--- title: About :: Box2D | daily.dev description: This is the about page for Erin Catto, creator of the Box2D 2D physics engine used widely in the video game industry. The page introduces the blog's purpose of... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/about-box2d-a8jitjubk twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: About :: Box2D | daily.dev og:description: This is the about page for Erin Catto, creator of the Box2D 2D physics engine used widely in the video game industry. The page introduces the blog's purpose of... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/about-box2d-a8jitjubk og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/A8JiTJubK.png og:image:alt: About :: Box2D og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # About :: Box2D **[ Box2D ](https://daily.dev/sources/box2d)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary This is the about page for Erin Catto, creator of the Box2D 2D physics engine used widely in the video game industry. The page introduces the blog's purpose of sharing Box2D updates and game physics writing, and links to the project's GitHub, Discord server, and subreddit. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Box3D Debuts As New Open-Source 3D Physics Engine](https://daily.dev/posts/box3d-debuts-as-new-open-source-3d-physics-engine-xsk1j9ymw) · Phoronix · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing Box3D :: Box2D](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-box3d-box2d-mu8ehdvki) · Lobsters · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Lightweight Box3D Physics Plug-In For Unreal Engine 5](https://daily.dev/posts/lightweight-box3d-physics-plug-in-for-unreal-engine-5-xpojprmph) · 80 LEVEL · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#game-development](https://daily.dev/tags/game-development) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/about-box2d-a8jitjubk) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"About :: Box2D","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/about-box2d-a8jitjubk","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/about-box2d-a8jitjubk"},"datePublished":"2026-08-23T12:16:49.112Z","dateModified":"2026-08-23T12:18:14.509Z","description":"This is the about page for Erin Catto, creator of the Box2D 2D physics engine used widely in the video game industry. The page introduces the blog's purpose of...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--VDukGCjf--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2002","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--VDukGCjf--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2002","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"\n \n Box2D \n \n ","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"\n \n Box2D \n \n ","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--fmoS1AL5--/f_auto,q_auto/v1787487406/logos/box2d?_a=BAMAMicg0","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/box2d"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/about-box2d-a8jitjubk","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"game-development","timeRequired":"PT1M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"\n \n Box2D \n \n ","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/box2d"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"About :: Box2D"}]} ```