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July 18, 2023 ยท View on GitHub
This is a rough comparison table of all the "popular" ECS frameworks written and used in C#.
Table
Support...
:heavy_check_mark: = Full
:heavy_check_mark:Ex = Full with extension
:heavy_minus_sign: = Partial
:x: = None
| Feature | Leo ECS | Leo EcsLite | Default Ecs | Svelto .ECS | Morpeh | Unity ECS | Entitas | chrome alex /ecs | Nano ECS | Ego CS | actors .unity | Feature |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archetype based | :x: | :x: | :x: | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: | :heavy_check_mark:? | :x:? | :x: | :x: | Archetype based |
| Filter/Query operations | Has/Not (Inc/Exc) | Has/Not (Inc/Exc) | Has/Not Or/Nor | Has/Not (With/ Without) | Has/Not/Or (All/Any/None) | Has/Not, Any (All/None) | Has/Not, Any | Has/Not (With/ Without) | Has | Has | Filter/Query operations | |
| Components Type support | struct | struct | struct /class /interface | struct /interface | struct | struct /class | class | struct | class | class | class? | Components Type support |
| Code Generation based | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: | :x: | Code Generation based | |
| Dependencies | None | None | None | None | :heavy_minus_sign:Unity Odin Inspector | Unity | :heavy_minus_sign:Unity | Unity | Unity | Unity | Unity | Dependencies |
| Engine agnostic | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :x:? | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_minus_sign: | :x: | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | Engine agnostic |
| Custom Engine Support | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: | :heavy_minus_sign: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | Custom Engine Support | |
| Threading support | :heavy_check_mark:Ex | :heavy_check_mark:Ex | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: | :heavy_minus_sign: | :heavy_minus_sign:? | :x: | :x:? | :heavy_minus_sign:? | Threading support | ||
| World Events/Messages | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :x:? | :x: | :x:? | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | World Events/Messages | ||
| One-Frame Components | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark:EX | :x:? | :heavy_check_mark: | One-Frame Components | ||||||
| Dependency Injection Support | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | Dependency Injection Support | ||
| Shared Resource | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | Shared Resource | ||||
| Thread-safe | :x: | :x: | :heavy_minus_sign: | :heavy_minus_sign: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x:? | :x: | :x: | :x:? | Thread-safe |
| Reactive System | :x: | :x: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_minus_sign: | :x: | :x:? | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | Reactive System | ||
| Multiple components of same type on entity | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | Multiple components of same type on entity | |||
| Components can live without entities | :x: | :x: | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :heavy_check_mark: | Components can live without entities | ||||
| Entities can live without components | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | Entities can live without components | |||||
| Unity Editor View support | :heavy_check_mark:Ex | :heavy_check_mark:Ex | :x: | :x: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | Unity Editor View support |
| Unity Editor Full Integration* | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :heavy_minus_sign:? | :x:(WIP) | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark:? | Unity Editor Full Integration* | ||
| Unity Burst Compatible | :x: | :heavy_check_mark:Ex | :x: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_minus_sign: | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: | :heavy_check_mark: | :x:? | :x:? | :x: | Unity Burst Compatible |
| Unity Jobs Compatible | :x: | :heavy_check_mark:Ex | :x: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_minus_sign: | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: | :heavy_check_mark: | :x:? | :x:? | :heavy_minus_sign:? | Unity Jobs Compatible |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT-0 | MIT | MIT | Unity Companion License | MIT | MIT | MIT | MIT | MIT | License |
| Last Major Version Release Date | Feb 2022 | Feb 2022 | Feb 2022 | May 2023 | May 2023 | Sep 2022 | Sep 2022 | Sep 2020? | Dec 2019 | Mar 2017 | Jul 2020 | Last Major Version Release Date |
| Feature | Leo ECS | Leo EcsLite | Default Ecs | Svelto .ECS | Morpeh | Unity ECS | Entitas | chrome alex /ecs | Nano ECS | Ego CS | actors .unity | Feature |
*(Unity Editor) Full Integration means that systems & components can be made, disabled, enabled, and configured in Unity Editor.
How can I contribute?
Find a table cell (or multiple) that isn't filled out, and make an issue/pull request about it. While stating why it's true (explanation doesn't have to be very sophisticated or sourced/grounded, most of the time).
OR
Find a table cell (or multiple) that has a quesiton mark, and source why it's true/untrue with an issue or pull request.
FAQ
Q: Why not split the table?
A: I think the table isn't big enough for a split to be valuable, and it's easier to check for all the features you'd want with one glance, instead of going back and forth between two tables.
Q: xECS isn't here, why's that?
A: Idk, ask about it in a new issue, it might be too niche, or something.