awesome-opensource-unity

a list of curated opensource Unity packages for future proof Game Developers
https://github.com/StefanoCecere/awesome-opensource-unity

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Assets
- Audio
  - Sonniss GDC 2018 Pack - Free to use 30GB worth of audio files.
  - dig.ccmixter.org
  - freesound.org
  - freesfx.co.uk
  - zapsplat.com
  - freemusicarchive.org
- 2D assets
- Icons
  - I made 700+ RPG icons free for use for your game - 700+ RPG Icons(The _filesonic_ URL ending with "Lorc_RPG_icons.zip" still works).
  - EffectCore's VFX Packs - Paid AAA visual effects.
- Collections
  - Unitylist - The best GitHub Unity repositories search engine.
  - Armedunity - Shooter focused forum.
  - itch.io
  - Game Assets
  - Game Dev Market
  - Unity Assetstore - Official asset store for unity.
  - Game Assets
- Creation Tools
  - Aseprite - Animated sprite editor & pixel art tool.
  - AssetForge - Easily create simple assets in seconds (Paid).
  - BFXR - Make sound effects for computer games (Flash required).
  - Mixamo - Free to use animation mixing tool with free animations. Not allowed to use in open source projects.
Open Source Packages
- Controller Mappings
  - Nintendo Pro Controller
  - Xbox One
  - Dualshock 3 (PS3)
  - Dualshock 4 (PS4)
  - Nintendo Joy Con
  - Xbox 360
  - Dualshock 4 (PS4)
- 2D Bones
  - DragonBonesCSharp - DragonBones C# Runtime.
  - spine-runtimes - Collection of Spine runtimes including with Unity3d version.
- AI
  - Astar-for-Unity - A Star Pathfinder, 3 axis, multithreaded for Unity.
  - GOAP - A multi-threaded GOAP (Goal Oriented Action Planning) system for Unity.
  - EpPathFinding.cs - A jump point search algorithm for grid based games in C#.
  - EpPathFinding3D.cs - A 3D jump point search algorithm for cube based games in C#.
  - goap - Goal Oriented Action Planning AI in Unity.
  - UnitySteer - Steering, obstacle avoidance and path following behaviors for the Unity Game Engine.
  - unity-path-finding - Shortest path finding with Dijkstra's algorithm for Unity.
  - NPBehave - Event Driven Behavior Trees for Unity 3D.
  - fluid-behavior-tree - A pure code behavior tree micro-framework built for Unity3D projects. Granting developers the power to dictate their GUI presentation.
  - Unity3d-Finite-State-Machine - Very good and easy FSM
  - Path-Creator - Path creation asset for Unity game development.
  - NavMeshPlus - Unity NavMesh 2D Pathfinding.
  - NavMeshSurface2DBaker - NavMeshSurface2DBaker is a Unity Package that provides functionality to bake 2D colliders into NavMeshSurface components.
  - Brainiac - Behaviour tree editor for Unity3D.
  - DotRecast - A port of Recast & Detour, navigation mesh toolset for games, Unity3D, servers, C#.
  - behaviac - Behaviac is a framework of the game AI development, and it also can be used as a rapid game prototype design tool. behaviac supports the behavior tree, finite state machine and hierarchical task network(BT, FSM, HTN).
  - unity-movement-ai - A library of common movement AI scripts known as Steering Behaviors. You can use these scripts to help your NPCs move around your game.
  - ml-agents - Unity Machine Learning Agents Toolkit .
  - CrystalAI - A Utility AI for C# and Unity.
  - openpath - Open source pathfinding for Unity.
- 2D
  - Unity2D-Components - A constantly evolving array of Unity C# components for 2D games, including classes for pixel art cameras, events & messaging, saving & loading game data, collision handlers, object pools, and more.
  - StaticBluredScreen - Non-realtime (=static) screen blur for Unity. Easy to use background for dialogs.
  - AtlasImage - AtlasImage is a graphic component use SpriteAtlas for uGUI. In addition, add useful sprite selector and border editor to the inspector.
