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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:
      0.19.2
    • Downloads:
      20,631
    • Recent downloads:
      6,533
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      6
    • Last activity:
      2025-02-10
  • beryllium

    Opinionated wrapper for `fermium`.

    • Latest version:
      0.13.3
    • Downloads:
      153,385
    • Recent downloads:
      16,349
    • 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:
      60,714
    • Recent downloads:
      6,012
    • License:
      GPL-3.0
    • Stars:
      30
    • Last activity:
      2024-12-29
  • blue_engine

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

    • Latest version:
      0.6.2
    • Downloads:
      77,512
    • Recent downloads:
      14,874
    • License:
      Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      389
    • Last activity:
      2025-01-11
  • clipline

    Efficient rasterization of line segments with pixel-perfect clipping.

    • Latest version:
      0.3.0
    • Downloads:
      12,269
    • Recent downloads:
      2,216
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      19
    • Last activity:
      2024-08-20
  • crow

    A pixel perfect 2D rendering engine

    • Latest version:
      0.7.2
    • Downloads:
      13,877
    • Recent downloads:
      2,056
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      124
    • Last activity:
      2022-07-01
  • femtovg

    Antialiased 2D vector drawing library

    • Latest version:
      0.13.0
    • Downloads:
      798,386
    • Recent downloads:
      108,851
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      828
    • Last activity:
      2025-02-16
  • fermium

    An opinionated crate of SDL2 bindings.

    • Latest version:
      22605.0.0
    • Downloads:
      164,920
    • Recent downloads:
      24,703
    • License:
      Zlib OR Apache-2.0 OR MIT
    • Stars:
      60
    • Last activity:
      2023-09-20
  • fimg

    fast image operations

    • Latest version:
      0.4.44
    • Downloads:
      44,501
    • Recent downloads:
      8,603
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      17
    • Last activity:
      2025-02-08
  • frug

    A simple and learnable graphics library for rust

    • Latest version:
      0.1.0
    • Downloads:
      1,311
    • Recent downloads:
      276
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      11
    • Last activity:
      2025-02-15
  • gemini-engine

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

    • Latest version:
      1.1.1
    • Downloads:
      41,815
    • Recent downloads:
      8,914
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      29
    • Last activity:
      2025-02-01
  • image

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

    • Latest version:
      0.25.5
    • Downloads:
      45,537,714
    • Recent downloads:
      6,745,112
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      5,141
    • Last activity:
      2025-02-11
  • lyon

    2D Graphics rendering on the GPU using tessellation.

    • Latest version:
      1.0.1
    • Downloads:
      2,068,358
    • Recent downloads:
      166,085
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      2,410
    • Last activity:
      2025-01-16
  • miniquad

    Cross-platform window context and rendering library.

    • Latest version:
      0.4.7
    • Downloads:
      821,333
    • Recent downloads:
      119,692
    • License:
      MIT/Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      1,668
    • Last activity:
      2025-02-15
  • notan

    A simple portable multimedia layer to create apps or games easily

    • Latest version:
      0.12.1
    • Downloads:
      41,989
    • Recent downloads:
      6,704
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      860
    • Last activity:
      2025-02-12
  • nuklear-rust

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

    • Latest version:
      0.6.3
    • Downloads:
      31,076
    • Recent downloads:
      3,089
    • 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:
      1,177,808
    • Recent downloads:
      92,284
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      482
    • Last activity:
      2024-09-17
  • pixels

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

    • Latest version:
      0.15.0
    • Downloads:
      266,715
    • Recent downloads:
      28,955
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      1,859
    • Last activity:
      2025-02-05
  • polystrip

    A powerful, flexible wrapper around wgpu

    • Latest version:
      0.6.0
    • Downloads:
      9,068
    • Recent downloads:
      1,497
    • 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:
      41,102
    • Recent downloads:
      4,046
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      658
    • Last activity:
      2024-08-04
  • rotsprite

    Rotate sprites using the rotsprite algorithm

    • Latest version:
      0.1.4
    • Downloads:
      11,825
    • Recent downloads:
      1,084
    • License:
      AGPL-3.0-or-later
    • Stars:
      32
    • Last activity:
      2024-12-29
  • sdl2

    SDL2 bindings for Rust

    • Latest version:
      0.37.0
    • Downloads:
      2,118,251
    • Recent downloads:
      152,015
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      2,815
    • Last activity:
      2024-08-20
  • sdl3

    Cross-platform multimedia

    • Latest version:
      0.14.11
    • Downloads:
      19,937
    • Recent downloads:
      12,648
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      109
    • Last activity:
      2025-02-16
  • sfml

    Rust binding for sfml

    • Latest version:
      0.24.0
    • Downloads:
      158,776
    • Recent downloads:
      21,109
    • License:
      zlib-acknowledgement
    • Stars:
      649
    • Last activity:
      2025-02-14
  • sierra

    Vulkan-lite graphics API

    • Latest version:
      0.6.0
    • Downloads:
      9,943
    • Recent downloads:
      1,850
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      29
    • 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:
      86,883
    • Recent downloads:
      8,905
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      404
    • 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:
      122,350
    • Recent downloads:
      19,419
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      1,386
    • Last activity:
      2025-01-30
  • tiny-skia

    A tiny Skia subset ported to Rust.

    • Latest version:
      0.11.4
    • Downloads:
      7,483,632
    • Recent downloads:
      1,258,769
    • License:
      BSD-3-Clause
    • Stars:
      1,230
    • Last activity:
      2025-01-06
  • wgpu

    Cross-platform, safe, pure-rust graphics API

    • Latest version:
      24.0.1
    • Downloads:
      7,068,130
    • Recent downloads:
      1,033,311
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      13,393
    • Last activity:
      2025-02-15

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