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Physics-engine projects on GitHub
Simulating rigid bodies and collisions in games.
As of , the most-starred Physics-engine projects on GitHub are genesis-world (30.1K stars), GDevelop (27.7K stars) and matter-js (18.5K stars). GitHub.Locker tracks 10 Physics-engine repositories with 116.9K stars combined. The fastest-growing on October 18 was BRUTAL, with +119 stars in a day.
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Most stars gained in a day · Oct 18
+119BRUTAL
ahwootech/BRUTAL · ★ 1.9KBRUTAL is a free, open source C# framework for building games or your own game engine, giving C# direct access to native APIs and Vulkan plus the low-level libraries around them (memory, maths, collections, job scheduling, and more).
+47GDevelop
4ian/GDevelop · ★ 27.7KGDevelop is an open-source, no-code game development app for building 2D, 3D and multiplayer games. It is designed to be fast and intuitive for everyone.
+11genesis-world
Genesis-Embodied-AI/genesis-world · ★ 30.1KIt's a simulation platform for general-purpose robotics and embodied AI learning: a multi-physics engine, a photorealistic renderer (Nyx) and a cross-platform compiler (Quadrants) behind one Python API.
+8JoltPhysics
jrouwe/JoltPhysics · ★ 11.8KJolt Physics is a multi-core friendly rigid body physics and collision detection library written in C++, built for games and VR applications. It's the engine behind 'Horizon Forbidden West' and 'Death Stranding 2: On the Beach'.
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10 projects · by stars
- 30.1K#1 · Genesis-Embodied-AI/genesis-world
genesis-world
It's a simulation platform for general-purpose robotics and embodied AI learning: a multi-physics engine, a photorealistic renderer (Nyx) and a cross-platform compiler (Quadrants) behind one Python API.
- 27.7K#2 · 4ian/GDevelop
GDevelop
GDevelop is an open-source, no-code game development app for building 2D, 3D and multiplayer games. It is designed to be fast and intuitive for everyone.
- 18.5K
#3 · liabru/matter-jsmatter-js
Matter.js is a JavaScript 2D rigid body physics engine for the web — a physics simulation you drop into web pages and Node.js apps.
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bullet3
14.8Kbulletphysics/bullet3 · C++Bullet Physics SDK is the official C++ library for real-time collision detection and multi-physics simulation, used in VR, games, visual effects, robotics and machine learning.
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JoltPhysics
11.8Kjrouwe/JoltPhysics · C++Jolt Physics is a multi-core friendly rigid body physics and collision detection library written in C++, built for games and VR applications. It's the engine behind 'Horizon Forbidden West' and 'Death Stranding 2: On the Beach'.
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box2d
10.4Kerincatto/box2d · CBox2D is a 2D physics engine for games, handling collision detection, rigid body dynamics, and joints so you can simulate realistic physics in a game.
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BRUTAL
1.9Kahwootech/BRUTAL · C#BRUTAL is a free, open source C# framework for building games or your own game engine, giving C# direct access to native APIs and Vulkan plus the low-level libraries around them (memory, maths, collections, job scheduling, and more).
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2010-rust-rewrite-mashup
899chasmlol/2010-rust-rewrite-mashup · RustIt's a Rust rewrite of Modern Warfare 2's multiplayer engine (via IW4L) that also lets you drop into Skate 3's skating physics on any map and fight through a real, endless Minecraft world using MW2 guns.
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project_superdex
742facebookresearch/project_superdex · C++Project SuperDex is a unified simulation platform for dexterous manipulation research from Meta, combining a contact-first physics engine, robotics authoring tools, and a reinforcement learning interface, with VR-based teleoperation planned for Q4 2026.
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ArkWeb
173luki-1/ArkWeb · C++ArkWeb is an experimental Windows mod that lets you play Spider-Man Remastered's own movement (swinging, wall running, wall crawling, point launches) with a controller while looking at Batman: Arkham Knight's Gotham, with Gotham's collision streamed into Spider-Man's physics world.
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