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    bevyengine/bevy

    A refreshingly simple data-driven game engine built in Rust

    game-development
    bevy
    game-engine
    gamedev
    open-source
    rust
    Rust
    Apache-2.0
    49.6K stars
    5.0K forks
    313 GitHub watchers
    Updated Nov 8, 2026
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    Where it stands

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    5 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 10 days ago, with 437 contributors on GitHub.

    The biggest single-day gain in the last year, +72 stars on Oct 9, coincided with release v0.20.0.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Bevy is a data-driven, open-source game engine written in Rust, supporting both 2D and 3D game development with a focus on simplicity and modularity.
    • Key features include an Entity Component System architecture, fast parallel app logic, modular design, and compatibility with the latest stable Rust versions.
    • The engine is still in early development with frequent breaking API changes and sparse documentation, requiring users to be comfortable with evolving software.
    • With over 41,000 stars and 4,000 forks, Bevy shows strong community interest and adoption within the Rust and game development ecosystems.
    • Ideal for Rust developers seeking a flexible, performant game engine for both learning and building complex 2D/3D games with a modern data-oriented design.

    Should you depend on it?

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    License

    Apache 2.0

    Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution; includes an explicit patent grant from contributors.

    Community files

    • README: present
    • Contributing guide: present
    • Code of conduct: present

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    From the README

    Bevy is a refreshingly simple data-driven game engine built in Rust. It is free and open-source forever!

    Bevy is still in the early stages of development. Important features are missing. Documentation is sparse. A new version of Bevy containing breaking changes to the API is released approximately once every 3 months. We provide migration guides, but we can't guarantee migrations will always be easy. Use only if you are willing to work in this environment.

    MSRV: Bevy relies heavily on improvements in the Rust language and compiler. As a result, the Minimum Supported Rust Version (MSRV) is generally close to "the latest stable release" of Rust.

    Excerpt from the bevyengine/bevy README on GitHub (Apache-2.0 license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

    Daily snapshots

    Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots

    Aug 29: +19Aug 30: +7Aug 31: +5Sep 18: -1Sep 19: +7Sep 22: +22Sep 23: +5Sep 28: +20Oct 7: +14Oct 8: +46Oct 9: +72Oct 10: +55Oct 11: +51Oct 12: +22Oct 13: +32Oct 14: +30Oct 15: +33Oct 16: +28Oct 17: +36Oct 18: +21Oct 19: +27Oct 20: +21Oct 21: +24Oct 22: +28Oct 23: +16Oct 24: +28Oct 25: +16Oct 26: +16Oct 27: +38Oct 28: +16Oct 29: +23Oct 30: +22Oct 31: +30Nov 1: +26Nov 2: +23Nov 3: +29Nov 4: +15Nov 5: +18Nov 6: +36Nov 7: +35Nov 8: +27

    +2,011 stars over 88 days across 48 snapshot days; best day +72 on Oct 9.

    Forks

    5.0K+280

    Open issues

    3.5K+159

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