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bevy vs stride
bevy has 48,517 GitHub stars, 4,873 forks, 3,418 open issues and last shipped today. stride has 7,838 stars, 1,169 forks, 683 open issues and last shipped yesterday. bevy leads on adoption by 519% (48,517 vs 7,838 stars). bevy is written in Rust under Apache-2.0; stride is written in C# under MIT. bevy has attracted 10% as many forks as stars, stride 15%. bevy was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 3 topic tags (game-development, 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 | stride | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 49K | ★ 7.8K |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Written in | Rust | C# |
| Last push | 2026-10-01 | 2026-09-30 |
| Forks | ⑂ 4.9K | ⑂ 1.2K |
| 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 stride if
- You want the stride feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches C#
- You evaluated both and stride 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 stride
Stride (formerly Xenko) is a free and open source, cross platform C game engine with a built in visual editor, aimed at game developers who want realistic rendering and VR without buying a commercial engine licence.
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Frequently asked questions
Is bevy or stride more popular?
bevy has 48,517 GitHub stars and stride has 7,838. bevy has the larger community by that measure.
Are bevy and stride free?
Both are open source. bevy is licensed under Apache-2.0 and stride under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between bevy and stride?
bevy is written in Rust and stride 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 stride?
Choose bevy if you want the larger community (48,517 stars) or its Apache-2.0 licence terms. Choose stride if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.