  - DataRenderer2D - Make mesh like line, polygon, etc in unity3d.
  - UnitySpline2D - 2D spline utility for Unity.
  - SpriteDicing - Extension for Unity game engine to work with diced sprites.
- AR
  - UnityARFoundationEssentials - AR Foundation examples created with AR Foundation.
- AI Tools
  - StableDiffusionUnityTools - Editor assets generation via Stable Diffusion.
  - AI Game DevTools (AI-GDT) - the latest AI Game Development Tools, including LLM, World Model, Agent, Code, Image, Texture, Shader, 3D Model, Animation, Video, Audio, Music, Singing Voice and Analytics
- Camera
  - unity-camera-multi-target - Concise Unity library which dynamically keeps a set of objects (e.g. players and important objects) in view.
  - FulldomeCameraForUnity - Fulldome Camera for Unity 2019.
  - DeadSimple-Pixel-Perfect-Camera - An exceedingly easy-to-use pixel perfect orthographic camera script for 2D scenes in Unity. Punch in a few specs and you've got a working pixel perfect camera. It's that easy.
  - UnityPixelCamera - A resolution independent pixel perfect camera for Unity.
- Animation
  - unity-animator-helpers - A micro-framework for changing Unity 3D's Animator parameters with ScriptableObject(s). Designed to make going from custom scripts to Animator parameters easy. Works with 2D or 3D projects.
- Character Controllers 2D
  - Unity-2D-Platformer-Controller - A customizable 2D platformer motor that handles mechanics such as double jumps, wall jumps, and corner grabs. Includes a player controlled prefab that can be dropped into any scene for immediate support.
  - CharacterController2D - Similar to the built-in Unity CharacterController component. It has a similar API (mainly a move method that takes a delta movement) and provides a firm base with which to make a super solid controller using Unity's 2D system.
  - Ultimate-2D-Controller - A great starting point for your 2D controller. Making use of all the hidden tricks like coyote, buffered actions, speedy apex, anti grav apex, etc
- Asset Bundle
  - AssetBundleManager - An asset bundle manager for Unity.
- Character Controllers 3D
  - NaughtyCharacter - Third Person Controller for Unity.
  - Kinematic Character Controller - Robust Character Controller for Unity
  - Box2D.NET - a port of Box2D, is a 2D physics engine for games, .NET C#, Unity3D, servers.
  - Advanced-Rigidbody-FirstPerson-Controller - Rigidbody Based FirstPerson Controller.
- Console
  - Unity3d-BeastConsole - Console for all your unity needs.
  - consolation - In-game debug console for Unity.
  - lunar-unity-console - High-performance Unity iOS/Android logger built with native platform UI.
  - UnityIngameDebugConsole - Easy to use in-game debug + command line interface. Also on the [asset store](https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/gui/in-game-debug-console-68068).
- DOTS
  - ECS-Tween - Simple Unity tweening system using ECS that works with GameObjects!.
  - PlasticTween - Tween Library for Unity3D(ECS+JOBS).
  - unity-jtween - A job-based tween library for Unity.
  - KNN - Fast K-Nearest Neighbour Library for Unity DOTS.
  - SpriteSheetRenderer - A powerful Unity ECS system to render massive numbers of animated sprites.
  - unity-ecs-navmesh - A demo implementation of Unity Entity Component System with NavMesh.
  - NativeCollections - Native Collection Types for Unity https://jacksondunstan.com/articles/tag/native-collection.
  - Hydrogen.Entities - A collection of helpers for work with Unity's ECS framework, used in our games.
  - Unity-2D-Pathfinding-Grid-ECS-Job - ECS Burst Job System 2D Pathfinding.
  - EntitySelection - A minimal solution for selecting entities in the unity sceneview.
