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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:
      0.24.0
    • Downloads:
      33,035
    • Recent downloads:
      9,977
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      10
    • Last activity:
      2025-05-30
  • beryllium

    Opinionated wrapper for `fermium`.

    • Latest version:
      0.13.3
    • Downloads:
      174,195
    • Recent downloads:
      16,485
    • 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:
      68,912
    • Recent downloads:
      6,108
    • License:
      GPL-3.0
    • Stars:
      30
    • Last activity:
      2025-03-19
  • blue_engine

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

    • Latest version:
      0.9.1
    • Downloads:
      103,020
    • Recent downloads:
      20,063
    • License:
      Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      443
    • Last activity:
      2025-05-05
  • clipline

    Efficient rasterization of line segments with pixel-perfect clipping.

    • Latest version:
      0.3.0
    • Downloads:
      14,836
    • Recent downloads:
      2,103
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      21
    • Last activity:
      2025-05-16
  • crow

    A pixel perfect 2D rendering engine

    • Latest version:
      0.7.2
    • Downloads:
      16,647
    • Recent downloads:
      2,211
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      125
    • Last activity:
      2022-07-01
  • femtovg

    Antialiased 2D vector drawing library

    • Latest version:
      0.14.0
    • Downloads:
      950,995
    • Recent downloads:
      132,589
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      842
    • Last activity:
      2025-03-24
  • fermium

    An opinionated crate of SDL2 bindings.

    • Latest version:
      22605.0.0
    • Downloads:
      186,170
    • Recent downloads:
      17,708
    • 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:
      55,883
    • Recent downloads:
      9,000
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      19
    • Last activity:
      2025-05-22
  • frug

    A simple and learnable gamedev library for rust

    • Latest version:
      0.2.7
    • Downloads:
      4,572
    • Recent downloads:
      3,203
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      14
    • Last activity:
      2025-03-26
  • gemini-engine

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

    • Latest version:
      1.2.0
    • Downloads:
      54,068
    • Recent downloads:
      9,967
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      32
    • 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:
      60,006,337
    • Recent downloads:
      12,560,109
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      5,304
    • Last activity:
      2025-05-31
  • lyon

    2D Graphics rendering on the GPU using tessellation.

    • Latest version:
      1.0.1
    • Downloads:
      2,334,973
    • Recent downloads:
      224,928
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      2,461
    • Last activity:
      2025-04-17
  • miniquad

    Cross-platform window context and rendering library.

    • Latest version:
      0.4.8
    • Downloads:
      989,296
    • Recent downloads:
      144,576
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      1,758
    • Last activity:
      2025-05-15
  • notan

    A simple portable multimedia layer to create apps or games easily

    • Latest version:
      0.13.0
    • Downloads:
      51,005
    • Recent downloads:
      7,581
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      912
    • Last activity:
      2025-03-29
  • nuklear-rust

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

    • Latest version:
      0.6.3
    • Downloads:
      35,428
    • Recent downloads:
      3,359
    • 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:
      1,286,887
    • Recent downloads:
      94,262
    • 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:
      298,265
    • Recent downloads:
      26,583
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      1,938
    • Last activity:
      2025-04-12
  • polystrip

    A powerful, flexible wrapper around wgpu

    • Latest version:
      0.6.0
    • Downloads:
      11,101
    • Recent downloads:
      1,572
    • 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:
      45,953
    • Recent downloads:
      4,025
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      699
    • Last activity:
      2024-08-04
  • rotsprite

    Rotate sprites using the rotsprite algorithm

    • Latest version:
      0.1.4
    • Downloads:
      13,099
    • Recent downloads:
      1,049
    • License:
      AGPL-3.0-or-later
    • Stars:
      34
    • Last activity:
      2025-03-19
  • sdl2

    SDL2 bindings for Rust

    • Latest version:
      0.37.0
    • Downloads:
      2,316,324
    • Recent downloads:
      168,139
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      2,857
    • Last activity:
      2025-03-31
  • sdl3

    Cross-platform multimedia

    • Latest version:
      0.14.27
    • Downloads:
      44,636
    • Recent downloads:
      20,424
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      203
    • Last activity:
      2025-05-18
  • sfml

    Rust binding for sfml

    • Latest version:
      0.24.0
    • Downloads:
      180,686
    • Recent downloads:
      18,522
    • License:
      zlib-acknowledgement
    • Stars:
      670
    • Last activity:
      2025-04-08
  • sierra

    Vulkan-lite graphics API

    • Latest version:
      0.6.0
    • Downloads:
      12,149
    • Recent downloads:
      1,694
    • 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:
      97,455
    • Recent downloads:
      8,613
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      409
    • 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:
      152,769
    • Recent downloads:
      26,150
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      1,454
    • Last activity:
      2025-03-28
  • tiny-skia

    A tiny Skia subset ported to Rust.

    • Latest version:
      0.11.4
    • Downloads:
      10,323,749
    • Recent downloads:
      2,357,138
    • License:
      BSD-3-Clause
    • Stars:
      1,316
    • Last activity:
      2025-03-02
  • wgpu

    Cross-platform, safe, pure-rust graphics API

    • Latest version:
      25.0.2
    • Downloads:
      8,846,017
    • Recent downloads:
      1,533,597
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      14,258
    • Last activity:
      2025-06-02

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