Pygame VS py-sdl2

Compare Pygame vs py-sdl2 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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Pygame py-sdl2
148 2
6,937 283
2.2% 0.4%
9.1 6.1
3 days ago 4 months ago
C Python
LGPL GNU General Public License v3.0 or later
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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.

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.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Pygame and py-sdl2 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.

PySDL2

PyOpenGL - Repository for the PyOpenGL Project

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

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

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

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

RenPy - The Ren'Py Visual Novel Engine

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