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Rust crates · head to head · data Oct 24, 2026

bevy vs wgpu

Short answerBy steady daily use, wgpu runs at 150,503 downloads on a quiet day against 19,723 for bevy (7.6x), and 1,896 crates depend on wgpu against 2,146. Pick bevy if you are making a game and want an engine: ECS, assets, input, audio, UI. Pick wgpu if you are writing your own renderer or compute on the GPU.

Bottom line: bevy renders with wgpu; pick by whether you want an engine or a graphics API.

19.7Kbevy quiet-day downloads/day
151Kwgpu quiet-day downloads/day
2,146crates depend on bevy
1,896crates depend on wgpu

Side by side

bevywgpu
Quiet-day baseline (downloads/day)19,723150,503
Downloads in the window1,817,04314,652,493
Share within 2 days of a release10%1%
Baseline trend (first 30 vs last 30 days)+62%+74%
Reverse dependencies2,1461,896
All-time downloads8.3M43.7M
Releases in the window41
Latest version0.20.030.0.1
Latest releaseOct 8, 2026Aug 22, 2026
MSRV (latest)1.97.11.87.0
LicenseMIT OR Apache-2.0MIT OR Apache-2.0
First publishedJan 18, 2020Jan 24, 2019

bevy: daily downloads

10K20K30K2026-07-27: 23,8942026-07-28: 22,7402026-07-29: 16,4602026-07-30: 14,5382026-07-31: 14,4472026-08-01: 15,9312026-08-02: 14,0092026-08-03: 19,0912026-08-04: 16,6362026-08-05: 14,6782026-08-06: 16,6562026-08-07: 15,8502026-08-08: 14,6872026-08-09: 14,2212026-08-10: 14,8312026-08-11: 17,4792026-08-12: 15,4972026-08-13: 18,081 (release window)2026-08-14: 15,627 (release window)2026-08-15: 14,7942026-08-16: 15,3322026-08-17: 33,4972026-08-18: 18,6992026-08-19: 12,8412026-08-20: 15,8082026-08-21: 14,9642026-08-22: 14,6732026-08-23: 20,5002026-08-24: 19,8282026-08-25: 19,9762026-08-26: 22,6262026-08-27: 16,9092026-08-28: 16,0062026-08-29: 16,8802026-08-30: 14,8142026-08-31: 15,6432026-09-01: 22,4152026-09-02: 25,7562026-09-03: 19,6652026-09-04: 22,4972026-09-05: 14,8672026-09-06: 17,0712026-09-07: 21,7582026-09-08: 19,3632026-09-09: 22,8232026-09-10: 21,6822026-09-11: 19,9572026-09-12: 18,5842026-09-13: 16,5952026-09-14: 19,7232026-09-15: 17,627 (release window)2026-09-16: 18,588 (release window)2026-09-17: 17,1652026-09-18: 14,4112026-09-19: 14,4742026-09-20: 16,3132026-09-21: 17,4102026-09-22: 20,2452026-09-23: 18,1252026-09-24: 19,8272026-09-25: 18,9122026-09-26: 19,7352026-09-27: 21,6622026-09-28: 29,111 (release window)2026-09-29: 26,207 (release window)2026-09-30: 27,1032026-10-01: 26,7162026-10-02: 25,9732026-10-03: 26,2092026-10-04: 21,1112026-10-05: 22,3462026-10-06: 24,1292026-10-07: 27,8152026-10-08: 28,577 (release window)2026-10-09: 26,605 (release window)2026-10-10: 25,6122026-10-11: 24,0882026-10-12: 27,9802026-10-13: 27,0732026-10-14: 25,7652026-10-15: 26,4212026-10-16: 28,2192026-10-17: 23,3832026-10-18: 20,0842026-10-19: 28,1202026-10-20: 25,5792026-10-21: 31,8202026-10-22: 29,5212026-10-23: 25,083Jul 27Aug 1Sep 1Oct 1

wgpu: daily downloads

2K4K2026-07-27: 149,6372026-07-28: 167,0092026-07-29: 126,5432026-07-30: 117,3362026-07-31: 124,0312026-08-01: 105,1372026-08-02: 83,7472026-08-03: 129,2362026-08-04: 119,5282026-08-05: 112,7182026-08-06: 109,1782026-08-07: 119,5392026-08-08: 79,3552026-08-09: 82,2392026-08-10: 112,8422026-08-11: 115,7692026-08-12: 120,8472026-08-13: 132,5582026-08-14: 112,0362026-08-15: 85,6752026-08-16: 88,1572026-08-17: 149,1652026-08-18: 130,6002026-08-19: 122,2222026-08-20: 133,4502026-08-21: 125,1112026-08-22: 94,295 (release window)2026-08-23: 102,705 (release window)2026-08-24: 131,4082026-08-25: 136,9232026-08-26: 129,0832026-08-27: 135,8032026-08-28: 144,0642026-08-29: 96,1682026-08-30: 93,5312026-08-31: 133,3122026-09-01: 154,0452026-09-02: 171,4602026-09-03: 163,4012026-09-04: 150,5032026-09-05: 106,9952026-09-06: 105,7492026-09-07: 132,0082026-09-08: 160,3672026-09-09: 160,8922026-09-10: 159,7092026-09-11: 157,2472026-09-12: 114,3872026-09-13: 110,0292026-09-14: 166,8622026-09-15: 164,3852026-09-16: 152,1242026-09-17: 157,8062026-09-18: 139,2122026-09-19: 103,5232026-09-20: 119,0382026-09-21: 155,3372026-09-22: 161,1712026-09-23: 167,3572026-09-24: 168,8432026-09-25: 169,2442026-09-26: 138,3922026-09-27: 129,5672026-09-28: 192,5642026-09-29: 199,7042026-09-30: 189,6702026-10-01: 206,7472026-10-02: 196,8722026-10-03: 156,4772026-10-04: 153,4382026-10-05: 193,0182026-10-06: 232,6322026-10-07: 259,8452026-10-08: 255,0602026-10-09: 248,7842026-10-10: 188,3132026-10-11: 180,7832026-10-12: 244,6172026-10-13: 271,3192026-10-14: 283,5472026-10-15: 281,3712026-10-16: 282,1362026-10-17: 209,4212026-10-18: 209,2762026-10-19: 310,0112026-10-20: 322,1392026-10-21: 389,7132026-10-22: 417,0172026-10-23: 387,409Jul 27Aug 1Sep 1Oct 1

release windowquiet dayquiet-day median

Which to pick

  • bevy if you are making a game and want an engine: ECS, assets, input, audio, UI.
  • wgpu if you are writing your own renderer or compute on the GPU.

Downloads are not quality. The quiet-day baseline is our steadiest public number for real use (release-day spikes from mirrors and CI removed), and reverse dependencies count maintainers who chose the crate. How we compute it.

Each crate in detail

  • bevy: A refreshingly simple data-driven game engine and app framework
  • wgpu: Cross-platform, safe, pure-rust graphics API

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