Java 2D

Open-source Java projects categorized as 2D

Top 9 Java 2D Projects

  1. libGDX

    Desktop/Android/HTML5/iOS Java game development framework

    Project mention: MonoGame: A .NET framework for making cross-platform games | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-03-07
  2. Kargo

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  3. skija

    Java bindings for Skia

  4. LITIENGINE

    LITIENGINE 🕹 The Java 2D game engine.

  5. VTerminal

    A new Look-and-Feel (LaF) for Java, which allows for a grid-based display of Unicode characters with custom fore/background colors, font sizes, and pseudo-shaders. Originally designed for developing Roguelike/lite games.

  6. Android_APK_2DBalloons

  7. Android_APK_2DGravity

  8. garnet

    A free Java based 2D game engine built on LWJGL. (by nickd3000)

  9. AppSignal

    Monitoring that respects your time & budget. APM, error tracking, and dashboards for modern web apps. Ten-minute setup, transparent flat pricing, and support from engineers who actually use the product.

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  10. brick-breaker

    Brick Breaker Clone built with Java and Processing Graphics Library

  11. VTerminalPaletteEditor

    A standalone GUI application for creating and editing VTerminal palettes.

NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).

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Index

What are some of the best open-source 2D projects in Java? This list will help you:

# Project Stars
1 libGDX 25,371
2 skija 2,651
3 LITIENGINE 836
4 VTerminal 90
5 Android_APK_2DBalloons 7
6 Android_APK_2DGravity 6
7 garnet 6
8 brick-breaker 2
9 VTerminalPaletteEditor 0

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