KaijuEngine/kaiju

Health v2 · maintenance only

Flags: prerelease_only no_license

Adoption not part of the score

4725 stars · 210 forks observed · 2026-10-19

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Kaiju is an open-source 2D/3D game engine written in Go and backed by Vulkan, with a built-in visual editor that itself runs as a game in the engine. It supports physics, skeletal animation, particle systems, spatial audio, a custom UI framework with HTML/CSS markup, and live shader updates.

Use cases

• build a 3d game in go
• make a 2d game with an editor
• game engine using golang and vulkan
• visual scene editor with go scripting
• fast iteration game engine with quick builds
• cross-platform game development on windows linux mac android

When to choose

• you want to write gameplay code in Go rather than C# or C++
• you need fast compile times and rapid iteration
• you want a Vulkan-backed engine with a built-in editor
• you target Windows, Linux, macOS, or Android

When to avoid

• you need a fully mature, production-proven editor (it is still in development)
• you require a large asset marketplace or extensive third-party ecosystem
• you prefer engines with established visual scripting or large community support

Facets

framework · maturity active

game-engine graphics gui animation audio-processing simulation plugin-system graphics cross-platform windows go cross-platform vulkan 2d 3d editor glsl physics spatial-audio particle-systems game-development linux macos android gpu

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