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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:
      0.27.0
    • Downloads:
      41,817
    • Recent downloads:
      7,367
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      10
    • Last activity:
      2025-09-08
  • beryllium

    Opinionated wrapper for `fermium`.

    • Latest version:
      0.13.3
    • Downloads:
      191,961
    • Recent downloads:
      15,904
    • License:
      Zlib OR Apache-2.0 OR MIT
    • Stars:
      64
    • Last activity:
      2023-12-06
  • blit

    Blit sprites on a buffer with a mask

    • Latest version:
      0.8.5
    • Downloads:
      75,350
    • Recent downloads:
      5,786
    • License:
      GPL-3.0
    • Stars:
      28
    • Last activity:
      2025-09-06
  • blue_engine

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

    • Latest version:
      0.9.4
    • Downloads:
      119,915
    • Recent downloads:
      15,049
    • License:
      Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      472
    • Last activity:
      2025-08-06
  • clipline

    Line segment rasterization with pixel-perfect clipping.

    • Latest version:
      0.4.0
    • Downloads:
      17,614
    • Recent downloads:
      2,540
    • 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:
      18,954
    • Recent downloads:
      2,093
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      120
    • Last activity:
      2022-07-01
  • femtovg

    Antialiased 2D vector drawing library

    • Latest version:
      0.17.0
    • Downloads:
      1,135,451
    • Recent downloads:
      164,192
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      865
    • Last activity:
      2025-09-05
  • fermium

    An opinionated crate of SDL2 bindings.

    • Latest version:
      22605.0.0
    • Downloads:
      205,685
    • Recent downloads:
      17,178
    • License:
      Zlib OR Apache-2.0 OR MIT
    • Stars:
      62
    • Last activity:
      2023-09-20
  • fimg

    fast image operations

    • Latest version:
      0.4.48
    • Downloads:
      64,223
    • Recent downloads:
      7,481
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      18
    • Last activity:
      2025-09-13
  • frug

    A simple and learnable gamedev library for rust

    • Latest version:
      0.2.7
    • Downloads:
      6,229
    • Recent downloads:
      1,495
    • 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:
      61,829
    • Recent downloads:
      6,871
    • 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:
      73,958,104
    • Recent downloads:
      12,354,937
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      5,451
    • Last activity:
      2025-09-13
  • lyon

    2D Graphics rendering on the GPU using tessellation.

    • Latest version:
      1.0.16
    • Downloads:
      2,644,438
    • Recent downloads:
      283,614
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      2,487
    • Last activity:
      2025-09-12
  • miniquad

    Cross-platform window context and rendering library.

    • Latest version:
      0.4.8
    • Downloads:
      1,183,071
    • Recent downloads:
      176,883
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      1,845
    • Last activity:
      2025-08-31
  • notan

    A simple portable multimedia layer to create apps or games easily

    • Latest version:
      0.13.0
    • Downloads:
      58,475
    • Recent downloads:
      6,736
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      932
    • Last activity:
      2025-03-29
  • nuklear-rust

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

    • Latest version:
      0.6.3
    • Downloads:
      38,645
    • Recent downloads:
      2,891
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      367
    • Last activity:
      2020-10-20
  • piston2d-graphics

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

    • Latest version:
      0.45.0
    • Downloads:
      1,425,345
    • Recent downloads:
      130,541
    • 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:
      339,054
    • Recent downloads:
      38,398
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      1,987
    • Last activity:
      2025-08-17
  • polystrip

    A powerful, flexible wrapper around wgpu

    • Latest version:
      0.6.0
    • Downloads:
      12,572
    • Recent downloads:
      1,296
    • 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:
      50,562
    • Recent downloads:
      4,061
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      705
    • Last activity:
      2024-08-04
  • rotsprite

    Rotate sprites using the rotsprite algorithm

    • Latest version:
      0.1.4
    • Downloads:
      14,418
    • Recent downloads:
      1,203
    • License:
      AGPL-3.0-or-later
    • Stars:
      35
    • Last activity:
      2025-08-11
  • sdl2

    SDL2 bindings for Rust

    • Latest version:
      0.38.0
    • Downloads:
      2,576,189
    • Recent downloads:
      235,895
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      2,904
    • Last activity:
      2025-07-12
  • sdl3

    Cross-platform multimedia

    • Latest version:
      0.15.1
    • Downloads:
      75,210
    • Recent downloads:
      27,319
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      245
    • Last activity:
      2025-09-14
  • sfml

    Rust binding for sfml

    • Latest version:
      0.24.0
    • Downloads:
      202,765
    • Recent downloads:
      20,248
    • License:
      zlib-acknowledgement
    • Stars:
      671
    • Last activity:
      2025-09-15
  • skulpin

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

    • Latest version:
      0.14.1
    • Downloads:
      106,577
    • Recent downloads:
      7,991
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      408
    • 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:
      186,790
    • Recent downloads:
      30,314
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      1,519
    • Last activity:
      2025-06-14
  • tiny-skia

    A tiny Skia subset ported to Rust.

    • Latest version:
      0.11.4
    • Downloads:
      13,362,332
    • Recent downloads:
      2,660,866
    • License:
      BSD-3-Clause
    • Stars:
      1,392
    • Last activity:
      2025-08-28
  • wgpu

    Cross-platform, safe, pure-rust graphics API

    • Latest version:
      26.0.1
    • Downloads:
      11,142,730
    • Recent downloads:
      2,055,309
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      15,085
    • Last activity:
      2025-09-15

Archived

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

    Vulkan-lite graphics API

    • Latest version:
      0.6.0
    • Downloads:
      13,836
    • Recent downloads:
      1,494
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      31
    • Last activity:
      2024-06-28

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