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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:
      40,570
    • Recent downloads:
      8,008
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      10
    • Last activity:
      2025-08-21
  • beryllium

    Opinionated wrapper for `fermium`.

    • Latest version:
      0.13.3
    • Downloads:
      188,412
    • Recent downloads:
      15,415
    • 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:
      74,147
    • Recent downloads:
      5,623
    • License:
      GPL-3.0
    • Stars:
      28
    • Last activity:
      2025-08-11
  • blue_engine

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

    • Latest version:
      0.9.4
    • Downloads:
      117,121
    • Recent downloads:
      15,141
    • License:
      Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      470
    • Last activity:
      2025-08-06
  • clipline

    Line segment rasterization with pixel-perfect clipping.

    • Latest version:
      0.4.0
    • Downloads:
      17,031
    • Recent downloads:
      2,304
    • 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:
      18,510
    • Recent downloads:
      2,030
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      121
    • Last activity:
      2022-07-01
  • femtovg

    Antialiased 2D vector drawing library

    • Latest version:
      0.16.0
    • Downloads:
      1,093,284
    • Recent downloads:
      149,800
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      856
    • Last activity:
      2025-08-09
  • fermium

    An opinionated crate of SDL2 bindings.

    • Latest version:
      22605.0.0
    • Downloads:
      202,081
    • Recent downloads:
      16,921
    • License:
      Zlib OR Apache-2.0 OR MIT
    • Stars:
      62
    • Last activity:
      2023-09-20
  • fimg

    fast image operations

    • Latest version:
      0.4.47
    • Downloads:
      62,717
    • Recent downloads:
      7,381
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      18
    • Last activity:
      2025-08-24
  • frug

    A simple and learnable gamedev library for rust

    • Latest version:
      0.2.7
    • Downloads:
      5,951
    • Recent downloads:
      1,490
    • 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:
      60,622
    • Recent downloads:
      7,144
    • 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:
      0.25.6
    • Downloads:
      70,453,008
    • Recent downloads:
      11,076,608
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      5,411
    • Last activity:
      2025-08-24
  • lyon

    2D Graphics rendering on the GPU using tessellation.

    • Latest version:
      1.0.1
    • Downloads:
      2,549,883
    • Recent downloads:
      230,734
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      2,482
    • Last activity:
      2025-04-17
  • miniquad

    Cross-platform window context and rendering library.

    • Latest version:
      0.4.8
    • Downloads:
      1,138,451
    • Recent downloads:
      159,054
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      1,831
    • Last activity:
      2025-08-18
  • notan

    A simple portable multimedia layer to create apps or games easily

    • Latest version:
      0.13.0
    • Downloads:
      57,133
    • Recent downloads:
      6,594
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      926
    • Last activity:
      2025-03-29
  • nuklear-rust

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

    • Latest version:
      0.6.3
    • Downloads:
      38,167
    • Recent downloads:
      2,957
    • 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:
      1,368,632
    • Recent downloads:
      85,406
    • 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:
      328,935
    • Recent downloads:
      32,017
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      1,973
    • Last activity:
      2025-08-17
  • polystrip

    A powerful, flexible wrapper around wgpu

    • Latest version:
      0.6.0
    • Downloads:
      12,345
    • Recent downloads:
      1,341
    • 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:
      49,590
    • Recent downloads:
      3,879
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      697
    • Last activity:
      2024-08-04
  • rotsprite

    Rotate sprites using the rotsprite algorithm

    • Latest version:
      0.1.4
    • Downloads:
      14,126
    • Recent downloads:
      1,087
    • License:
      AGPL-3.0-or-later
    • Stars:
      34
    • Last activity:
      2025-08-11
  • sdl2

    SDL2 bindings for Rust

    • Latest version:
      0.38.0
    • Downloads:
      2,509,512
    • Recent downloads:
      202,482
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      2,891
    • Last activity:
      2025-07-12
  • sdl3

    Cross-platform multimedia

    • Latest version:
      0.14.41
    • Downloads:
      68,231
    • Recent downloads:
      24,679
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      239
    • Last activity:
      2025-08-24
  • sfml

    Rust binding for sfml

    • Latest version:
      0.24.0
    • Downloads:
      197,504
    • Recent downloads:
      17,700
    • License:
      zlib-acknowledgement
    • Stars:
      671
    • Last activity:
      2025-07-31
  • skulpin

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

    • Latest version:
      0.14.1
    • Downloads:
      104,829
    • Recent downloads:
      7,892
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      406
    • 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:
      179,126
    • Recent downloads:
      28,465
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      1,512
    • Last activity:
      2025-06-14
  • tiny-skia

    A tiny Skia subset ported to Rust.

    • Latest version:
      0.11.4
    • Downloads:
      12,485,516
    • Recent downloads:
      2,298,227
    • License:
      BSD-3-Clause
    • Stars:
      1,378
    • Last activity:
      2025-08-22
  • wgpu

    Cross-platform, safe, pure-rust graphics API

    • Latest version:
      26.0.1
    • Downloads:
      10,389,994
    • Recent downloads:
      1,646,771
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      14,957
    • Last activity:
      2025-08-24

Archived

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

    Vulkan-lite graphics API

    • Latest version:
      0.6.0
    • Downloads:
      13,474
    • Recent downloads:
      1,443
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      31
    • Last activity:
      2024-06-28

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