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bevy vs murder
bevy has 49,045 GitHub stars, 4,939 forks, 3,418 open issues and last shipped yesterday. murder has 3,343 stars, 97 forks, 16 open issues and last shipped 2 days ago. bevy leads on adoption by 1,367% (49,045 vs 3,343 stars). bevy is written in Rust under Apache-2.0; murder is written in C# under MIT. bevy has attracted 10% as many forks as stars, murder 3%. bevy was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 2 topic tags (game-engine, gamedev), so they are genuine substitutes rather than adjacent tools.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| bevy | murder | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 49K | ★ 3.3K |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Written in | Rust | C# |
| Last push | 2026-10-16 | 2026-10-15 |
| Forks | ⑂ 4.9K | ⑂ 97 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick bevy if
- You weight community size — 49K stars and counting
- You want the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Rust
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick murder if
- You want the murder feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches C#
- You evaluated both and murder fits your workflow better
About bevy
Bevy is a free and open source, data driven game engine written in Rust that gives developers a complete 2D and 3D feature set through an Entity Component System architecture, and it is aimed at Rust programmers building games and interactive applications who accept an early stage engine that ships breaking API changes roughly every three months.
About murder
Murder is a pixel art ECS game engine built on top of FNA, written in C and licensed under MIT, intended for developers who want to build 2D games around worlds, entities and components while keeping full control of their own project.
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Frequently asked questions
Is bevy or murder more popular?
bevy has 49,045 GitHub stars and murder has 3,343. bevy has the larger community by that measure.
Are bevy and murder free?
Both are open source. bevy is licensed under Apache-2.0 and murder under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between bevy and murder?
bevy is written in Rust and murder in C#. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, bevy or murder?
Choose bevy if you want the larger community (49,045 stars) or its Apache-2.0 licence terms. Choose murder if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.