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ECS

Entity Component System implementations

Crates

  • apecs

    ECS

    An asyncronous and parallel entity-component system

    • Latest version:
      0.8.4
    • Downloads:
      42,427
    • Recent downloads:
      3,930
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      75
    • Last activity:
      2024-09-20
  • bevy_ecs

    ECS

    Bevy Engine's entity component system

    • Latest version:
      0.17.2
    • Downloads:
      3,654,108
    • Recent downloads:
      739,828
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      42,759
    • Last activity:
      2025-10-19
  • brood

    ECS

    A fast and flexible entity component system library.

    • Latest version:
      0.9.1
    • Downloads:
      16,187
    • Recent downloads:
      1,560
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      42
    • Last activity:
      2023-11-20
  • calx-ecs

    ECS

    Serializable entity component system for games

    • Latest version:
      0.6.1
    • Downloads:
      11,073
    • Recent downloads:
      787
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      18
    • Last activity:
      2018-07-30
  • dces

    ECS

    DCES entity component system

    • Latest version:
      0.3.1
    • Downloads:
      37,165
    • Recent downloads:
      2,182
    • License:
      MIT
    • Latest version:
      0.5.2
    • Downloads:
      9,706
    • Recent downloads:
      860
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      308
    • Last activity:
      2025-06-09
  • edict

    ECS

    Powerful entity-component-system library

    • Latest version:
      0.6.1
    • Downloads:
      41,427
    • Recent downloads:
      4,197
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      104
    • Last activity:
      2025-06-26
  • evenio

    ECS

    An event-driven entity component system

    • Latest version:
      0.6.0
    • Downloads:
      15,907
    • Recent downloads:
      1,992
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      145
    • Last activity:
      2024-09-09
  • flax

    ECS

    An ergonomic archetypical ECS

    • Latest version:
      0.7.1
    • Downloads:
      16,907
    • Recent downloads:
      1,700
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      94
    • Last activity:
      2025-07-26
  • froggy

    ECS

    Froggy is a prototype for the Component Graph System programming model. It aims to combine the convenience of composition-style Object-Oriented Programming with the performance close to Entity-Component Systems.

    • Latest version:
      0.4.4
    • Downloads:
      35,229
    • Recent downloads:
      2,425
    • License:
      MIT/Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      319
    • Last activity:
      2020-09-28
  • hecs

    ECS

    A fast, minimal, and ergonomic entity-component-system library

    • Latest version:
      0.10.5
    • Downloads:
      264,080
    • Recent downloads:
      40,179
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      1,169
    • Last activity:
      2025-08-29
  • legion

    ECS

    High performance entity component system (ECS) library

    • Latest version:
      0.4.0
    • Downloads:
      214,987
    • Recent downloads:
      20,229
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      1,692
    • Last activity:
      2021-12-30
  • shipyard

    ECS

    Entity Component System

    • Latest version:
      0.9.3
    • Downloads:
      98,363
    • Recent downloads:
      14,201
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      823
    • Last activity:
      2025-09-27
  • sparsey

    ECS

    Entity Component System based on sparse sets

    • Latest version:
      0.13.3
    • Downloads:
      21,278
    • Recent downloads:
      2,502
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      189
    • Last activity:
      2025-06-19
  • specs

    ECS

    Specs is an Entity-Component-System library written in Rust.

    • Latest version:
      0.20.0
    • Downloads:
      860,681
    • Recent downloads:
      81,446
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      2,575
    • Last activity:
      2024-06-07

Archived

These crates are no longer maintained, but may still be of interest.
  • pyro

    ECS

    Entity component system

    • Latest version:
      0.2.5
    • Downloads:
      11,533
    • Recent downloads:
      974
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      136
    • Last activity:
      2020-01-05

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