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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:
      42,758
    • Recent downloads:
      1,498
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      75
    • Last activity:
      2024-09-20
  • bevy_ecs

    ECS

    Bevy Engine's entity component system

    • Latest version:
      0.17.3
    • Downloads:
      4,172,083
    • Recent downloads:
      841,396
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      43,487
    • Last activity:
      2025-12-15
  • brood

    ECS

    A fast and flexible entity component system library.

    • Latest version:
      0.9.1
    • Downloads:
      16,363
    • Recent downloads:
      642
    • 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:
      11,222
    • Recent downloads:
      407
    • 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:
      37,854
    • Recent downloads:
      1,442
    • License:
      MIT
    • Latest version:
      0.5.2
    • Downloads:
      9,789
    • Recent downloads:
      334
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      309
    • Last activity:
      2025-06-09
  • edict

    ECS

    Powerful entity-component-system library

    • Latest version:
      0.6.1
    • Downloads:
      42,161
    • Recent downloads:
      2,204
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      105
    • Last activity:
      2025-11-21
  • entity-trait-system

    ECS

    An alternative to ECS

    • Latest version:
      1.1.8
    • Downloads:
      383
    • Recent downloads:
      383
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      9
    • Last activity:
      2025-12-07
  • evenio

    ECS

    An event-driven entity component system

    • Latest version:
      0.6.0
    • Downloads:
      16,455
    • Recent downloads:
      1,359
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      146
    • Last activity:
      2024-09-09
  • flax

    ECS

    An ergonomic archetypical ECS

    • Latest version:
      0.7.1
    • Downloads:
      17,148
    • Recent downloads:
      821
    • 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:
      36,163
    • Recent downloads:
      1,777
    • 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:
      294,804
    • Recent downloads:
      48,163
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      1,184
    • Last activity:
      2025-12-12
  • legion

    ECS

    High performance entity component system (ECS) library

    • Latest version:
      0.4.0
    • Downloads:
      227,208
    • Recent downloads:
      19,550
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      1,696
    • Last activity:
      2021-12-30
  • shipyard

    ECS

    Entity Component System

    • Latest version:
      0.10.0
    • Downloads:
      106,443
    • Recent downloads:
      13,724
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      826
    • Last activity:
      2025-12-07
  • sparsey

    ECS

    Entity Component System based on sparse sets

    • Latest version:
      0.13.3
    • Downloads:
      21,453
    • Recent downloads:
      1,115
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      190
    • Last activity:
      2025-06-19
  • specs

    ECS

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

    • Latest version:
      0.20.0
    • Downloads:
      902,334
    • Recent downloads:
      67,705
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      2,582
    • 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:
      11,674
    • Recent downloads:
      487
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      137
    • Last activity:
      2020-01-05

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