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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:
      42,826
    • Recent downloads:
      830
    • 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:
      4,396,471
    • Recent downloads:
      865,991
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      43,844
    • Last activity:
      2026-01-04
  • brood

    ECS

    A fast and flexible entity component system library.

    • Latest version:
      0.9.1
    • Downloads:
      16,388
    • Recent downloads:
      360
    • 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:
      11,259
    • Recent downloads:
      268
    • 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:
      38,085
    • Recent downloads:
      1,172
    • License:
      MIT
    • Latest version:
      0.5.2
    • Downloads:
      9,802
    • Recent downloads:
      179
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      310
    • Last activity:
      2025-06-09
  • edict

    ECS

    Powerful entity-component-system library

    • Latest version:
      0.6.1
    • Downloads:
      42,356
    • Recent downloads:
      1,407
    • 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:
      388
    • Recent downloads:
      388
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      11
    • Last activity:
      2025-12-07
  • evenio

    ECS

    An event-driven entity component system

    • Latest version:
      0.6.0
    • Downloads:
      16,607
    • Recent downloads:
      981
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      146
    • Last activity:
      2024-09-09
  • flax

    ECS

    An ergonomic archetypical ECS

    • Latest version:
      0.7.1
    • Downloads:
      17,203
    • Recent downloads:
      496
    • 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:
      36,470
    • Recent downloads:
      1,531
    • 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:
      312,571
    • Recent downloads:
      55,644
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      1,201
    • Last activity:
      2025-12-26
  • legion

    ECS

    High performance entity component system (ECS) library

    • Latest version:
      0.4.0
    • Downloads:
      234,793
    • Recent downloads:
      22,213
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      1,698
    • Last activity:
      2021-12-30
  • shipyard

    ECS

    Entity Component System

    • Latest version:
      0.11.0
    • Downloads:
      110,869
    • Recent downloads:
      14,036
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      834
    • Last activity:
      2026-01-01
  • sparsey

    ECS

    Entity Component System based on sparse sets

    • Latest version:
      0.13.3
    • Downloads:
      21,469
    • Recent downloads:
      459
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      191
    • Last activity:
      2025-06-19
  • specs

    ECS

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

    • Latest version:
      0.20.0
    • Downloads:
      921,902
    • Recent downloads:
      69,792
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      2,584
    • 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:
      11,708
    • Recent downloads:
      280
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      137
    • Last activity:
      2020-01-05

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