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AlmasB/FXGL

Java / JavaFX / Kotlin Game Library (Engine)

Stack

Kotlin Maven

GitHub topics

#2d #2d-framework #2d-game-engine #2d-game-framework #3d #3d-game-engine

Updated: 2026-10-12
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-03-23
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 149 open

4,864

stars

Forks: 711
Commits: 5,296 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
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Website GitHub

hexops/mach

zig game engine & graphics toolkit - mirror of https://code.hexops.com/hexops/mach

Stack

Zig

GitHub topics

#composable #cross-platform #game-development #game-engine #gamedev #graphics

Updated: 2026-05-23
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-07-04
History: 6 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: Disabled

4,846

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Forks: 211
Commits: 4,009 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
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urho3d/urho3d

Game engine

Archived

Stack

C++ Android CMake Gradle

GitHub topics

#2d #3d #3d-graphics #angelscript #cpp #cpp17

Updated: 2023-01-25
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-01-02
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 72 open

4,774

stars

Forks: 1,016
Commits: 10,578 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

IvanMurzak/Unity-MCP

AI Skills, MCP Tools, and CLI for Unity Engine. Full AI develop and test loop. Use cli for quick setup. Efficient token usage, advanced tools. Any C# method may be turned into a tool by a single line. Works with Claude Code, Gemini, Copilot, Cursor and any other absolutely for free.

AI dev

Stack

C# Vite .NET SDK npm

GitHub topics

#ai #ai-integration #anthropic #claude #claude-code #claude-desktop

Updated: 2026-10-13
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2025-04-02
History: 5 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 59 open

4,435

stars

Forks: 393
Commits: 3,113 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

AmbientRun/Ambient

The multiplayer game engine

Stack

Rust Axum Cargo

GitHub topics

#3d-graphics #game-development #game-engine #game-engine-3d #gamedev #multiplayer

Updated: 2025-01-07
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-12-19
History: 5 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 281 open

3,906

stars

Forks: 129
Commits: 4,756 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
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Website GitHub

MovingBlocks/Terasology

Terasology - open source voxel world

Stack

Java Gradle

GitHub topics

#game #game-development #game-engine #game-engine-3d #gamedev #hacktoberfest

Updated: 2026-10-08
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-03-04
History: 6 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 462 open

3,898

stars

Forks: 1,375
Commits: 12,246 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

nem0/LumixEngine

3D C++ Game Engine - yet another open source game engine

Stack

C++

GitHub topics

#3d-game-engine #data-oriented-design #editor #entity-component-system #game-development #game-engine

Updated: 2026-10-11
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2013-11-21
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 34 open

3,893

stars

Forks: 447
Commits: 7,650 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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godot-rust/gdnative

Rust bindings for Godot 3

Archived

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#game-development #gamedev #godot #rust

Updated: 2025-12-31
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2017-04-11
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 0 open

3,621

stars

Forks: 209
Commits: 1,414 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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AtomicGameEngine/AtomicGameEngine

The Atomic Game Engine is a multi-platform 2D and 3D engine with a consistent API in C++, C#, JavaScript, and TypeScript

Archived

Stack

C++ Android CMake Gradle npm

GitHub topics

#android #cplusplus #csharp #game-development #game-engine #ios

Updated: 2024-03-17
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-01-24
History: 6 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 394 open

3,483

stars

Forks: 589
Commits: 3,398 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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ihhub/fheroes2

fheroes2 is a recreation of Heroes of Might and Magic II game engine

Stack

C++ Android CMake Gradle npm

GitHub topics

#cpp #game #game-development #game-engine #heroes-2 #heroes-of-might-and-magic-2

Updated: 2026-09-12
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-08-30
History: 1 history point
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 431 open

3,473

stars

Forks: 482
Commits: 5,979 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

avianphysics/avian

ECS-driven 2D and 3D physics engine for the Bevy game engine.

Stack

Rust Bevy Cargo

GitHub topics

#2d #3d #bevy #game-development #gamedev #physics

Updated: 2026-10-10
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-05-29
History: 116 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 214 open

3,235

stars

Forks: 294
Commits: 1,184 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +15 +0.5%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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zig-gamedev/zig-gamedev

Dev repo for @zig-gamedev libs and sample applications

Stack

Zig

GitHub topics

#cross-platform #d3d12 #demos #directx12 #game-development #gamedev

Updated: 2026-03-08
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-07-16
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 37 open

2,869

stars

Forks: 190
Commits: 4,878 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

itchio/itch

🎮 The best way to play your itch.io games

Stack

TypeScript Electron React Go modules npm

GitHub topics

#electron #game-development #itchio #typescript

Updated: 2026-10-08
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-05-08
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 349 open

2,852

stars

Forks: 266
Commits: 8,927 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

ioquake/ioq3

The ioquake3 community effort to continue supporting/developing id's Quake III Arena

Stack

C CMake

GitHub topics

#fps #fps-engine #fps-game #game #game-development #game-engine

Updated: 2026-09-17
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-01-31
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 155 open

2,836

stars

Forks: 623
Commits: 3,795 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

bevy-cheatbook/bevy-cheatbook

Unofficial Reference Book for the Bevy Game Engine

Stack

Rust Bevy Cargo

GitHub topics

#bevy #book #documentation #game-development #gamedev #mdbook

Updated: 2025-12-03
Lists: 0 list mentions
First commit: 2021-01-20
History: 115 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 119 open

2,366

stars

Forks: 134
Commits: 504 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: -2 -0.1%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

JACoders/OpenJK

Community effort to maintain and improve Jedi Academy (SP & MP) + Jedi Outcast (SP only) released by Raven Software

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#c #c-plus-plus #fps #game #game-development #game-engine

Updated: 2026-09-29
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-04-04
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 282 open

2,296

stars

Forks: 727
Commits: 4,677 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

liballeg/allegro5

The official Allegro 5 git repository. Pull requests welcome!

