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godotengine/godot

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

Stack

C++ Android CMake .NET SDK Gradle

GitHub topics

#game-development #game-engine #gamedev #godot #godotengine #multi-platform

Updated: 2026-10-16
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2013-04-10
History: 16 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 18,880 open

118,526

stars

Forks: 27,082
Commits: 87,179 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +291 +0.2%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: +157 +0.2%

Website GitHub

ocornut/imgui

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

Stack

C++ CMake .NET SDK Gradle

GitHub topics

#api #cplusplus #framework #game-development #game-engine #gamedev

Updated: 2026-09-10
Lists: 6 list mentions
First commit: 2014-07-21
History: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 1,229 open

76,165

stars

Forks: 12,030
Commits: 10,086 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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bevyengine/bevy

A refreshingly simple data-driven game engine built in Rust

Stack

Rust Bevy Cargo npm

GitHub topics

#bevy #game-development #game-engine #gamedev #open-source #rust

Updated: 2026-09-11
Lists: 5 list mentions
First commit: 2019-11-13
History: 7 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 3,428 open

48,147

stars

Forks: 4,824
Commits: 12,180 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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phaserjs/phaser

Phaser is a fun, free and fast 2D game framework for making HTML5 games for desktop and mobile web browsers, supporting Canvas and WebGL rendering.

Stack

JavaScript Vite npm

GitHub topics

#canvas #discord-activities #facebook-instant-games #game-development #game-frameworks #gamedev

Updated: 2026-08-21
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-04-12
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 164 open

40,433

stars

Forks: 7,165
Commits: 20,972 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

raysan5/raylib

A simple and easy-to-use library to enjoy videogames programming

Stack

C CMake .NET SDK Meson

GitHub topics

#android #c #embedded #esp32 #game-development #game-engine

Updated: 2026-10-04
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2013-10-24
History: 6 history points
License: Zlib
Issues: 13 open

34,972

stars

Forks: 3,323
Commits: 10,231 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

libgdx/libgdx

Desktop/Android/HTML5/iOS Java game development framework

Stack

Java Android CMake .NET SDK Gradle

GitHub topics

#2d #3d #android #cross-platform #framework #game

Updated: 2026-09-09
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2010-03-06
History: 7 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 338 open

25,384

stars

Forks: 6,528
Commits: 15,648 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

leereilly/games

Archived — A list of games, add-ons, maps, etc. hosted on GitHub. Any genre. Any platform. Any engine.

Archived

GitHub topics

#game #game-development #game-engine #gamedev #games #html5-games

Updated: 2025-09-13
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-01-05
History: 1 history point
License: Unknown
Issues: 1 open

24,947

stars

Forks: 3,540
Commits: 651 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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lettier/3d-game-shaders-for-beginners

🎮 A step-by-step guide to implementing SSAO, depth of field, lighting, normal mapping, and more for your 3D game.

Stack

C++

GitHub topics

#3d #3d-graphics #game-development #gamedev #glsl #glsl-shader

Updated: 2023-06-25
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2019-05-12
History: 5 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 18 open

19,943

stars

Forks: 1,485
Commits: 1 commit
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

cocos2d/cocos2d-x

Cocos2d-x is a suite of open-source, cross-platform, game-development tools utilized by millions of developers across the globe. Its core has evolved to serve as the foundation for Cocos Creator 1.x & 2.x.

Stack

C++ Android CMake Gradle pip

GitHub topics

#android #c-plus-plus #cocos2d #cocos2d-x #game-development #game-engine

Updated: 2025-05-09
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2010-07-06
History: 7 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 1,604 open

19,212

stars

Forks: 7,044
Commits: 37,362 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

kitao/pyxel

A retro game engine for Python

Stack

Rust pytest Tailwind CSS Cargo npm PEP 517

GitHub topics

#game #game-development #game-engine #gamedev #graphics #html

Updated: 2026-09-06
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2018-06-10
History: 43 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 9 open

17,839

stars

Forks: 932
Commits: 7,482 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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bkaradzic/bgfx

Cross-platform, graphics API agnostic, "Bring Your Own Engine/Framework" style rendering library.

Stack

C++

GitHub topics

#d3d11 #d3d12 #directx #directx-11 #directx-12 #engine

Updated: 2026-10-09
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2012-04-04
History: 8 history points
License: BSD-2-Clause
Issues: 284 open

17,549

stars

Forks: 2,148
Commits: 9,546 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

playcanvas/engine

Powerful web graphics runtime built on WebGL, WebGPU, WebXR and glTF

AI dev

Stack

JavaScript React Vite npm

GitHub topics

#3d-gaussian-splatting #3dgs #game-development #game-engine #gamedev #gaussian-splatting

Updated: 2026-10-14
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2011-10-24
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 468 open

17,027

stars

Forks: 2,026
Commits: 13,886 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

CoplayDev/unity-mcp

Unity MCP acts as a bridge between AI assistants and your Unity Editor. Give your LLM tools to manage assets, control scenes, edit scripts, and automate tasks within Unity.

