# ejoy/ant

Ant game engine

Repository: https://github.com/ejoy/ant
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/ant
Language: Lua
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2025-11-17T14:40:10+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 46/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 52, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3148, "days_push": 289, "days_rel": 530, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3931, forks 405 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:29.987132+00:00)

## What it is
Ant is an open-source game engine developed by Lingxi Huyu (Alibaba), written primarily in Lua with C/C++ core libraries. It includes an editor, runtime, and tooling (shaderc, texturec, gltf2ozz) and is still pre-release with documentation under development.

## Use cases
- build a cross-platform 2d or 3d game in lua
- make a game with an open-source lua game engine
- develop games on windows macos or linux
- use a game engine with a built-in editor
- prototype game ideas with lua scripting

## When to choose
- you want to write game logic in Lua
- you need a cross-platform engine with editor tooling
- you prefer an MIT-licensed engine you can modify

## When to avoid
- you need polished documentation and tutorials
- you need a production-proven engine with a large community
- you need console or mobile platform support out of the box

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: experimental
- function: game-engine, graphics, gui, editor
- domain: graphics, cross-platform
- platform: windows, cross-platform
- tags: lua, game-engine, editor, open-source-engine, 3d, rendering, game-development, macos, linux

## Member repositories
- ejoy/ant (main) score 46

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:29.987132+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:24:41.118940+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ejoy/ant (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:29.987132+00:00, sha 5f5fba3abaec)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.