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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:
      43,030
    • Recent downloads:
      275
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      77
    • Last activity:
      2024-09-20
  • bevy_ecs

    ECS

    Bevy Engine's entity component system

    • Latest version:
      0.18.0
    • Downloads:
      4,943,982
    • Recent downloads:
      1,043,974
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      44,637
    • Last activity:
      2026-02-15
  • brood

    ECS

    A fast and flexible entity component system library.

    • Latest version:
      0.9.1
    • Downloads:
      16,443
    • Recent downloads:
      80
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      41
    • Last activity:
      2023-11-20
  • calx-ecs

    ECS

    Serializable entity component system for games

    • Latest version:
      0.6.1
    • Downloads:
      11,319
    • Recent downloads:
      128
    • 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:
      38,487
    • Recent downloads:
      890
    • License:
      MIT
    • Latest version:
      0.5.2
    • Downloads:
      9,831
    • Recent downloads:
      43
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      309
    • Last activity:
      2025-06-09
  • edict

    ECS

    Powerful entity-component-system library

    • Latest version:
      0.6.1
    • Downloads:
      42,615
    • Recent downloads:
      599
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      104
    • Last activity:
      2025-11-21
  • entity-trait-system

    ECS

    An alternative to ECS

    • Latest version:
      1.1.8
    • Downloads:
      393
    • Recent downloads:
      66
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      11
    • Last activity:
      2025-12-07
  • evenio

    ECS

    An event-driven entity component system

    • Latest version:
      0.6.0
    • Downloads:
      16,881
    • Recent downloads:
      620
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      147
    • Last activity:
      2024-09-09
  • flax

    ECS

    An ergonomic archetypical ECS

    • Latest version:
      0.7.1
    • Downloads:
      17,309
    • Recent downloads:
      195
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      93
    • 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:
      36,931
    • Recent downloads:
      1,149
    • License:
      MIT/Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      320
    • Last activity:
      2020-09-28
  • hecs

    ECS

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

    • Latest version:
      0.11.0
    • Downloads:
      338,165
    • Recent downloads:
      60,596
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      1,238
    • Last activity:
      2026-02-11
  • legion

    ECS

    High performance entity component system (ECS) library

    • Latest version:
      0.4.0
    • Downloads:
      244,330
    • Recent downloads:
      23,000
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      1,703
    • Last activity:
      2021-12-30
  • shipyard

    ECS

    Entity Component System

    • Latest version:
      0.11.0
    • Downloads:
      118,299
    • Recent downloads:
      15,922
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      834
    • Last activity:
      2026-01-26
  • sparsey

    ECS

    Entity Component System based on sparse sets

    • Latest version:
      0.13.3
    • Downloads:
      21,520
    • Recent downloads:
      69
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      192
    • Last activity:
      2025-06-19
  • specs

    ECS

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

    • Latest version:
      0.20.0
    • Downloads:
      953,171
    • Recent downloads:
      70,954
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      2,594
    • 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:
      11,759
    • Recent downloads:
      117
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      137
    • Last activity:
      2020-01-05

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