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brew install bullet v3.25 Zlib

C++ physics simulation library with Python bindings for real-time rigid-body dynamics.

Why you might care

Use Bullet when you need production-grade collision detection and rigid-body physics for games, robotics, or physics-based ML environments. PyBullet provides a Python API that's widely adopted in reinforcement learning; the C++ SDK is a build dependency for game engines and physics tools seeking accuracy without writing collision math from scratch.

Categories

library physics-simulation binding

Alternatives

Havok PhysX ODE Jolt
1.8k
30-day installs · #1020
5.3k
90-day · #1056
19.1k
365-day · #1081

Build dependencies

cmake numpy pkgconf python@3.14

Links

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