Stack

C Android CMake Gradle

GitHub topics

#android #audio #c #game-development #linux #macos

Updated: 2026-09-28
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2000-05-14
History: 6 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 393 open

2,127

stars

Forks: 323
Commits: 12,180 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

evennia/evennia

Python MUD/MUX/MUSH/MU* development system

AI dev

Stack

Python Django Django REST Framework Jupyter Tornado PEP 517 pip uv

GitHub topics

#based #django #engine #game-development #game-engine #gamedev

Updated: 2026-10-09
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2006-11-20
History: 6 history points
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 136 open

2,108

stars

Forks: 770
Commits: 10,517 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

mgerdes/Open-Golf

A cross-platform minigolf game written in C.

Stack

C CMake

GitHub topics

#android #c #game #game-dev #game-development #gamedev

Updated: 2024-03-18
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-09-24
History: 1 history point
License: MIT
Issues: 27 open

1,930

stars

Forks: 112
Commits: 412 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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CoderGamester/mcp-unity

Model Context Protocol (MCP) plugin to connect with Unity Editor — designed for Cursor, Claude Code, Codex, Windsurf and other IDEs

AI dev

Stack

C# Express React npm

GitHub topics

#claudecode #codex-cli #copilot #cursor #game-development #mcp

Updated: 2026-09-03
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2025-03-13
History: 10 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 8 open

1,914

stars

Forks: 246
Commits: 316 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

BobbyAnguelov/Esoterica

Esoterica Engine

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#animation #ecs #game #game-development #game-engine #gamedev

Updated: 2026-09-29
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-07-15
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 2 open

1,848

stars

Forks: 160
Commits: 110 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

PixelVision8/PixelVision8

Pixel Vision 8's core philosophy is to teach retro game development with streamlined workflows. PV8 is also a platform that standardizes 8-bit fantasy console limitations built on top of the open-source C# game engine based on MonoGame.

Archived

Stack

C# .NET SDK npm

GitHub topics

#2d #2d-game-engine #8-bit #csharp #fantasy-console #game-development

Updated: 2023-01-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-09-22
History: 5 history points
License: MS-PL
Issues: 9 open

1,778

stars

Forks: 122
Commits: 15 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

gbdev/rgbds

Rednex Game Boy Development System - An assembly toolchain for the Nintendo Game Boy and Game Boy Color

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#asm #assembly #assembly-language #assembly-sm83 #cplusplus #game-boy

Updated: 2026-10-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2009-06-11
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 88 open

1,657

stars

Forks: 194
Commits: 3,773 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

TeamHypersomnia/Hypersomnia

Multiplayer top-down shooter made from scratch in C++. Web version: https://play.hypersomnia.io Made in 🇵🇱

AI dev

Stack

C++ Bundler CMake .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#2d-game #2d-shooter #browser-game #cpp #editor #free-software

Updated: 2026-09-12
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2013-07-12
History: 8 history points
License: AGPL-3.0
Issues: 13 open

1,642

stars

Forks: 104
Commits: 10,125 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

ellisonleao/clumsy-bird

:bird: :video_game: A MelonJS port of the famous Flappy Bird Game

Archived

Stack

JavaScript npm

GitHub topics

#flappy-bird #game #game-development #javascript #melonjs

Updated: 2018-04-13
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-02-04
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 3 open

1,627

stars

Forks: 1,113
Commits: 251 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

axmolengine/axmol

Open-source C++ game engine with Lua for 2D and 3D games across mobile, desktop, WebAssembly, and Xbox (UWP).

Stack

C++ CMake .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#2d #3d #axmol #cocos2d-x #cpp23 #cppwinrt

Updated: 2026-10-07
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-11-23
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 11 open

1,481

stars

Forks: 302
Commits: 5,340 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

AdamsLair/duality

a 2D Game Development Framework

Archived

Stack

C# .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#c-sharp #csharp #dotnet #duality #framework #game-development

Updated: 2025-05-19
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-07-21
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 136 open

1,423

stars

Forks: 288
Commits: 3,603 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

asc-community/MxEngine

C++ open source 3D game engine

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#3d-graphics #cpp #game-development #game-engine #gamedev #mxengine

Updated: 2024-04-06
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-12-15
History: 4 history points
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 18 open

1,233

stars

Forks: 73
Commits: 334 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

ASC-Community/MxEngine

C++ open source 3D game engine

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#3d-graphics #cpp #game-development #game-engine #gamedev #mxengine

Updated: 2024-04-06
Lists: 0 list mentions
First commit: 2019-12-15
History: 4 history points
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 18 open

1,231

stars

Forks: 74
Commits: 334 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

GitHub

NiklasEi/bevy_game_template

Template for a Bevy game including CI/CD for web, Windows, Linux, macOS, iOS and Android

Stack

Rust Bevy Cargo

GitHub topics

#bevy #bevy-engine #game-development #hacktoberfest #mobile-game #rust

Updated: 2026-07-25
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-03-30
History: 5 history points
License: CC0-1.0
Issues: 12 open

1,151

stars

Forks: 106
Commits: 383 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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