JavaScript Physics Engines Comparison

Chandler Prall has written an article comparing four JavaScript Physics engines:

  • box2dweb – a port of Box2DFlash 2.1a to JavaScript (2D)
  • Ammo.js – an Emscripten port of the Bullet physics engine to JavaScript (3D)
  • JigLibJS – a port of JigLib to JavaScript (3D)
  • Cannon.js – a written-from-scratch 3D JavaScript physics engine (3D)

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