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2D Rendering

Sprites, vectors, splines, hex grids and more

Crates

  • ascending_graphics

    A graphical rendering library for 2D, using wgpu and winit.

    • Latest version:
      0.28.0
    • Downloads:
      44,176
    • Recent downloads:
      5,474
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      10
    • Last activity:
      2025-10-07
  • beryllium

    Opinionated wrapper for `fermium`.

    • Latest version:
      0.13.3
    • Downloads:
      198,743
    • Recent downloads:
      15,174
    • License:
      Zlib OR Apache-2.0 OR MIT
    • Stars:
      63
    • Last activity:
      2023-12-06
  • blit

    Blit sprites on a buffer with a mask

    • Latest version:
      0.8.5
    • Downloads:
      77,631
    • Recent downloads:
      5,172
    • License:
      GPL-3.0
    • Stars:
      28
    • Last activity:
      2025-10-12
  • blue_engine

    General-Purpose, Easy-to-use, Fast, and Portable graphics engine

    • Latest version:
      0.9.4
    • Downloads:
      126,232
    • Recent downloads:
      13,896
    • License:
      Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      477
    • Last activity:
      2025-08-06
  • clipline

    Line segment rasterization with pixel-perfect clipping.

    • Latest version:
      0.4.0
    • Downloads:
      18,991
    • Recent downloads:
      2,732
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      22
    • Last activity:
      2025-07-28
  • crow

    A pixel perfect 2D rendering engine

    • Latest version:
      0.7.2
    • Downloads:
      19,846
    • Recent downloads:
      1,909
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      120
    • Last activity:
      2022-07-01
  • femtovg

    Antialiased 2D vector drawing library

    • Latest version:
      0.19.3
    • Downloads:
      1,233,227
    • Recent downloads:
      187,535
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      877
    • Last activity:
      2025-10-22
  • fermium

    An opinionated crate of SDL2 bindings.

    • Latest version:
      22605.0.0
    • Downloads:
      212,028
    • Recent downloads:
      14,444
    • License:
      Zlib OR Apache-2.0 OR MIT
    • Stars:
      61
    • Last activity:
      2023-09-20
  • fimg

    fast image operations

    • Latest version:
      0.4.50
    • Downloads:
      68,233
    • Recent downloads:
      7,930
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      18
    • Last activity:
      2025-10-21
  • frug

    A simple and learnable gamedev library for rust

    • Latest version:
      0.2.7
    • Downloads:
      6,795
    • Recent downloads:
      1,303
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      12
    • Last activity:
      2025-03-26
  • gemini-engine

    A 2D/3D monospaced ASCII rendering engine for the terminal

    • Latest version:
      1.2.0
    • Downloads:
      64,488
    • Recent downloads:
      6,020
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      38
    • Last activity:
      2025-03-15
  • image

    Imaging library. Provides basic image processing and encoders/decoders for common image formats.

    • Latest version:
      0.25.8
    • Downloads:
      80,449,809
    • Recent downloads:
      13,820,131
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      5,510
    • Last activity:
      2025-10-26
  • lyon

    2D Graphics rendering on the GPU using tessellation.

    • Latest version:
      1.0.16
    • Downloads:
      2,809,674
    • Recent downloads:
      337,814
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      2,505
    • Last activity:
      2025-09-21
  • miniquad

    Cross-platform window context and rendering library.

    • Latest version:
      0.4.8
    • Downloads:
      1,265,843
    • Recent downloads:
      175,081
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      1,870
    • Last activity:
      2025-08-31
  • notan

    A simple portable multimedia layer to create apps or games easily

    • Latest version:
      0.13.0
    • Downloads:
      61,171
    • Recent downloads:
      5,716
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      937
    • Last activity:
      2025-09-18
  • nuklear-rust

    Rust wrapper for Nuklear 2D GUI library (github.com/vurtun/nuklear)

    • Latest version:
      0.6.3
    • Downloads:
      39,786
    • Recent downloads:
      2,444
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      369
    • Last activity:
      2020-10-20
  • piston2d-graphics

    A library for 2D graphics that works with multiple back-ends

    • Latest version:
      0.45.0
    • Downloads:
      1,480,368
    • Recent downloads:
      138,608
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      483
    • Last activity:
      2024-09-17
  • pixels

    A tiny library providing a GPU-powered pixel frame buffer.

    • Latest version:
      0.15.0
    • Downloads:
      361,447
    • Recent downloads:
      43,280
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      2,018
    • Last activity:
      2025-08-17
  • polystrip

    A powerful, flexible wrapper around wgpu

    • Latest version:
      0.6.0
    • Downloads:
      13,079
    • Recent downloads:
      1,093
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      17
    • Last activity:
      2022-10-14
  • rafx

    Rendering framework built on an extensible asset pipeline

    • Latest version:
      0.0.16
    • Downloads:
      52,544
    • Recent downloads:
      4,030
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      709
    • Last activity:
      2024-08-04
  • rotsprite

    Rotate sprites using the rotsprite algorithm

    • Latest version:
      0.1.4
    • Downloads:
      15,050
    • Recent downloads:
      1,254
    • License:
      AGPL-3.0-or-later
    • Stars:
      37
    • Last activity:
      2025-10-12
  • sdl2

    SDL2 bindings for Rust

    • Latest version:
      0.38.0
    • Downloads:
      2,726,456
    • Recent downloads:
      281,893
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      2,921
    • Last activity:
      2025-07-12
  • sdl3

    Cross-platform multimedia

    • Latest version:
      0.16.1
    • Downloads:
      88,514
    • Recent downloads:
      28,906
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      263
    • Last activity:
      2025-10-20
  • sfml

    Rust binding for sfml

    • Latest version:
      0.25.1
    • Downloads:
      213,138
    • Recent downloads:
      20,829
    • License:
      zlib-acknowledgement
    • Stars:
      671
    • Last activity:
      2025-10-22
  • skulpin

    This crate provides an easy option for drawing hardware-accelerated 2D by combining Vulkan and Skia.

    • Latest version:
      0.14.1
    • Downloads:
      110,265
    • Recent downloads:
      7,867
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      409
    • Last activity:
      2023-01-16
  • three-d

    2D/3D renderer - makes it simple to draw stuff across platforms (including web)

    • Latest version:
      0.18.2
    • Downloads:
      202,816
    • Recent downloads:
      32,768
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      1,546
    • Last activity:
      2025-10-21
  • tiny-skia

    A tiny Skia subset ported to Rust.

    • Latest version:
      0.11.4
    • Downloads:
      14,914,632
    • Recent downloads:
      3,160,397
    • License:
      BSD-3-Clause
    • Stars:
      1,415
    • Last activity:
      2025-08-28
  • wgpu

    Cross-platform, safe, pure-rust graphics API

    • Latest version:
      27.0.1
    • Downloads:
      12,394,598
    • Recent downloads:
      2,536,561
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      15,393
    • Last activity:
      2025-10-24

Archived

These crates are no longer maintained, but may still be of interest.
  • sierra

    Vulkan-lite graphics API

    • Latest version:
      0.6.0
    • Downloads:
      14,526
    • Recent downloads:
      1,449
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      31
    • Last activity:
      2024-06-28

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