PixiJS Alternatives

PixiJS is described as 'Advanced, mature HTML5 creation engine with a fast and flexible 2D WebGL renderer' and is a game development tool in the development category. There are more than 25 alternatives to PixiJS for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Self-Hosted, Mac and Web-based apps. The best PixiJS alternative is Godot Engine, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like PixiJS are microStudio, Fibbo, GABE and Bevy Game Engine.

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  1. ezEngine icon
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    ezEngine is a free, open source game engine written in C++. Its philosophy is to be modular and flexible, such that it can be adapted to many different use cases. EZ utilizes a plugin system to integrate features such as FMOD or Jolt Physics.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  2. CrossBrowdy icon
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    Multimedia JavaScript framework to create real cross-platform and hybrid game engines, games, emulators, multimedia libraries and apps.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  3. ZIMjs icon
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    ZIM is a general JavaScript Framework for the HTML Canvas. You can make visually rich games, apps, puzzles, visualizations and art. ZIM provides conveniences, components and controls such as:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  4. Drag[en]gine icon
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    A free software game engine focusing on developing games faster, more modular and stable with true -1 day portability support.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Windows
    • Haiku
     
  5. LunarEngine icon
     1 like

    LunarEngine (formerly Librebox) is an open-source game engine powered by Luau. It delivers a sandbox-style API and development model inspired by popular sandbox engines, so existing Luau code runs with minimal changes.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. Pixi’VN icon
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    Pixi’VN is a very versatile and powerful visual novel/2D game engine. It is based on JavaScript/TypeScript and uses the PixiJS library for rendering.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • JavaScript
    • Typescript
    • Node.JS
     
  7. Amethyst uses gfx-rs to render graphics with Vulkan or Metal. It is meant to be used for 2D and 3D, with various utilities for both types of games. It should be beginner friendly but also allow more advanced uses such as custom render passes and GLSL shaders.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. Flitter icon
     1 like

    Flitter is a powerful framework inspired by Flutter, supporting both SVG and Canvas to create high-performance graphics and user interfaces. It is designed to easily implement complex data visualizations, interactive charts, diagrams, and graphic editors in web applications.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Node.JS
    • npm
     
  9. Oxygine icon
     2 likes

    Oxygine is completely free and open source (MIT license) 2D game engine, available on GitHub. It is written in C++ and runs on MacOSX, iOS, Android, Windows and Linux.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Chrome OS
    • iPad
     
  10. melonJS icon
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    melonJS is an open source HTML5 game engine that empowers developers and designers to focus on content.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • JavaScript
     
  11. EaselJS icon
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    Part of the CreateJS group of libraries, EaselJS provides straight forward solutions for working with rich graphics and interactivity with HTML5 Canvas. It exposes an API that is familiar to Adobe Animate developers, but embraces JavaScript sensibilities.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • JavaScript
     
  12. AGKSharp icon
     4 likes

    AGKSharp is a free implementation of AppGameKit to be used with C# and .NET.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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