ECS feature set

Build projects with a data-oriented design approach using the Entity Component System (ECS) feature setA feature set is a collection of related packages that you can use to achieve specific results in the Unity Editor. You can manage feature sets directly in Unity’s Package Manager. More info
See in Glossary. Applying data-oriented design to a projects’s architecture empowers creators to scale processing in a highly performant manner.

Getting started

For information (including samples) about ECS, refer to the ECS repository on GitHub.

Configuration

If you plan to create an ECS-powered game that includes networkingThe Unity system that enables multiplayer gaming across a computer network. More info
See in Glossary, also download and install Unity’s Netcode for Entities package.

Packages

The ECS feature set contains the following packages:

• Entities
• Entities Graphics
• Unity Physics

Samples

The following GitHub repository contains samples for the packages included in the ECS feature set:

• Entity Component System Samples

Unity Learn resources

• Basics of DOTS: Jobs and Entities
• DOTS Best Practices
• Physics for ECS: Havok Physics for Unity and Unity Physics

Related forums

• Entities category on Unity Discussions
• DOTS channel on Official Unity Discord

Additional resources

• ECS for Unity