Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to Box2D

Product categories

2D Game Engine 3D Game Engine App Development Developer Tools Development Tools Front-End Frameworks Game Development Game Engine IDE JS Library JavaScript Framework Javascript UI Libraries

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to Box2D are Unity, Wicked Engine, and Emscripten. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.

Unity Landing Page
1

Unity

The multiplatform game creation tools for everyone.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Game Development #Game Engine #3D Game Engine 197 social mentions
Wicked Engine Landing Page
2

Wicked Engine

C++ game engine focusing on modern rendering techniques.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Game Development #Game Engine #3D Game Engine 1 social mentions
Emscripten Landing Page
3

Emscripten

Emscripten is an LLVM to JavaScript compiler.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Email Marketing #IDE #CRM 45 social mentions
ember.js Landing Page
4

ember.js

A JavaScript framework for creating ambitious web apps
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Javascript UI Libraries #JS Library #JavaScript Framework 27 social mentions
LOVE 2D Landing Page
5

LOVE 2D

Hi there! LÖVE is an *awesome* framework you can use to make 2D games in Lua.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Game Development #Game Engine #2D Game Engine 181 social mentions
Godot Engine Landing Page
6

Godot Engine

Feature-packed 2D and 3D open source game engine.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Game Development #Game Engine #3D Game Engine 447 social mentions
Chart.js Landing Page
7

Chart.js

Easy, object oriented client side graphs for designers and developers.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Charting Libraries #Data Visualization #Data Dashboard 1 social mentions
Backbone.js Landing Page
8

Backbone.js

Give your JS App some Backbone with Models, Views, Collections, and Events
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Javascript UI Libraries #JavaScript Framework #JS Library 15 social mentions
Wallaby.js Landing Page
9

Wallaby.js

Wallaby.js runs your JavaScript tests immediately as you type and displays execution results in your code editor.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Developer Tools #Development Tools #Rapid Application Development 7 social mentions
Xamarin Landing Page
10

Xamarin

Create iOS, Android and Mac apps in C#
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Developer Tools #App Development #Development Tools 26 social mentions
Moment.js Landing Page
11

Moment.js

Parse, validate, manipulate, and display dates in JavaScript
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Javascript UI Libraries #JS Library #JavaScript Framework 61 social mentions
Underscore.js Landing Page
12

Underscore.js

Underscore is a utility-belt library for JavaScript that provides a lot of the functional...
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Development Tools #Javascript UI Libraries #JavaScript Framework 19 social mentions