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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:
      39,212
    • Recent downloads:
      9,493
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      10
    • Last activity:
      2025-07-10
  • beryllium

    Opinionated wrapper for `fermium`.

    • Latest version:
      0.13.3
    • Downloads:
      184,815
    • Recent downloads:
      16,340
    • 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:
      72,834
    • Recent downloads:
      6,221
    • License:
      GPL-3.0
    • Stars:
      28
    • Last activity:
      2025-06-30
  • blue_engine

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

    • Latest version:
      0.9.2
    • Downloads:
      113,422
    • Recent downloads:
      17,761
    • License:
      Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      462
    • Last activity:
      2025-08-03
  • clipline

    Line segment rasterization with pixel-perfect clipping.

    • Latest version:
      0.4.0
    • Downloads:
      16,419
    • Recent downloads:
      2,219
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      21
    • Last activity:
      2025-07-28
  • crow

    A pixel perfect 2D rendering engine

    • Latest version:
      0.7.2
    • Downloads:
      18,060
    • Recent downloads:
      2,258
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      121
    • Last activity:
      2022-07-01
  • femtovg

    Antialiased 2D vector drawing library

    • Latest version:
      0.16.0
    • Downloads:
      1,054,951
    • Recent downloads:
      142,334
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      853
    • Last activity:
      2025-08-03
  • fermium

    An opinionated crate of SDL2 bindings.

    • Latest version:
      22605.0.0
    • Downloads:
      198,517
    • Recent downloads:
      18,415
    • License:
      Zlib OR Apache-2.0 OR MIT
    • Stars:
      62
    • Last activity:
      2023-09-20
  • fimg

    fast image operations

    • Latest version:
      0.4.46
    • Downloads:
      61,057
    • Recent downloads:
      8,836
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      18
    • Last activity:
      2025-07-31
  • frug

    A simple and learnable gamedev library for rust

    • Latest version:
      0.2.7
    • Downloads:
      5,624
    • Recent downloads:
      1,843
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      11
    • Last activity:
      2025-03-26
  • gemini-engine

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

    • Latest version:
      1.2.0
    • Downloads:
      59,057
    • Recent downloads:
      8,937
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      34
    • 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:
      67,322,786
    • Recent downloads:
      10,292,191
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      5,383
    • Last activity:
      2025-08-03
  • lyon

    2D Graphics rendering on the GPU using tessellation.

    • Latest version:
      1.0.1
    • Downloads:
      2,485,806
    • Recent downloads:
      215,541
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      2,479
    • Last activity:
      2025-04-17
  • miniquad

    Cross-platform window context and rendering library.

    • Latest version:
      0.4.8
    • Downloads:
      1,099,313
    • Recent downloads:
      152,277
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      1,816
    • Last activity:
      2025-07-25
  • notan

    A simple portable multimedia layer to create apps or games easily

    • Latest version:
      0.13.0
    • Downloads:
      55,831
    • Recent downloads:
      7,217
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      925
    • Last activity:
      2025-03-29
  • nuklear-rust

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

    • Latest version:
      0.6.3
    • Downloads:
      37,496
    • Recent downloads:
      3,399
    • 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:
      1,346,949
    • Recent downloads:
      82,817
    • 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:
      320,119
    • Recent downloads:
      28,000
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      1,962
    • Last activity:
      2025-07-23
  • polystrip

    A powerful, flexible wrapper around wgpu

    • Latest version:
      0.6.0
    • Downloads:
      12,053
    • Recent downloads:
      1,573
    • 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:
      48,720
    • Recent downloads:
      4,213
    • 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:
      13,872
    • Recent downloads:
      1,145
    • License:
      AGPL-3.0-or-later
    • Stars:
      34
    • Last activity:
      2025-06-25
  • sdl2

    SDL2 bindings for Rust

    • Latest version:
      0.38.0
    • Downloads:
      2,457,013
    • Recent downloads:
      186,864
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      2,882
    • Last activity:
      2025-07-12
  • sdl3

    Cross-platform multimedia

    • Latest version:
      0.14.36
    • Downloads:
      60,898
    • Recent downloads:
      22,394
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      235
    • Last activity:
      2025-07-28
  • sfml

    Rust binding for sfml

    • Latest version:
      0.24.0
    • Downloads:
      193,277
    • Recent downloads:
      17,416
    • License:
      zlib-acknowledgement
    • Stars:
      671
    • Last activity:
      2025-07-31
  • sierra

    Vulkan-lite graphics API

    • Latest version:
      0.6.0
    • Downloads:
      13,144
    • Recent downloads:
      1,680
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      30
    • 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:
      102,789
    • Recent downloads:
      8,391
    • 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:
      171,929
    • Recent downloads:
      27,270
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      1,486
    • Last activity:
      2025-06-14
  • tiny-skia

    A tiny Skia subset ported to Rust.

    • Latest version:
      0.11.4
    • Downloads:
      11,886,449
    • Recent downloads:
      2,190,930
    • License:
      BSD-3-Clause
    • Stars:
      1,364
    • Last activity:
      2025-03-02
  • wgpu

    Cross-platform, safe, pure-rust graphics API

    • Latest version:
      26.0.1
    • Downloads:
      9,957,082
    • Recent downloads:
      1,584,472
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      14,804
    • Last activity:
      2025-08-04

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