--- title: Getting Started With Matter.js: The Body Module | daily.dev description: In Matter.js, you can control the behavior of multiple bodies or the whole world at once. The Body module contains a lot of methods and properties to let you... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/getting-started-with-matter-js-the-body-module-ytokd3r4d twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Getting Started With Matter.js: The Body Module | daily.dev og:description: In Matter.js, you can control the behavior of multiple bodies or the whole world at once. The Body module contains a lot of methods and properties to let you... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/getting-started-with-matter-js-the-body-module-ytokd3r4d og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/ytOKd3r4D.png og:image:alt: Getting Started With Matter.js: The Body Module 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. # Getting Started With Matter.js: The Body Module **[Tuts\+](https://daily.dev/sources/tuts_plus)** · 7 min read · 13 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary In Matter.js, you can control the behavior of multiple bodies or the whole world at once. The Body module contains a lot of methods and properties to let you specify values for all kinds of physical attributes, from mass to coefficient of restitution. 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