# Ebitengine

6 Hacker News commenters recommended Ebitengine and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended as an efficient, solid Go engine for games and custom UI that handles many interactivity details. Critics note window content stretches during resizing and web builds can frustrate.

## Why people recommend it

- Solid, well-working foundation (2 comments): "Ebiten was a solid foundation to build from." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50218900)) "it is amazing to see how well it works" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50053245))
- Good for games and custom UI (2 comments): "I recently had a good experience creating custom UI based on ebitengine" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48882746)) "I've been really enjoying Ebitengine and Golang for game dev" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46360777))

## What people warn about

- Frustrating web builds (1 comments): "I started them with ebitengine (Golang) but got somewhat frustrated with its web builds" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48886979))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Godot](https://hackerapproved.com/p/godot.md): 213 recommend
- [Unity](https://hackerapproved.com/p/unity.md): 110 recommend
- [Unreal Engine](https://hackerapproved.com/p/unreal-engine.md): 104 recommend
- [Bevy game engine](https://hackerapproved.com/p/bevy.md): 50 recommend
- [id Tech engine](https://hackerapproved.com/p/id-tech-engine.md): 26 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Ebitengine", https://hackerapproved.com/p/ebitengine/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).