Abstract Let G be a group and A set equipped with collection of finitary operations. We study cellular automata $$\tau :{A^G} \to {A^G}$$ that preserve the operations induced componentwise from . show τ is an endomorphism if only its local function homomorphism. When entropic (i.e. all are homomorphisms), we establish EndCA( G;A ), consisting such endomorphic automata, isomorphic to direct limi...