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    hajimehoshi/ebiten

    A dead simple 2D game engine for Go

    game-development
    ebiten
    ebitengine
    game
    game-2d
    game-engine
    Go
    Apache-2.0
    13.6K stars
    802 forks
    13.6K GitHub watchers
    Updated Nov 3, 2026
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    Where it stands

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    5 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 25 days ago, with 125 contributors on GitHub.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Provides a simple and efficient 2D game engine for the Go programming language.
    • Enables rapid cross-platform 2D game development with a straightforward API and no Cgo dependency on desktops.
    • Use for developing lightweight 2D games that run natively on Windows, macOS, Linux, and FreeBSD.
    • Use for creating mobile 2D games deployable on Android and iOS devices using Go.
    • Use for building WebAssembly-based 2D games playable directly in web browsers.

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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.

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

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    From the README

    A dead simple 2D game engine for Go

    Ebitengine (formerly known as Ebiten) is an open source game engine for the Go programming language. Ebitengine's simple API allows you to quickly and easily develop 2D games that can be deployed across multiple platforms.

    For installation on desktops, see the installation instruction.

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

    Daily snapshots

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    Forks

    802+25

    Open issues

    286-6

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