Bevy on Different Platforms

This chapter is a collection of platform-specific information, about using Bevy with different operating systems or environments.

Feel free to suggest things to add.

Platform Support

Bevy aims to also make it easy to target different platforms, such as the various desktop operating systems, web browsers (via WebAssembly), mobile (Android and iOS), and game consoles. Your Bevy code can be the same for all platforms, with differences only in the build process and environment setup.

However, that vision is not fully met yet. Currently, support for non-desktop platforms is limited, and requires more complex configuration.

Desktop

Bevy trivially works out-of-the-box on the three major desktop operating systems: Linux, macOS, Windows. No special configuration is required.

See the following pages for specific tips/advice when developing for the desktop platforms:

• Linux
• macOS
• Windows

All features are fully supported on each of the above.

If you are working in Linux, see here for how to build Windows EXEs for your Windows users.

Web

Bevy works quite well on the web (using WebAssembly), but with some limitations.

Multithreading is not supported, so you will have limited performance and possible audio glitches. Rendering is limited to the features of the WebGL2 API, meaning worse performance and limitations like only supporting a maximum of 256 lights in 3D scenes.

For inspiration, check out the entries in the first Bevy Game Jam. Many of them have web builds you can play in your browser.

Mobile

Apple iOS is well-supported and most features work well. There are developers in the Bevy community that have successfully shipped Bevy-based apps to the App Store.

Android support is still limited. Your app will build and run. You can get started. However, some features may be missing or broken, and there are a few major bugs. The worst one is that Bevy cannot yet handle being put into the background, and will crash when the user presses the home button to leave the app.

Android support is actively being worked on. Please join the development community on Discord if you are interested.

Bevy has been known to have issues with emulator devices. It is recommended you test your app on real hardware.

Game Consoles

Unfortunately, due to NDA requirements, developing for consoles is inaccessible to most community developers who work in the open, and Bevy support is still mostly nonexistent.

At least one person is working on PlayStation 5 support. If you are interested, join Discord and ask around. Maybe you can find each other and work together.

The Rust Programming Language aims to make Nintendo Switch a supported target, but that work is in its early days and has not progressed enough to be useful for Bevy yet. It should be possible to work on Nintendo Switch support in the open, without NDAs, using emulators.