Requirements
What you need to run and build with Byte Engine.
As part of the goal of being a modern game engine, Byte has moderate requirements.
Hardware
- A GPU that supports Vulkan 1.3 or higher
- A CPU that supports AVX2 or higher on x64 platforms
- 4GB of RAM
Software
Byte Engine requires a nightly Rust toolchain from 2026-06-01 or more recent. It also has platform-specific setup requirements:
- Linux with Vulkan development packages
- macOS with the Xcode SDK
- Windows with Visual Studio Build Tools and the Windows SDK
Follow the environment setup guide before building an application.