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bkaradzic/bgfx

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

Stack

GitHub topics

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

Updated: 2026-07-08
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2012-04-04
History: 5 history points
License: BSD-2-Clause
Issues: 289 open

17,261

stars

Forks: 2,108
Commits: 9,348 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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OpenRA/OpenRA

Open Source real-time strategy game engine for early Westwood games such as Command & Conquer: Red Alert written in C# using SDL and OpenGL. Runs on Windows, Linux, *BSD and Mac OS X.

Stack

C# .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#command-and-conquer #cross-platform #csharp #dotnet #dune-2000 #engine

Updated: 2026-06-26
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2007-06-19
History: 4 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 1,625 open

17,067

stars

Forks: 2,977
Commits: 30,830 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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SFTtech/openage

Clone of the Age of Empires II engine 🚀

Stack

Python CMake pip

GitHub topics

#age-of-empires #c-plus-plus #cmake #cpp #cpp20 #engine

Updated: 2026-07-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-08-22
History: 25 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 212 open

14,316

stars

Forks: 1,255
Commits: 5,817 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +24 +0.2%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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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: 2026-07-06
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-12-05
History: 2 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 1,025 open

9,688

stars

Forks: 2,122
Commits: 22,300 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: 2026-07-02
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2019-03-30
History: 2 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 59 open

9,438

stars

Forks: 444
Commits: 8,337 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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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: 2 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 0 open

8,027

stars

Forks: 730
Commits: 6,596 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: 2026-06-30
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-12-07
History: 2 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 777 open

6,901

stars

Forks: 701
Commits: 13,930 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: 2 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: Disabled

6,735

stars

Forks: 549
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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renpy/renpy

The Ren'Py Visual Novel Engine

Stack

Ren'Py PEP 517 pip uv

GitHub topics

#engine #game #novel #python #renpy #visual

Updated: 2026-07-11
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2006-02-17
History: 8 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 291 open

6,620

stars

Forks: 902
Commits: 18,824 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

gameplay3d/gameplay

Open-source, cross-platform, C++ game engine for creating 2D/3D games.

Stack

C++ CMake .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #cross-platform #engine #open-source #vulkan

Updated: 2025-02-25
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2011-10-16
History: 3 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: Disabled

4,873

stars

Forks: 1,315
Commits: 4,603 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: 3 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 72 open

4,754

stars

Forks: 1,014
Commits: 10,578 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

OpenXRay/xray-16

Improved version of the X-Ray Engine, the game engine used in the world-famous S.T.A.L.K.E.R. game series by GSC Game World. Join OpenXRay! ;)

Stack

C++ CMake .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#3d-engine #arm64 #cmake #cplusplus #cpp17 #d3d11

Updated: 2026-07-10
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2014-09-05
History: 2 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 281 open

3,519

stars

Forks: 516
Commits: 8,486 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

apache/linkis

Apache Linkis builds a computation middleware layer to facilitate connection, governance and orchestration between the upper applications and the underlying data engines.

Stack

Java Spring Boot Vite Vue Maven npm

GitHub topics

#application-manager #context-service #engine #hive #hive-table #impala

Updated: 2026-07-16
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-07-23
History: 55 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 170 open

3,407

stars

Forks: 1,168
Commits: 4,339 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: +3 +0.1%

Website GitHub

htrgouvea/nipe

An engine to make Tor network your default gateway

Stack

Perl

GitHub topics

#anonymity #anonymize #engine #iptables #network #nipe

Updated: 2026-06-27
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2015-09-07
History: 3 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 15 open

2,356

stars

Forks: 337
Commits: 502 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

pay-rails/pay

Payments for Ruby on Rails apps

Stack

Ruby Ruby on Rails Bundler

GitHub topics

#braintree #engine #hacktoberfest #paddle #pay #payment-provider

Updated: 2026-06-29
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2017-02-01
History: 3 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 1 open

2,246

stars

Forks: 353
Commits: 1,943 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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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: 2026-07-05
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2006-11-20
History: 3 history points
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 121 open

2,074

stars

Forks: 766
Commits: 10,485 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

TheHive-Project/Cortex

Cortex: a Powerful Observable Analysis and Active Response Engine

Stack

Scala npm

GitHub topics

#analysis #analyzer #api #cortex #cyber-threat-intelligence #dfir

Updated: 2026-06-30
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-02-01
History: 4 history points
License: AGPL-3.0
Issues: 171 open

1,590

stars

Forks: 259
Commits: 725 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

bludit/bludit

Simple, Fast, Secure, Flat-File CMS

Stack

PHP

GitHub topics

#blog #blog-engine #bludit #cms #docker-image #dom-manipulation

Updated: 2026-07-08
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2026-02-06
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 17 open

1,456

stars

Forks: 331
Commits: 190 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

gemrb/gemrb

GemRB is a portable open-source implementation of Bioware’s Infinity Engine.

