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KAPLAY

Fun JavaScript library for making browser games fast

Game Engines & Frameworks ★ 1.8k stars Easy setup MIT

KAPLAY is an open-source JavaScript and TypeScript game library, successor to Kaboom.js, designed to make building 2D browser games fast and fun. It offers a component-based API, asset loading, and physics helpers.

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Key features

  • Beginner-friendly game API
  • Component-based design
  • Built-in asset and physics helpers
  • Browser game focus

Strengths

  • Released under the MIT license
  • Easy to set up — beginner-friendly
  • Active community (1.8k GitHub stars)
  • Written in TypeScript

Is KAPLAY secure?

OSV.dev has no published security advisories for KAPLAY's repository. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

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