  - Easy-Road-3D-ECS-Traffic - Unity DOTS/ECS traffic using Easy Roads 3D for the data.
  - IcSkillSystem - A simple and reusable skill system.
  - EntitiesBT - Behavior Tree for Unity ECS (DOTS) framework.
- EdTech and Game Based Learning
  - uAdventure - Serious game editor for Unity based on eAdventure.
  - Unity Tracker - Unity gleaner tracker that uses csharp-tracker / RAGE.
  - RAGE ecosystem
  - RAGE ecosystem
- Editor
  - Alchemy - Provides a rich set of editor and serialization extensions for Unity.
  - Unity-QuickSheet - Unity-QuickSheet enables you to use spreadsheet file data within Unity editor.
  - property-drawer-collection
  - unity-symlink-utility - A small extension that adds a menu item to add folders as symlinks in Unity.
  - UnityDefineManager - Easily manage global defines in Unity.
  - Texture3DPreview-for-Unity - This package enables interactive previews of Texture3D assets in Unity's Inspector window.
  - unity-colourlovers-importer - Unity editor tool to load colours and palettes directly from COLOURlovers.com.
  - shortcuter - Shortcut utility for Unity.
  - unity-editor-spotlight - MacOS-like Spotlight file search in Unity.
  - Unity-Reorderable-List - Extended version of the Reorderable List in Unity.
  - UnityEditorJunkie - Editor scripts to make working with the Unity Editor better.
  - Unity-AssetDependencyGraph - An Asset Dependency Graph for Unity.
  - MyBox - MyBox is a set of attributes, tools and extensions for Unity .
  - Unity-Finder - Find Asset in Unity.
  - Unity-Editor-Toolbox - Tools, custom attributes, drawers and extensions for Unity Editor.
  - enhancer - A collection of utilities to enhance the Unity Editor.
  - Reorderable List Editor Field for Unity - Reorderable List Editor Field for Unity.
  - VFW - An editor extension that offers much more advance editor extensibility features than what comes out of the box with Unity.
  - Tidy-Up - Neat little tool! to help you keep your Unity projects organised by throwing assets in their designated folders.
  - UnityPsdImporter - Advanced PSD importer for Unity3D.
  - Readme - Readme component for Unity, attachable to any GameObject to document what you can't in a script or the file system.
- Effect and Shaders
  - Unity5Effects - Effect storage space for Unity 5.
  - temporal - Temporal Reprojection Anti-Aliasing for Unity 5.0+.
  - Outline-Effect - Outline Image Effect for Unity.
  - unity-frosted-glass - Frosted glass material made in unity.
  - unity-delaunay - A Delaunay/Voronoi library for Unity, and a simple destruction effect.
  - SSMS - Screen space multiple scattering for Unity.
  - KinoGlitch - Video glitch effects for Unity.
  - Mirror - A mirror script.
  - SMAA - A highly customizable implementation of Subpixel Morphological Antialiasing for Unity.
  - Typogenic - Signed-distance field text rendering for Unity.
  - AtmosphericScattering - Atmospheric Scattering for Unity.
  - Facepunch.Highlight - Mesh outline effect.
  - HologramShader - Hologram Shader and Material Editor for Unity.
  - ShaderlabVS - ShaderlabVS is a Visual Studio plugin for Unity Shaderlab programming.
  - ShaderProject - A container for all sorts of handy shaders.
  - ShaderForge - Shader visual scripting.
  - Ocean_Community_Next_Gen - Next gen iteration of the unity community ocean shader.
  - HoloShield - Highly customizable sci-fi shield / force field shader for Unity3D. Allows you to set edge power & color, inner texture scrolling, waviness, scale pulsation and procedural intensity noise. Implements tessellation for low-poly base meshes.
  - VerticalDissolve - Procedural vertical dissolve shader. Highly customizable. Tweak edge color, noisiness & waviness, rim light, emission scrolling and more.
