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What are the best Unity 2D frameworks?

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2D Toolkit vs ex2D vs Futile

 vs Uni2D vs Orthello 2D Framework

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 Create different resolutions of atlas

2D Toolkit allows for different sizes of atlas from 1x, 2x, or 4x which can be changed depending on platform resolution.
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 Supports the Tiled TMX Format

Create tilemaps in Tiled and implement with 2D Toolkit.
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 Create Atlases within the tool

Create sprite sheets for tiles to save draw calls and to keep tilesets organized.
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 Add colliders in the atlas editor

Choose from either a box, sphere, or mesh collider that will output as either a 3D or 2D collider in Unity.
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 Built to work inside Unity

2D Toolkit is an editor extension so users don’t have to leave the Unity engine for tile mapping.
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 Doesn't integrate with Unity's Sprite system

2D Toolkit provides a completely proprietary sprite implementation. Though it can be used alongside Unity's 2D systems, the two are completely separate and require different code to utilize.
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 No skeleton-based animation

Although a great solution for sprite sheet animations 2D Toolkit does not natively support skeletal based animation.
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 Great for sprite sheet animation

Allows creating atlases and set up the animation quickly in 2D Toolkit’s editor.
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 Pixel-perfect camera 

Pixel games in the style of 8 or 16 bit systems need to have each pixel uniform on the screen which 2D Toolkit supports with a camera component.
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 Includes source code

No need to pay more to get access to the source code.
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 Good documentation

The documentation for the toolkit is well written and there are video tutorials as well as an active community.
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 Fantastic font editor

The atlas font editor that comes with ex2D is fantastic and makes it very easy to manage and modify the fonts in your project. Key features: Support fonts export from BMfont and Hiero. Multiple fonts can be put together in one big texture atlas to save draw calls. Fonts can also be put together with other texture sprite to save draw calls. Manage fonts easily in the atlas editor.
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 Includes a very useful clipping system

Quickly clip sprite, text and other sprite type in a rectangle
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 Best in class sprite animation editor

The UX for editing sprite animations with ex2D is simply better then any of the alternative frameworks. You can: Scale and scroll enabled time line editor. Move, add, remove and insert Frame Element by dragging and dropping them directly. Adjustable single frame length to make animation creating more versatile. Support adding animation events directly in the timeline editor. Preview animation result in the editor. enter image description here
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 Undocumented

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  Allows you to control rendering within Unity programmatically

Futile is designed to be used without an editor, so it's great for those who find Unity impeding their ability to do 2d game development.
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 Open Sourced

Futile is open sourced under the MIT license.
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