

    76.9K ★

    No change

  3. bevyengine/bevy

    A refreshingly simple data-driven game engine built in Rust

    49.4K ★

    No change
  1. 4raysan5/raylibA simple and easy-to-use library to enjoy videogames programming35.5K ★No change
  2. 54ian/GDevelop🎮 Open-source, cross-platform 2D/3D/multiplayer game engine designed for everyone.28.3K ★No change
  3. 6BabylonJS/Babylon.jsBabylon.js is a powerful, beautiful, simple, and open game and rendering engine packed into a friendly JavaScript framework.26.3K ★No change
  4. 7libgdx/libgdxDesktop/Android/HTML5/iOS Java game development framework25.5K ★No change
  5. 8leereilly/gamesArchived — A list of games, add-ons, maps, etc. hosted on GitHub. Any genre. Any platform. Any engine.25K ★No change
  6. 9cocos2d/cocos2d-xCocos2d-x is a suite of open-source, cross-platform, game-development tools utilized by millions of developers across the globe. Its core ha19.2K ★No change
  7. 10kitao/pyxelA retro game engine for Python18.5K ★No change
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  1. 11OpenRA/OpenRAOpen Source real-time strategy game engine for early Westwood games such as Command & Conquer: Red Alert written in C# using SDL and OpenGL.17.7K ★No change
  2. 12aframevr/aframe:a: Web framework for building virtual reality experiences.17.7K ★No change
  3. 13ellisonleao/magictools:video_game: :pencil: A list of Game Development resources to make magic happen.17.7K ★No change
  4. 14playcanvas/enginePowerful web graphics runtime built on WebGL, WebGPU, WebXR and glTF17.2K ★No change
  5. 15MonoGame/MonoGameOne framework for creating powerful cross-platform games.14.6K ★No change
  6. 16SFTtech/openageClone of the Age of Empires II engine 🚀 14.6K ★No change
  7. 17luanti-org/luantiLuanti (formerly Minetest) is an open source voxel game-creation platform with easy modding and game creation13.8K ★No change
  8. 18hajimehoshi/ebitenA dead simple 2D game engine for Go13.6K ★No change
  9. 19skypjack/enttGaming meets modern C++ - a fast and reliable entity component system (ECS) and much more13.2K ★No change
  10. 20boardgameio/boardgame.ioState Management and Multiplayer Networking for Turn-Based Games12.5K ★No change
  11. 21jrouwe/JoltPhysicsA multi core friendly rigid body physics and collision detection library. Written in C++. Suitable for games and VR applications. Used by Ho12.1K ★No change
  12. 22OpenDiablo2/OpenDiablo2An open source re-implementation of Diablo 211.1K ★No change
  13. 23flame-engine/flameA Flutter based game engine.10.8K ★No change
  14. 24egametang/ETUnity3D Client And C# Server Framework10K ★No change
  15. 25cocos/cocos-engineCocos simplifies game creation and distribution with Cocos Creator, a free, open-source, cross-platform game engine. Empowering millions of 9.9K ★No change
  16. 26o3de/o3deOpen 3D Engine (O3DE) is an Apache 2.0-licensed multi-platform 3D engine that enables developers and content creators to build AAA games, ci9.8K ★No change
  17. 27FyroxEngine/Fyrox3D and 2D game engine written in Rust9.6K ★No change
  18. 28SanderMertens/flecsA fast entity component system (ECS) for C & C++8.8K ★No change
  19. 29amethyst/amethystData-oriented and data-driven game engine written in Rust8K ★No change
  20. 30stride3d/strideStride (formerly Xenko), a free and open-source cross-platform C# game engine.7.9K ★No change
  21. 31sschmid/EntitasEntitas is a super fast Entity Component System (ECS) Framework specifically made for C# and Unity7.7K ★No change
  22. 32turanszkij/WickedEngine3D engine with modern graphics7.3K ★No change
  23. 33Kavex/GameDev-Resources :video_game: :game_die: A wonderful list of Game Development resources.7.1K ★No change
  24. 34FlaxEngine/FlaxEngineFlax Engine – multi-platform 3D game engine7.1K ★No change
  25. 35renpy/renpyThe Ren'Py Visual Novel Engine7K ★No change
  26. 36BoomingTech/PiccoloPiccolo (formerly Pilot) – mini game engine for games1046.7K ★No change
  27. 37defold/defoldDefold is a completely free to use game engine for development of desktop, console, mobile and web games.6.4K ★No change
  28. 38melonjs/melonJSA modern & fully featured HTML5 game engine (2D & 3D) for JavaScript/TypeScript, with WebGL/WebGPU rendering, built-in physics, Tiled map & 6.4K ★No change
  29. 39Redot-Engine/redot-engineRedot Engine – Multi-platform 2D and 3D game engine6.2K ★No change
  30. 40godotengine/godot-docsGodot Engine official documentation5.9K ★No change
  31. 41horizon-rust/horizonMinecraft: Java Edition 26.3 rewritten from scratch in Rust, checked against vanilla with 281 differential harnesses. Get it with the Horizo5.7K ★No change
  32. 42piqnt/planck.js2D JavaScript Physics Engine5.3K ★No change
  33. 43panda3d/panda3dPowerful, mature open-source cross-platform game engine for Python and C++, developed by Disney and CMU5.3K ★No change
  34. 44mosra/magnumLightweight and modular C++11 graphics middleware for games and data visualization5.2K ★No change
  35. 45AlmasB/FXGLJava / JavaFX / Kotlin Game Library (Engine)4.9K ★No change
  36. 46hexops/machzig game engine & graphics toolkit - mirror of https://code.hexops.com/hexops/mach4.9K ★No change
  37. 47urho3d/urho3dGame engine4.8K ★No change
  38. 48KaijuEngine/kaijuGeneral purpose 3D and 2D game engine using Go (golang) and Vulkan with built in editor4.7K ★No change
  39. 49ggez/ggezRust library to create a Good Game Easily4.7K ★No change
  40. 50not-fl3/macroquadCross-platform game engine in Rust. 4.7K ★No change

How this list is ranked

Repositories tagged with the GitHub topic "game-engine", ranked by stargazer count via the GitHub search API.

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