playcanvas/engine
- Total stars
- 16,980
- Today
- +1
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About the project
Open-source 3D game engine on WebGL2 and WebGPU for interactive apps, games and visualizations in the browser, with WebXR, physics and glTF support.
Useful for
- Build an interactive 3D scene in JavaScript using the playcanvas npm package
- Run a VR/AR experience in the browser via WebXR without native builds
- Load glTF models with Draco and Basis compression via the built-in asset system
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Star growth looks organic. Data as of October 4, 2026, 11:02 UTC.
The star-growth assessment does not verify whether the project is safe to run.
Stars per day
Bars show stars per UTC day; the line is a moving average of available history. Gaps mean missing data, not zero growth. Today's bar is incomplete. Red marks spike days.
Why it’s trending
- 1 star so far today, about 3 expected by the end of the day.
- Recent forks include notable developers: @rubenmarcus (1,271 followers).
Measured growth: the last 7 completed days
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Daily measurements · UTC
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Largest measured day in the last 30 days: 1 · October 4, 2026. Days with data: 1.
Completed days come from GitHub star history; today and forecasts are excluded from this comparison. History checked: October 4, 2026, 11:02 UTC. Sources and measurement limits →
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Numbers
- Total stars
- 16,980
- Today
- +1 star on 2026-10-04 (UTC), ≈ 3 by evening
- Forks
- 2,015
- Issues and pull requests
- 9,299
- Watchers
- 350
- Language
- JavaScript
- License
- MIT
- Latest release
- v2.23.0 · October 1, 2026
- Created
- May 12, 2014
- Last push
- October 3, 2026
Star trust
Growth looks organic: forks and discussion are in line with active projects, and stars arrive unevenly, the way people give them.
These are heuristics, not a verdict: we judge by the repository’s behavior, not by a list of stargazers.
Spotted in
- September 24, 2026GitHub Trending JavaScript today: #13, +25 stars
- September 23, 2026GitHub Trending JavaScript today: #13, +31 stars
- September 15, 2026GitHub Trending JavaScript today: #6, +33 stars
- September 14, 2026GitHub Trending JavaScript today: #6, +44 stars
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