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kitao/pyxel

A retro game engine for Python

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How fast kitao/pyxel is gaining stars, and where it lands on Trendshift and GitHub Trending

Activity and trending

Stars, forks and merged pull requests each day or month, lined up with the repository's rank on Trendshift Trending

Aug 23 – Oct 22, 2026

Stars +698 in 61 days

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Forks +40 in 61 days

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Merged PRs 0 in 61 days

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Trendshift Trendingwhere the repository ranked each day it made the top 25

Top 25 in Rust

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    • GitHub trending history

    Where the repository ranked on GitHub Trending, one dot for each day it was on a list

    Rust

    May 17, 2024 – Sep 29, 2026Best #4

    #1#5#10#15#20#25
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    1. Oct 61 post

      • Pyxel: a retro game engine for Python (18k stars)

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    2. Oct 22 posts

      • Show HN: Pyxel – A Python retro game engine with built-in art and sound editors

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        r/hackernews

      • Show HN: Pyxel – A Python retro game engine with built-in art and sound editors

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    3. Oct 11 post

      • Show HN: Pyxel – A Python retro game engine with built-in art and sound editors

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    4. 7 days earlier
    5. Sep 241 post2 posts

      • I built a retro game engine for Python as a side project. Eight years later, people are shipping games with it.

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        r/SideProject

      • I've spent 8 years building Pyxel, a retro game engine for Python

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    6. Sep 231 post

      • I’ve spent 8 years building Pyxel, a retro game engine for Python

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