AI dev

Stack

C# FastAPI pytest React Starlette npm PEP 517 uv

GitHub topics

#ai #ai-integration #anthropic #claude #copilot #cursor

Updated: 2026-09-27
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2025-03-18
History: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 97 open

14,541

stars

Forks: 1,515
Commits: 1,818 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

MonoGame/MonoGame

One framework for creating powerful cross-platform games.

AI dev

Stack

C# .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#3d #c-sharp #cross-platform #csharp #dotnet #game-development

Updated: 2026-10-07
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2009-09-02
History: 6 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 760 open

14,500

stars

Forks: 3,117
Commits: 13,745 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

heroiclabs/nakama

Scalable open-source game backend server: multiplayer, matchmaking, leaderboards, chat, and social features for games.

AI dev

Stack

Go Cobra gRPC Go Go modules

GitHub topics

#backend #cpp #csharp #dotnet #game #game-backend

Updated: 2026-10-08
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-01-13
History: 5 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 121 open

13,491

stars

Forks: 1,500
Commits: 1,848 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

skypjack/entt

Gaming meets modern C++ - a fast and reliable entity component system (ECS) and much more

Stack

C++ CMake Conan

GitHub topics

#architectural-patterns #cpp #cpp17 #cpp20 #data-oriented #data-oriented-design

Updated: 2026-10-09
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-03-24
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 14 open

13,182

stars

Forks: 1,117
Commits: 7,766 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

flame-engine/flame

A Flutter based game engine.

Stack

Dart Flutter Dart Pub pip

GitHub topics

#dart #flame #flutter #game #game-development #game-engine

Updated: 2026-10-13
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-10-22
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 81 open

10,787

stars

Forks: 1,053
Commits: 3,925 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

cocos/cocos-engine

Cocos simplifies game creation and distribution with Cocos Creator, a free, open-source, cross-platform game engine. Empowering millions of developers to create high-performance, engaging 2D/3D games and instant web entertainment.

Stack

C++ Android CMake Gradle npm

GitHub topics

#3d #cocos #cocoscreator #engine #game-development #game-engine

Updated: 2026-10-08
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-12-05
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 1,034 open

9,855

stars

Forks: 2,140
Commits: 22,341 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

FyroxEngine/Fyrox

3D and 2D game engine written in Rust

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

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

Updated: 2026-09-26
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2019-03-30
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 58 open

9,567

stars

Forks: 452
Commits: 8,475 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

pygame/pygame

🐍🎮 pygame (the library) is a Free and Open Source python programming language library for making multimedia applications like games built on top of the excellent SDL library. C, Python, Native, OpenGL.

Stack

C Conan pip

GitHub topics

#game-dev #game-development #gamedev #pygame #python #sdl

Updated: 2025-11-01
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2000-11-08
History: 10 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 797 open

8,953

stars

Forks: 4,239
Commits: 9,371 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

amethyst/amethyst

Data-oriented and data-driven game engine written in Rust

Archived

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#engine #game-engine #gamedev #hacktoberfest #rust

Updated: 2021-12-06
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-12-21
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 0 open

8,031

stars

Forks: 726
Commits: 6,596 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

endless-sky/endless-sky

Space exploration, trading, and combat game.

Stack

C++ CMake vcpkg

GitHub topics

#2d-game #adventure-game #arcade-game #c-plus-plus #cpp #endless-sky

Updated: 2026-09-11
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2014-02-01
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 918 open

7,552

stars

Forks: 1,309
Commits: 9,953 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

FlaxEngine/FlaxEngine

Flax Engine – multi-platform 3D game engine

AI dev

Stack

C++ Android CMake .NET SDK Gradle

GitHub topics

#c-sharp #cpp #engine #flax #flax-engine #flaxengine

Updated: 2026-10-09
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-12-07
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 751 open

7,045

stars

Forks: 720
Commits: 14,709 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

Kavex/GameDev-Resources

:video_game: :game_die: A wonderful list of Game Development resources.

GitHub topics

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

Updated: 2026-04-10
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2014-07-17
History: 5 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: Disabled

7,038

stars

Forks: 587
Commits: 495 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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melonjs/melonJS

a modern & lightweight HTML5 game engine

AI dev

Stack

JavaScript React Vite npm pnpm

GitHub topics

#2d-game-engine #canvas2d #contributions-welcome #es6 #game-development #game-engine

Updated: 2026-10-07
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2011-04-11
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 22 open

6,405

stars

Forks: 663
Commits: 7,992 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

panda3d/panda3d

Powerful, mature open-source cross-platform game engine for Python and C++, developed by Disney and CMU

Stack

C++ pytest CMake .NET SDK pip

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #cross-platform #game-development #game-engine #gamedev #multi-platform

Updated: 2026-07-28
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2000-10-04
History: 10 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 367 open

5,219

stars

Forks: 890
Commits: 26,805 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

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%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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

stars

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

Website GitHub

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

DiligentGraphics/DiligentEngine

A modern cross-platform low-level graphics library and rendering framework

Stack

Batchfile CMake

GitHub topics

#3d-engine #d3d11 #d3d12 #directx #directx11 #directx12

Updated: 2026-10-05
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2015-10-21
History: 5 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 24 open

4,467

stars

Forks: 391
Commits: 2,192 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

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