py-sdl2 VS Pygame

Compare py-sdl2 vs Pygame and see what are their differences.

Pygame

šŸšŸŽ® pygame (the library) is a Free and Open Source python programming language library for making multimedia applications like games built on top of the excellent SDL library. C, Python, Native, OpenGL. (by pygame)
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py-sdl2 Pygame
2 148
283 6,937
0.4% 2.2%
6.1 9.1
5 months ago 8 days ago
Python C
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later LGPL
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py-sdl2

Posts with mentions or reviews of py-sdl2. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-03-10.

Pygame

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

What are some alternatives?

When comparing py-sdl2 and Pygame you can also consider the following projects:

Cocos2d - Cocos2d-x is a suite of open-source, cross-platform, game-development tools utilized by millions of developers across the globe. Its core has evolved to serve as the foundation for Cocos Creator 1.x & 2.x.

PyOpenGL - Repository for the PyOpenGL Project

PySDL2

crystal-imgui-sfml - Crystal bindings to ImGui-SFML

Arcade - Easy to use Python library for creating 2D arcade games.

awesome-python - An opinionated list of awesome Python frameworks, libraries, software and resources.

Panda3D - Powerful, mature open-source cross-platform game engine for Python and C++, developed by Disney and CMU

RenPy - The Ren'Py Visual Novel Engine

kivy - Open source UI framework written in Python, running on Windows, Linux, macOS, Android and iOS