crownengine/crown
A complete and cross-platform game engine designed for flexibility, performance and fast iteration. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
99/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 99
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 10
- age_days: 5140
- days_rel: 10
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 40
Adoption not part of the score
2437 stars · 184 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Crown is a complete, cross-platform, open-source game engine written in C++ with Lua scripting, featuring a full level editor, asset pipeline, and sub-second hot-reload for fast iteration. It targets Linux, Windows, Android, and HTML5 with a performance-first, data-oriented runtime.
Use cases
- build a 2d or 3d game with an open-source engine
- game engine with fast hot-reload iteration
- cross-platform game engine that exports to html5 and android
- script game logic in lua with a live repl
- self-contained game engine with no account or internet required
- hackable game engine with text-based project files
When to choose
- you want a free, permissively licensed engine with a complete editor and deployers
- fast iteration matters - everything hot-reloads in under a second
- you need to ship to desktop, Android, and HTML5 from one codebase
- you prefer data-oriented design and a simple, hackable runtime
When to avoid
- you need console (PlayStation/Xbox/Switch) export
- you rely on a huge asset store or large community ecosystem
- you want a visual scripting-first workflow rather than Lua/C++ coding
- you need extensive third-party plugin support
Facets
application · maturity active
game-engine gui graphics simulation cross-platform graphics windows browser cpp lua 2d 3d data-oriented-design hot-reload level-editor lua-scripting html5-export open-source-engine game-development linux macos android
6 sources
- readme: https://github.com/crownengine/crown · fetched 2026-08-28 · 964247bc54bd
- homepage: https://www.crownengine.org · fetched 2026-08-29 · 983079d55177
- site_page: https://www.crownengine.org/about · fetched 2026-08-29 · c39b0d68fdfb
- site_page: https://docs.crownengine.org/html/latest/changelog.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · 1131f260ad83
- site_page: https://www.crownengine.org/about/credits · fetched 2026-08-29 · 0deb8dcc40ff
- site_page: https://www.crownengine.org/website-about · fetched 2026-08-29 · be7739b378dc
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| crownengine/crown | main | 99 |
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