  - SphereDissolve - Customizable procedural spherical dissolve shader for Unity3D, for all your customizable procedural spherical dissolve needs!.
  - TexturePanner - This repository hosts a shader for Unity3D whose main goal is to facilitate the creation of neon-like signs, conveyor belts and basically whatever based on scrolling textures.
  - RadialProgressBar - Customizable radial progress bar shader for Unity3D. Allows you to set arc range, minimum and maximum colors, textures, radius, and a few more things. Create HP Bars, Speedometers, rank progress, etc!.
  - Unity-ShaderSketches - Sketches made with ShaderLab in Unity.
  - Unity-Shaders - Shader demo - More than 300 examples.
  - UltimateOutline - The easiest way to achieve outlines in unity.
  - Outlined-Diffuse-Shader-Fixed - This is a fixed version of diffused outline shader from http://wiki.unity3d.com/index.php/Outlined_Diffuse_3.
  - BNAO - A tiny, GPU-based Bent Normal and Ambient Occlusion baker for Unity.
  - ezy-slice - An open source mesh slicer framework for Unity3D Game Engine. Written in C#.
  - UnityPCSS - Nvidia's PCSS soft shadow algorithm implemented in Unity.
  - Ceto - Ceto: Ocean system for Unity.
  - Helicopter effect
  - Helicopter effect
  - crest-oceanrender - An advanced ocean system implemented in Unity3D.
  - kamakura-shaders - Kamakura Shaders is a collection of shaders and components focusing on Non-Photorealistic Rendering for Unity with a bunch of features and adjustable parameters in a user-friendly interface.
  - ToonShading - A collection of "Toon" shaders for Unity based on a stepped PBR approximation.
- Environment
  - roadbuilder - Easy-to-build realistic roads in Unity. Foundation of any simcity game.
  - hedera - Paint 3D ivy in the Unity Editor, watch procedurally generated meshes simulate growth and clinging in real-time.
  - Photosynthesizer - Unity plugin to procedurally sprout foliage throughout your scene.
- Framework
  - Zenject - Dependency Injection Framework for Unity3D.
  - adic - Lightweight dependency injection container for Unity.
  - uFrame.Complete - All in one repo, includes: Kernel, Designer, Architect, MVVM, ECS.
  - ecsrx.unity - A simple framework for unity using the ECS paradigm but with unirx for fully reactive systems.
  - GameFramework - A free framework for Unity that will help drastically increase the development speed and feature set of your games.
  - gocs - GameObject Component System for Unity.
  - QFramework - Your first K.I.S.S Unity 3D Framework.
- Framework - visual
  - fungus - Awesome and powerful Adventures and Visual novel engine.
  - xNode - Lets you view and edit node graphs inside Unity.
  - BlueGraph - Like xNode, but on UIElements.
  - Node_Editor_Framework - Node Editor framework for Unity3D.
- Input
  - TouchScript - Complete multitouch solution for Unity: Win8, TUIO, Mobile.
  - InputManager - Custom InputManager for Unity.
  - InControl - An input manager for Unity that tames the cross-platform controller beast.
  - InputBinder - Easily bind input events to methods in Unity.
  - TouchKit - Gestures and input handling made sane for Unity.
  - Lean Touch - Powerful and complete touch library. paid additional examples available.
- Gameplay
  - UnityArcRayCast - Arc raycast utility using projectile formulas.
  - Inventory-Pro - The best-selling Inventory System for Unity - now free and open-source!.
  - Quest-System-Pro - The powerful Quest and Conversation Tree System for Unity - now free and open-source!.
  - lospro - The Lightweigt Line-of-Sight & Hearing System for Unity - now free and open-source!.
  - Inventory - A Diablo 2-style inventory system for Unity3D.
  - RPGCore - RPGCore is a toolkit for producing RPG games and mechanics for Unity.
  - NoteEditor - Note editor for rhythm games.
- Level Editor
