Irrlicht vs Ogre 3D

Irrlicht

An automatically updated mirror of the Irrlicht SVN repository on sourceforge (by zaki)

Graphics

Source Code

irrlicht.sourceforge.net

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Ogre 3D

scene-oriented, flexible 3D engine (C++, Python, C#, Java) (by OGRECave)

Graphics Engine OpenGL DirectX Rendering ogre3d Metal CPP Python C#

Source Code

ogrecave.github.io

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Irrlicht		Ogre 3D
	Project
1	Mentions	3
470	Stars	3,730
-	Growth	1.8%
0.0	Activity	9.5
over 4 years ago	Latest Commit	3 days ago
C++	Language	C++
-	License	MIT License

The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.

Irrlicht

Posts with mentions or reviews of Irrlicht. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects.

C++ game engine
1 project | /r/gamedev | 8 May 2021

Throwing in another C++ game engine for you to look at: Irrlicht

Ogre 3D

Posts with mentions or reviews of Ogre 3D. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-11-11.

Not only Unity...
53 projects | /r/opensourcegames | 11 Nov 2023

OGRE (MIT/C++) https://github.com/OGRECave/ogre
⟳ 4 apps added, 43 updated at f-droid.org
12 projects | /r/FDroidUpdates | 9 Feb 2022

Ogre Sample Browser (version 13.2.4): Object-Oriented Graphics Rendering Engine - Samples
Ogre 13.0.0 released! Open Source game engine.
1 project | /r/linux_gaming | 14 Aug 2021

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Irrlicht and Ogre 3D you can also consider the following projects:

urho3d - Game engine

bgfx - Cross-platform, graphics API agnostic, "Bring Your Own Engine/Framework" style rendering library.

Open-Source Vulkan C++ API - Open-Source Vulkan C++ API

OpenSceneGraph - OpenSceneGraph git repository

GLFW - A multi-platform library for OpenGL, OpenGL ES, Vulkan, window and input

o3de - Open 3D Engine (O3DE) is an Apache 2.0-licensed multi-platform 3D engine that enables developers and content creators to build AAA games, cinema-quality 3D worlds, and high-fidelity simulations without any fees or commercial obligations.

Skia - Skia is a complete 2D graphic library for drawing Text, Geometries, and Images.

Horde3D - Horde3D is a small 3D rendering and animation engine. It is written in an effort to create an engine being as lightweight and conceptually clean as possible.

magnum - Lightweight and modular C++11 graphics middleware for games and data visualization