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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: 2026-07-01
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-03-23
History: 4 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 162 open

4,852

stars

Forks: 709
Commits: 5,286 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: Disabled

4,824

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

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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: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 72 open

4,765

stars

Forks: 1,013
Commits: 10,578 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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 npm

GitHub topics

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

Updated: 2026-08-24
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2025-04-02
History: 4 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 50 open

4,012

stars

Forks: 363
Commits: 3,033 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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: 4 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 281 open

3,908

stars

Forks: 130
Commits: 4,756 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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: 2026-08-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-03-04
History: 5 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 459 open

3,898

stars

Forks: 1,375
Commits: 12,233 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: 2026-08-28
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2013-11-21
History: 4 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 35 open

3,869

stars

Forks: 444
Commits: 7,505 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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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: 4 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 0 open

3,625

stars

Forks: 208
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: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 394 open

3,473

stars

Forks: 587
Commits: 3,398 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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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: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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: 2026-09-10
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-05-29
History: 85 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 203 open

3,185

stars

Forks: 283
Commits: 1,180 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +11 +0.3%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

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: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 37 open

2,860

stars

Forks: 189
Commits: 4,878 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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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: 2026-08-28
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-05-08
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 371 open

2,810

stars

Forks: 259
Commits: 8,863 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: 2026-07-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-01-31
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 155 open

2,804

stars

Forks: 613
Commits: 3,794 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: 84 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 119 open

2,361

stars

Forks: 135
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: 2026-07-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-04-04
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 279 open

2,287

stars

Forks: 716
Commits: 4,675 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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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: 2026-08-17
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2000-05-14
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 392 open

2,119

stars

Forks: 320
Commits: 12,173 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: 2026-08-19
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2006-11-20
History: 5 history points
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 123 open

2,090

stars

Forks: 766
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: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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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: 2026-08-10
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2025-03-13
History: 9 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 3 open

1,861

stars

Forks: 237
Commits: 314 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: 2026-08-27
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-07-15
History: 4 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 1 open

1,793

stars

Forks: 146
Commits: 108 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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: 4 history points
License: MS-PL
Issues: 9 open

1,776

stars

Forks: 121
Commits: 15 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: 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: 2026-08-25
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2009-06-11
History: 4 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 80 open

1,638

stars

Forks: 191
Commits: 3,647 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: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 3 open

1,620

stars

Forks: 1,103
Commits: 251 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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: 5 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

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: 4 history points
License: CC0-1.0
Issues: 12 open

1,144

stars

Forks: 107
Commits: 383 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

Unvanquished/Unvanquished

Unvanquished is a free and open source FPS/RTS hybrid game powered by the Daemon game engine. Historically based on Tremulous as a continuation with decades of work over it.

Stack

C++ CMake pip

GitHub topics

#cpp #daemon-game #fps-game #game #game-development #glm

Updated: 2026-07-17
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-03-29
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 676 open

1,122

stars

Forks: 181
Commits: 14,131 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

increpare/bfxr

Flash + AIR sound effects generator. Based on Sfxr.

Stack

ActionScript

GitHub topics

#game-development #gamedev #sfx #sound-effects #sound-synthesis-processes

Updated: 2025-04-17
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-02-24
History: 5 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 10 open

1,026

stars

Forks: 89
Commits: 107 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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