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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:
      0.21.0
    • Downloads:
      25,345
    • Recent downloads:
      8,042
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      7
    • Last activity:
      2025-03-13
  • beryllium

    Opinionated wrapper for `fermium`.

    • Latest version:
      0.13.3
    • Downloads:
      162,078
    • Recent downloads:
      17,207
    • 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:
      64,296
    • Recent downloads:
      6,395
    • License:
      GPL-3.0
    • Stars:
      29
    • Last activity:
      2025-03-19
  • blue_engine

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

    • Latest version:
      0.6.5
    • Downloads:
      87,572
    • Recent downloads:
      17,673
    • License:
      Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      405
    • Last activity:
      2025-03-24
  • clipline

    Efficient rasterization of line segments with pixel-perfect clipping.

    • Latest version:
      0.3.0
    • Downloads:
      13,360
    • Recent downloads:
      2,320
    • 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:
      14,998
    • Recent downloads:
      2,235
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      124
    • Last activity:
      2022-07-01
  • femtovg

    Antialiased 2D vector drawing library

    • Latest version:
      0.14.0
    • Downloads:
      856,655
    • Recent downloads:
      122,355
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      835
    • Last activity:
      2025-03-24
  • fermium

    An opinionated crate of SDL2 bindings.

    • Latest version:
      22605.0.0
    • Downloads:
      173,142
    • Recent downloads:
      19,050
    • 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:
      49,086
    • Recent downloads:
      8,785
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      17
    • Last activity:
      2025-02-08
  • frug

    A simple and learnable gamedev library for rust

    • Latest version:
      0.2.7
    • Downloads:
      2,791
    • Recent downloads:
      1,637
    • 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:
      46,476
    • Recent downloads:
      9,519
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      29
    • 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:
      52,461,193
    • Recent downloads:
      11,102,452
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      5,194
    • Last activity:
      2025-03-25
  • lyon

    2D Graphics rendering on the GPU using tessellation.

    • Latest version:
      1.0.1
    • Downloads:
      2,178,604
    • Recent downloads:
      213,001
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      2,430
    • Last activity:
      2025-02-27
  • miniquad

    Cross-platform window context and rendering library.

    • Latest version:
      0.4.8
    • Downloads:
      890,189
    • Recent downloads:
      137,347
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      1,714
    • Last activity:
      2025-03-20
  • notan

    A simple portable multimedia layer to create apps or games easily

    • Latest version:
      0.13.0
    • Downloads:
      45,579
    • Recent downloads:
      7,050
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      881
    • Last activity:
      2025-03-29
  • nuklear-rust

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

    • Latest version:
      0.6.3
    • Downloads:
      32,836
    • Recent downloads:
      3,132
    • 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:
      1,221,782
    • Recent downloads:
      100,310
    • 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:
      280,874
    • Recent downloads:
      31,933
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      1,894
    • Last activity:
      2025-02-05
  • polystrip

    A powerful, flexible wrapper around wgpu

    • Latest version:
      0.6.0
    • Downloads:
      9,885
    • Recent downloads:
      1,491
    • 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:
      42,947
    • Recent downloads:
      3,865
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      661
    • Last activity:
      2024-08-04
  • rotsprite

    Rotate sprites using the rotsprite algorithm

    • Latest version:
      0.1.4
    • Downloads:
      12,350
    • Recent downloads:
      1,058
    • License:
      AGPL-3.0-or-later
    • Stars:
      33
    • Last activity:
      2025-03-19
  • sdl2

    SDL2 bindings for Rust

    • Latest version:
      0.37.0
    • Downloads:
      2,199,388
    • Recent downloads:
      172,660
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      2,827
    • Last activity:
      2025-03-27
  • sdl3

    Cross-platform multimedia

    • Latest version:
      0.14.19
    • Downloads:
      29,833
    • Recent downloads:
      17,061
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      153
    • Last activity:
      2025-03-27
  • sfml

    Rust binding for sfml

    • Latest version:
      0.24.0
    • Downloads:
      168,082
    • Recent downloads:
      20,131
    • License:
      zlib-acknowledgement
    • Stars:
      658
    • Last activity:
      2025-02-20
  • sierra

    Vulkan-lite graphics API

    • Latest version:
      0.6.0
    • Downloads:
      10,813
    • Recent downloads:
      1,660
    • 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:
      90,900
    • Recent downloads:
      8,367
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      405
    • 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:
      131,947
    • Recent downloads:
      20,482
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      1,413
    • Last activity:
      2025-03-28
  • tiny-skia

    A tiny Skia subset ported to Rust.

    • Latest version:
      0.11.4
    • Downloads:
      8,771,844
    • Recent downloads:
      2,065,528
    • License:
      BSD-3-Clause
    • Stars:
      1,265
    • Last activity:
      2025-03-02
  • wgpu

    Cross-platform, safe, pure-rust graphics API

    • Latest version:
      24.0.3
    • Downloads:
      7,774,635
    • Recent downloads:
      1,308,544
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      13,751
    • Last activity:
      2025-03-28

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