# playcanvas/engine

> Open-source 3D game engine on WebGL2 and WebGPU for interactive apps, games and visualizations in the browser, with WebXR, physics and glTF support.

- Magnitude: 1.2 out of 10 — Steady
- Stars: 16,980 total · +1 star on 2026-10-04 (UTC), ≈ 3 by evening
- Star trust: star growth looks organic
- Category: Games & graphics · Language: JavaScript · License: MIT · Created: 2014-05-12 · Last push: 2026-10-03
- GitHub: https://github.com/playcanvas/engine · Homepage: https://playcanvas.com · Page: https://gitnova.dev/en/r/playcanvas/engine

## 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

## Why it’s here

- 1 star so far today, about 3 expected by the end of the day.
- Recent forks include notable developers: @rubenmarcus (1,271 followers).

## Star trust

Star growth looks organic.

Star-trust labels are heuristics based on the repository’s behavior, not a check of every stargazer.

## Numbers

- Forks: 2,015
- Issues and pull requests: 9,299
- Watchers: 350
- Average over the last week: 7 per day
- Usual pace: 14 per day
- Latest release: v2.23.0 (2026-10-01)

## Stars per day, last 30 days (oldest → newest, today is partial)

2026-10-05 … 2026-11-03: None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None

## Magnitude by day, last 14 days

09-21 1.4, 09-22 2.3, 09-23 2.3, 09-24 1.8, 09-25 1.5, 09-26 1.5, 09-27 1.5, 09-28 1.7, 09-29 1.5, 09-30 1.6, 10-01 1.3, 10-02 1.8, 10-03 1.9, 10-04 1.2

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Days are UTC. “So far today” is a fact; “expected by the end of the day” is a forecast.
Summaries and use cases are written by an LLM (DeepSeek V4.1 Flash) from the README and may be inaccurate: verify specific claims (benchmarks, speed, hardware) in the repository itself.
Data as of 2026-10-04 11:02 UTC, updated every 30 minutes.