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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:
      0.26.0
    • Downloads:
      35,712
    • Recent downloads:
      9,970
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      10
    • Last activity:
      2025-06-20
  • beryllium

    Opinionated wrapper for `fermium`.

    • Latest version:
      0.13.3
    • Downloads:
      178,290
    • Recent downloads:
      15,881
    • License:
      Zlib OR Apache-2.0 OR MIT
    • Stars:
      65
    • Last activity:
      2023-12-06
  • blit

    Blit sprites on a buffer with a mask

    • Latest version:
      0.8.5
    • Downloads:
      70,283
    • Recent downloads:
      5,726
    • License:
      GPL-3.0
    • Stars:
      30
    • Last activity:
      2025-06-25
  • blue_engine

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

    • Latest version:
      0.9.1
    • Downloads:
      106,609
    • Recent downloads:
      17,987
    • License:
      Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      450
    • Last activity:
      2025-05-05
  • clipline

    Efficient rasterization of line segments with pixel-perfect clipping.

    • Latest version:
      0.3.0
    • Downloads:
      15,395
    • Recent downloads:
      1,993
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      22
    • Last activity:
      2025-05-16
  • crow

    A pixel perfect 2D rendering engine

    • Latest version:
      0.7.2
    • Downloads:
      17,219
    • Recent downloads:
      2,168
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      125
    • Last activity:
      2022-07-01
  • femtovg

    Antialiased 2D vector drawing library

    • Latest version:
      0.14.1
    • Downloads:
      993,227
    • Recent downloads:
      134,276
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      846
    • Last activity:
      2025-06-14
  • fermium

    An opinionated crate of SDL2 bindings.

    • Latest version:
      22605.0.0
    • Downloads:
      191,232
    • Recent downloads:
      17,760
    • License:
      Zlib OR Apache-2.0 OR MIT
    • Stars:
      62
    • Last activity:
      2023-09-20
  • fimg

    fast image operations

    • Latest version:
      0.4.44
    • Downloads:
      57,936
    • Recent downloads:
      8,636
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      19
    • Last activity:
      2025-06-29
  • frug

    A simple and learnable gamedev library for rust

    • Latest version:
      0.2.7
    • Downloads:
      4,989
    • Recent downloads:
      2,111
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      13
    • Last activity:
      2025-03-26
  • gemini-engine

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

    • Latest version:
      1.2.0
    • Downloads:
      56,215
    • Recent downloads:
      9,502
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      33
    • Last activity:
      2025-03-15
  • image

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

    • Latest version:
      0.25.6
    • Downloads:
      62,955,118
    • Recent downloads:
      10,241,527
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      5,350
    • Last activity:
      2025-06-29
  • lyon

    2D Graphics rendering on the GPU using tessellation.

    • Latest version:
      1.0.1
    • Downloads:
      2,395,708
    • Recent downloads:
      215,463
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      2,473
    • Last activity:
      2025-04-17
  • miniquad

    Cross-platform window context and rendering library.

    • Latest version:
      0.4.8
    • Downloads:
      1,037,800
    • Recent downloads:
      146,382
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      1,785
    • Last activity:
      2025-06-27
  • notan

    A simple portable multimedia layer to create apps or games easily

    • Latest version:
      0.13.0
    • Downloads:
      52,887
    • Recent downloads:
      7,181
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      919
    • Last activity:
      2025-03-29
  • nuklear-rust

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

    • Latest version:
      0.6.3
    • Downloads:
      36,219
    • Recent downloads:
      3,315
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      365
    • Last activity:
      2020-10-20
  • piston2d-graphics

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

    • Latest version:
      0.45.0
    • Downloads:
      1,309,998
    • Recent downloads:
      87,117
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      484
    • Last activity:
      2024-09-17
  • pixels

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

    • Latest version:
      0.15.0
    • Downloads:
      306,355
    • Recent downloads:
      25,132
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      1,949
    • Last activity:
      2025-06-07
  • polystrip

    A powerful, flexible wrapper around wgpu

    • Latest version:
      0.6.0
    • Downloads:
      11,490
    • Recent downloads:
      1,556
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      18
    • Last activity:
      2022-10-14
  • rafx

    Rendering framework built on an extensible asset pipeline

    • Latest version:
      0.0.16
    • Downloads:
      47,070
    • Recent downloads:
      4,015
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      701
    • Last activity:
      2024-08-04
  • rotsprite

    Rotate sprites using the rotsprite algorithm

    • Latest version:
      0.1.4
    • Downloads:
      13,386
    • Recent downloads:
      1,018
    • License:
      AGPL-3.0-or-later
    • Stars:
      34
    • Last activity:
      2025-06-25
  • sdl2

    SDL2 bindings for Rust

    • Latest version:
      0.37.0
    • Downloads:
      2,373,463
    • Recent downloads:
      171,489
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      2,868
    • Last activity:
      2025-06-23
  • sdl3

    Cross-platform multimedia

    • Latest version:
      0.14.34
    • Downloads:
      51,012
    • Recent downloads:
      20,745
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      221
    • Last activity:
      2025-06-29
  • sfml

    Rust binding for sfml

    • Latest version:
      0.24.0
    • Downloads:
      185,522
    • Recent downloads:
      17,091
    • License:
      zlib-acknowledgement
    • Stars:
      669
    • Last activity:
      2025-06-08
  • sierra

    Vulkan-lite graphics API

    • Latest version:
      0.6.0
    • Downloads:
      12,581
    • Recent downloads:
      1,736
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      31
    • Last activity:
      2024-06-28
  • skulpin

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

    • Latest version:
      0.14.1
    • Downloads:
      99,762
    • Recent downloads:
      8,646
    • 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:
      161,043
    • Recent downloads:
      28,892
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      1,465
    • Last activity:
      2025-06-14
  • tiny-skia

    A tiny Skia subset ported to Rust.

    • Latest version:
      0.11.4
    • Downloads:
      10,987,108
    • Recent downloads:
      2,165,876
    • License:
      BSD-3-Clause
    • Stars:
      1,334
    • Last activity:
      2025-03-02
  • wgpu

    Cross-platform, safe, pure-rust graphics API

    • Latest version:
      25.0.2
    • Downloads:
      9,308,857
    • Recent downloads:
      1,510,202
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      14,476
    • Last activity:
      2025-06-27

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