  - Tiled2Unity - Export Tiled Map Editor (TMX) files into Unity.
  - UnityTile3D - Simple 3D Tile Editor.
  - HexTiles - Unity Hex Tile Editor.
  - floorplan - A Sims-Like Unity Level Design Plugin.
  - realtime-CSG-for-unity - Realtime-CSG, CSG level editor for Unity .
  - RoadArchitect - Road Architect for Unity.
  - Terrain-Stamps - Stamps for the Unity Terrain Stamp Tool.
  - StampToolExtended - Extended version of the Unity Terrain Stamp Tool.
  - PrefabPainter - Tool for conveniently and flexibly adding huge amounts of prefabs to your Unity scene.
  - 2DTileMapLevelEditor - 2D Tile Map Level Editor for Unity.
- Light
  - VolumetricLights - Volumetric Lights for Unity.
  - Rimlight - Customizable rimlight shader for Unity that includes pulsation and noise scrolling. Give your scenes that extra oomph!.
  - simple-light-probe-placer - A simple tool for Unity3d and it help you easily place Light Probes in your scene.
- Lua
  - slua - Fastest lua binding via static code generating for Unity3D and mono.
  - xLua - xLua is a hot-fix solution plugin for Unity3D, it supports android, ios, windows, macOS, etc.
  - UniLua - A pure C# implementation of Lua 5.2 focus on compatibility with Unity3D.
- Localization
  - Localization-System - Localization System for Unity can be used for both RTL and LTR languages (based on CSV file), Images, Audios, LayoutGroups and RectTransforms with detailed Documentation.
  - Lean Localization - Quickly add multi-language support. text, sounds, load CSV.
- Monetization
  - googleads-mobile-unity - Official Unity Plugin for the Google Mobile Ads SDK.
- Math
  - MathUtilities - A collection of some of the neat math and physics tricks that I've collected over the last few years.
- Meshes
  - UnityMeshSimplifier - Mesh simplification for Unity.
  - MeshDecimator - A mesh decimation library for .NET and Unity.
- Networking
  - FishNet - Fish-Networking: Unity Networking Evolved is an easy to use, high performant, feature-rich Unity based networking solution. FishNet is free while offering features previously only seen in paid options. .
  - UnitySocketIO - A socket.io client for unity3d.
  - websocket-sharp - A C# implementation of the WebSocket protocol client and server.
  - Hazel-Networking - A low level networking library for C# providing connection orientated, message based communication via TCP, UDP and RUDP.
  - MassiveNet - Unity3d UDP networking library focused on high-CCU, multi-server architecture.
  - nakama - An open-source distributed social and realtime server for games and apps by [Heroic Labs](https://heroiclabs.com). It includes a large set of services for users, data storage, and realtime client/server communication; as well as specialized APIs like realtime multiplayer, groups/guilds, and chat.
  - Facepunch.Steamworks - Another fucking c# Steamworks implementation.
  - lidgren-network-gen3 - Lidgren.Network is a networking library for .NET framework, which uses a single UDP socket to deliver a simple API for connecting a client to a server, reading and sending messages.
  - LiteNetLib - Lite reliable UDP library for Mono and .NET.
  - LiteNetLibManager - Higher level implementation for LiteNetLib.
  - Steamworks.NET - Steamworks wrapper for Unity / C#.
  - UnityHTTP - A TcpClient-based HTTP library for Unity.
  - SocketIoClientDotNet - Socket.IO Client Library for .Net.
  - barebones-masterserver - Master Server framework for Unity.
  - Transports
  - Mirror - a _high level_ Networking API for Unity, supporting different _low level_.
  - SmartFoxServer 2X - A comprehensive SDK for rapidly developing multiplayer games and applications with Adobe Flash/Flex/Air, Unity, HTML5, iOS, Windows Phone 8, Android, Java, Windows 8, C++ and more.
