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# Ebiten (v2)
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[](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/hajimehoshi/ebiten/v2)
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**A dead simple 2D game library for Go**
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Ebiten is an open source game library for the Go programming language. Ebiten's simple API allows you to quickly and easily develop 2D games that can be deployed across multiple platforms.
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* [Website (ebiten.org) ](https://ebiten.org )
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* [API Reference ](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/hajimehoshi/ebiten/v2 )
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* [Cheat Sheet ](https://ebiten.org/documents/cheatsheet.html )
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* [Awesome Ebiten ](https://github.com/sedyh/awesome-ebiten )
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## Platforms
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* [Windows ](https://ebiten.org/documents/install.html?os=windows ) (No Cgo!)
* [macOS ](https://ebiten.org/documents/install.html?os=darwin )
* [Linux ](https://ebiten.org/documents/install.html?os=linux )
* [FreeBSD ](https://ebiten.org/documents/install.html?os=freebsd )
* [Android ](https://ebiten.org/documents/mobile.html )
* [iOS ](https://ebiten.org/documents/mobile.html )
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* [WebAssembly ](https://ebiten.org/documents/webassembly.html )
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* Nintendo Switch™ (Native compiling!)
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Note: External (bluetooth) keyboards are not available on iOS yet.
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For installation on desktops, see [the installation instruction ](https://ebiten.org/documents/install.html ).
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## Features
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* 2D Graphics (Geometry and color transformation by matrices, Various composition modes, Offscreen rendering, Text rendering, Automatic batches, Automatic texture atlas, Custom shaders)
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* Input (Mouse, Keyboard, Gamepads, Touches)
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* Audio (Ogg/Vorbis, MP3, WAV, PCM)
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## Packages
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* [ebiten ](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/hajimehoshi/ebiten/v2 )
* [audio ](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/hajimehoshi/ebiten/v2/audio )
* [mp3 ](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/hajimehoshi/ebiten/v2/audio/mp3 )
* [vorbis ](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/hajimehoshi/ebiten/v2/audio/vorbis )
* [wav ](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/hajimehoshi/ebiten/v2/audio/wav )
* [ebitenutil ](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/hajimehoshi/ebiten/v2/ebitenutil )
* [inpututil ](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/hajimehoshi/ebiten/v2/inpututil )
* [mobile ](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/hajimehoshi/ebiten/v2/mobile )
* [text ](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/hajimehoshi/ebiten/v2/text )
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* [vector ](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/hajimehoshi/ebiten/v2/vector )
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## Community
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- [Discord ](https://discord.gg/3tVdM5H8cC )
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- `#ebiten` channel in [Gophers Slack ](https://blog.gopheracademy.com/gophers-slack-community/ )
- [GitHub Discussion ](https://github.com/hajimehoshi/ebiten/discussions )
- [`r/ebiten` in Reddit ](https://www.reddit.com/r/ebiten/ )
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## License
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Ebiten is licensed under Apache license version 2.0. See [LICENSE ](LICENSE ) file.
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[The Ebiten logo ](https://ebiten.org/images/logo.png ) by Hajime Hoshi is licensed under [the Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 ](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/ ).