Stack

C++ CMake vcpkg

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #engine #game #game-engine #isometric #python

Updated: 2026-07-06
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2003-10-02
History: 3 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 191 open

1,214

stars

Forks: 214
Commits: 28,137 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

ObEngine/ObEngine

2D Game Engine with Lua Scripting made on top of SFML !

Stack

C++ CMake vcpkg

GitHub topics

#2d #2d-framework #2d-game-engine #2d-game-framework #cmake #collider

Updated: 2026-07-09
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2016-03-28
History: 2 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 124 open

864

stars

Forks: 55
Commits: 1,561 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

Zal0/ZGB

Game Boy / Color engine with lots of features

Stack

C++ .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#engine #game-boy #game-engine #gameboy #gbdk

Updated: 2024-08-01
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-06-26
History: 2 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 10 open

788

stars

Forks: 62
Commits: 734 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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pleco-rs/Pleco

A Rust-based re-write of the Stockfish Chess Engine

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#ai #board #bot #chess #chess-engine #crates

Updated: 2026-02-22
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-05-12
History: 2 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 11 open

432

stars

Forks: 44
Commits: 683 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

Circular-Studios/Dash

A free and open 3D game engine written in D.

Stack

GitHub topics

#3d #d #engine

Updated: 2020-12-18
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2013-12-10
History: 4 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 32 open

424

stars

Forks: 65
Commits: 1,371 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

1hAck-0/UE4-Cheat-Source-Code

This a small cheat menu for Sword With Sauce (a UE4 game) that I made in a week or so. The reason why I am sharing the project is that it is probably one of the best sources to learn UE game hacking from. The project has many comments.

Stack

C++ .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#aimbot #c #cheat #code #cpp #engine

Updated: 2022-01-09
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-01-08
History: 2 history points
License: CC0-1.0
Issues: 2 open

274

stars

Forks: 67
Commits: 3 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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fredakilla/GPlayEngine

Cross-platform C++ 2D / 3D game engine.

Stack

C++ Android CMake .NET SDK Gradle

GitHub topics

#2d #3d #bgfx #engine #game-development #game-engine

Updated: 2018-11-08
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-06-22
History: 2 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 9 open

232

stars

Forks: 61
Commits: 77 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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amatsuda/motorhead

A Rails Engine framework that helps safe and rapid feature prototyping

Stack

Ruby Ruby on Rails Bundler

GitHub topics

#ab-testing #engine #prototyping #rails

Updated: 2017-04-28
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-09-29
History: 3 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 0 open

182

stars

Forks: 8
Commits: 122 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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papercraftgames/folded-paper-engine

A custom Blender-to-Godot addon that makes level and gameplay creation as easy as a few clicks!

AI dev

Stack

GDScript Astro React Vite npm Yarn

GitHub topics

#blender #engine #game-engine #gamedev #games #godot

Updated: 2026-07-03
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2025-09-23
History: 2 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 8 open

166

stars

Forks: 9
Commits: 398 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

mrchantey/beet

A creative tool engine

AI dev

Stack

Rust Bevy Cargo pip

GitHub topics

#engine #framework #local-first #malleable-software

Updated: 2026-07-06
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2024-03-03
History: 2 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 15 open

128

stars

Forks: 7
Commits: 4,075 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

BSVogler/WurfelEngineSDK

Isometric game engine. Open world, block/voxel based and sprite rendering.

Stack

Java Maven

GitHub topics

#engine #game-engine #isometric #libgdx

Updated: 2025-08-16
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-05-30
History: 3 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 6 open

118

stars

Forks: 26
Commits: 529 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

benui-dev/UE-BUIValidator

Unreal Engine UI Texture Validator Plugin

Stack

C++

GitHub topics

#engine #plugin #texture #ue4 #ue4-plugin #ui

Updated: 2025-03-21
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-03-01
History: 2 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 5 open

stars

Forks: 19
Commits: 30 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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