  - ForgeNetworkingRemastered - In short, Forge Networking is a free and open source multiplayer game (multi-user) networking system that has a very good integration with the Unity game engine. You wanna make a multiplayer game or real time multi-user application? This is the library for you.
  - MagicOnion - gRPC based HTTP/2 RPC Streaming Framework for .NET, .NET Core and Unity.
- UI
  - Juicy Healthbar - A Juicy Health Bar from @reuno's Unite LA talk.
- Utilities
  - IMP - Billboard imposter baking for Unity.
- Voxel
  - MagicaVoxel - Free to use Voxel editor (even for commercial).
- Materials
  - Public Domain Textures - Tons of 8K PBR Materials under CC0 License.
Games
- Educational and Social Impact
  - Antura and the Letters - the award winning open source literacy and language learning game for kids.
  - Idiomatic - Aan educational game developed to teaching English to native Portuguese speakers.
  - La Noria - an open source videogame about social innovation in Malaga.
- Runner / Driving
  - InfiniteRunner3D - Creating an infinite 3D runner game in Unity.
  - Unity3D-Mario-Kart-Racing-Game - Kart racer supports items, anti-gravity mode, computer players, underwater mode, and real-time shadows and lighting.
  - CrazyCar - online car game, the server is SpringBoot + MyBatis Plus; the background is Vue + Element.
- RPG
  - Darkest-Dungeon-Unity - Darkest Dungeon port in Unity. Almost completely identical to the original.
  - hogwarts - A Hogwarts (Harry Potter) open sandbox game made in Unity.
- Cards
  - Card-Game-Simulator - Create, Share, and Play
  - PokemonUnity - A LEGACY Unity project to help build Pokémon-esque RPG games.
- Sandbox
  - CubeWorld - Minecraft like game made in Unity.
- Strategy
  - startcraft-unity3d - A recreation of the classic Starcraft game by Blizzard, on Unity3D.
- Shooter
  - Multiplayer-FPS - A multiplayer first-person shooter game based on Unity3D. Different types of input devices are supported, including Kinect, Xbox controllers, Leap motion, and VR Glasses.
- Adventure
  - HelloMarioFramework - Create your own 3D Mario game with Hello Mario Framework for Unity!
  - SanAndreasUnity - An open source reimplementation of GTA San Andreas game engine in Unity.
- Puzzle
  - nodulus - A puzzle game with a clever twist. Based on the mathematical theory behind plank puzzles, consists of a grid of cubes and rods which can be rotated with a swipe.
  - AngryBirdsStyleGame - An effort to replicate a level and relevant mechanisms of Rovio's famous Angry Birds game, built in Unity game engine. Source code is provided for educational purposes.
  - MatchThreeGame - A match-3 game in Unity (like Candy Crush and Bejeweled).
Articles
- Audio
  - Unity Package Manager 2018.3+
Books
- Audio
  - Game Programming Patterns - Free and Paid available.
Projects
- Strategy
  - open-blocks - the open source, community led evolution of Google Blocks, Intuitive low-poly modelling in VR.
  - open-brush - the open source, community led evolution of Tilt Brush! Art From All Angles, VR app.

Programming Languages

C# 174 ShaderLab 7 C 2 Go 1 GLSL 1 Java 1

awesome-opensource-unity

Assets

Audio

2D assets

Icons

Collections

Creation Tools

Open Source Packages

Controller Mappings

2D Bones

AI

2D

AR

AI Tools

Camera

Animation

Character Controllers 2D

Asset Bundle

Character Controllers 3D

Console

DOTS

EdTech and Game Based Learning

Editor

Effect and Shaders

Environment

Framework

Framework - visual

Input

Gameplay

Level Editor

Light

Lua

Localization

Monetization

Math

Meshes

Networking

UI

Utilities

Voxel

Materials

Games

Educational and Social Impact

Runner / Driving

RPG

Cards

Sandbox

Strategy

Shooter

Adventure

Puzzle

Articles

Audio

Books

Audio

Projects

Strategy