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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:
      43,353
    • Recent downloads:
      154
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      80
    • Last activity:
      2024-09-20
  • bevy_ecs

    ECS

    Bevy Engine's entity component system

    • Latest version:
      0.19.0
    • Downloads:
      7,664,857
    • Recent downloads:
      1,635,056
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      47,449
    • Last activity:
      2026-08-02
  • brood

    ECS

    A fast and flexible entity component system library.

    • Latest version:
      0.9.1
    • Downloads:
      16,522
    • Recent downloads:
      47
    • 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:
      11,543
    • Recent downloads:
      98
    • 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:
      40,042
    • Recent downloads:
      754
    • License:
      MIT
    • Latest version:
      0.5.2
    • Downloads:
      9,865
    • Recent downloads:
      23
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      313
    • Last activity:
      2025-06-09
  • edict

    ECS

    Powerful entity-component-system library

    • Latest version:
      0.6.1
    • Downloads:
      43,440
    • Recent downloads:
      521
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      111
    • Last activity:
      2026-07-26
  • entity-trait-system

    ECS

    An alternative to ECS

    • Latest version:
      1.1.8
    • Downloads:
      421
    • Recent downloads:
      19
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      12
    • Last activity:
      2025-12-07
  • evenio

    ECS

    An event-driven entity component system

    • Latest version:
      0.6.0
    • Downloads:
      17,778
    • Recent downloads:
      449
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      150
    • Last activity:
      2024-09-09
  • flax

    ECS

    An ergonomic archetypical ECS

    • Latest version:
      0.7.1
    • Downloads:
      22,071
    • Recent downloads:
      4,626
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      97
    • 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:
      39,246
    • Recent downloads:
      1,211
    • License:
      MIT/Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      324
    • Last activity:
      2020-09-28
  • hecs

    ECS

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

    • Latest version:
      0.11.1
    • Downloads:
      475,549
    • Recent downloads:
      89,317
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      1,344
    • Last activity:
      2026-07-28
  • legion

    ECS

    High performance entity component system (ECS) library

    • Latest version:
      0.4.0
    • Downloads:
      279,003
    • Recent downloads:
      16,588
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      1,717
    • Last activity:
      2021-12-30
  • shipyard

    ECS

    Entity Component System

    • Latest version:
      0.11.5
    • Downloads:
      153,320
    • Recent downloads:
      25,310
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      877
    • Last activity:
      2026-08-01
  • sparsey

    ECS

    Entity Component System based on sparse sets

    • Latest version:
      0.13.3
    • Downloads:
      21,798
    • Recent downloads:
      156
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      195
    • Last activity:
      2026-07-21
  • specs

    ECS

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

    • Latest version:
      0.20.0
    • Downloads:
      1,096,804
    • Recent downloads:
      83,585
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      2,611
    • 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:
      11,983
    • Recent downloads:
      129
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      138
    • Last activity:
      2020-01-05

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