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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:
      43,530
    • Recent downloads:
      226
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      79
    • Last activity:
      2024-09-20
  • bevy_ecs

    ECS

    Bevy Engine's entity component system

    • Latest version:
      0.20.0
    • Downloads:
      9,407,258
    • Recent downloads:
      2,128,773
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      48,907
    • Last activity:
      2026-10-11
  • brood

    ECS

    A fast and flexible entity component system library.

    • Latest version:
      0.9.1
    • Downloads:
      16,572
    • Recent downloads:
      63
    • 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:
      11,644
    • Recent downloads:
      123
    • 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:
      40,772
    • Recent downloads:
      899
    • License:
      MIT
    • Latest version:
      0.5.2
    • Downloads:
      9,885
    • Recent downloads:
      27
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      312
    • Last activity:
      2026-09-18
  • edict

    ECS

    Powerful entity-component-system library

    • Latest version:
      0.6.1
    • Downloads:
      43,752
    • Recent downloads:
      420
    • 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:
      443
    • Recent downloads:
      24
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      12
    • Last activity:
      2025-12-07
  • evenio

    ECS

    An event-driven entity component system

    • Latest version:
      0.6.0
    • Downloads:
      18,147
    • Recent downloads:
      462
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      149
    • Last activity:
      2024-09-09
  • flax

    ECS

    An ergonomic archetypical ECS

    • Latest version:
      0.7.1
    • Downloads:
      22,216
    • Recent downloads:
      180
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      99
    • 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:
      40,174
    • Recent downloads:
      1,183
    • 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:
      0.11.2
    • Downloads:
      604,421
    • Recent downloads:
      152,989
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      1,382
    • Last activity:
      2026-10-08
  • legion

    ECS

    High performance entity component system (ECS) library

    • Latest version:
      0.4.0
    • Downloads:
      292,200
    • Recent downloads:
      16,860
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      1,722
    • Last activity:
      2021-12-30
  • shipyard

    ECS

    Entity Component System

    • Latest version:
      0.11.5
    • Downloads:
      175,185
    • Recent downloads:
      25,561
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      892
    • Last activity:
      2026-10-04
  • sparsey

    ECS

    Entity Component System based on sparse sets

    • Latest version:
      0.13.4
    • Downloads:
      21,983
    • Recent downloads:
      222
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      195
    • Last activity:
      2026-09-08
  • specs

    ECS

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

    • Latest version:
      0.20.0
    • Downloads:
      1,145,283
    • Recent downloads:
      61,718
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      2,616
    • 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:
      12,048
    • Recent downloads:
      94
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      138
    • Last activity:
      2020-01-05

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