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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:
      28,413
    • Recent downloads:
      9,822
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      8
    • Last activity:
      2025-04-15
  • beryllium

    Opinionated wrapper for `fermium`.

    • Latest version:
      0.13.3
    • Downloads:
      166,113
    • Recent downloads:
      18,330
    • 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:
      65,860
    • Recent downloads:
      7,122
    • 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:
      0.9.0
    • Downloads:
      93,210
    • Recent downloads:
      20,760
    • License:
      Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      425
    • Last activity:
      2025-04-13
  • clipline

    Efficient rasterization of line segments with pixel-perfect clipping.

    • Latest version:
      0.3.0
    • Downloads:
      13,848
    • Recent downloads:
      2,410
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      19
    • Last activity:
      2025-04-19
  • crow

    A pixel perfect 2D rendering engine

    • Latest version:
      0.7.2
    • Downloads:
      15,536
    • Recent downloads:
      2,443
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      124
    • Last activity:
      2022-07-01
  • femtovg

    Antialiased 2D vector drawing library

    • Latest version:
      0.14.0
    • Downloads:
      886,939
    • Recent downloads:
      126,939
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      837
    • Last activity:
      2025-03-24
  • fermium

    An opinionated crate of SDL2 bindings.

    • Latest version:
      22605.0.0
    • Downloads:
      177,159
    • Recent downloads:
      17,465
    • License:
      Zlib OR Apache-2.0 OR MIT
    • Stars:
      61
    • Last activity:
      2023-09-20
  • fimg

    fast image operations

    • Latest version:
      0.4.44
    • Downloads:
      51,131
    • Recent downloads:
      9,852
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      17
    • Last activity:
      2025-02-08
  • frug

    A simple and learnable gamedev library for rust

    • Latest version:
      0.2.7
    • Downloads:
      3,481
    • Recent downloads:
      2,260
    • 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:
      48,915
    • Recent downloads:
      10,923
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      30
    • 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:
      55,313,134
    • Recent downloads:
      12,430,717
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      5,236
    • Last activity:
      2025-04-20
  • lyon

    2D Graphics rendering on the GPU using tessellation.

    • Latest version:
      1.0.1
    • Downloads:
      2,228,940
    • Recent downloads:
      224,468
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      2,439
    • Last activity:
      2025-04-17
  • miniquad

    Cross-platform window context and rendering library.

    • Latest version:
      0.4.8
    • Downloads:
      920,780
    • Recent downloads:
      143,138
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      1,729
    • Last activity:
      2025-04-15
  • notan

    A simple portable multimedia layer to create apps or games easily

    • Latest version:
      0.13.0
    • Downloads:
      47,435
    • Recent downloads:
      7,550
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      894
    • Last activity:
      2025-03-29
  • nuklear-rust

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

    • Latest version:
      0.6.3
    • Downloads:
      33,694
    • Recent downloads:
      3,567
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      366
    • Last activity:
      2020-10-20
  • piston2d-graphics

    A library for 2D graphics that works with multiple back-ends

    • Latest version:
      0.45.0
    • Downloads:
      1,244,618
    • Recent downloads:
      100,406
    • 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:
      286,127
    • Recent downloads:
      30,012
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      1,910
    • Last activity:
      2025-04-12
  • polystrip

    A powerful, flexible wrapper around wgpu

    • Latest version:
      0.6.0
    • Downloads:
      10,289
    • Recent downloads:
      1,716
    • 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:
      43,909
    • Recent downloads:
      4,118
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      662
    • Last activity:
      2024-08-04
  • rotsprite

    Rotate sprites using the rotsprite algorithm

    • Latest version:
      0.1.4
    • Downloads:
      12,582
    • Recent downloads:
      1,135
    • License:
      AGPL-3.0-or-later
    • Stars:
      33
    • Last activity:
      2025-03-19
  • sdl2

    SDL2 bindings for Rust

    • Latest version:
      0.37.0
    • Downloads:
      2,235,221
    • Recent downloads:
      172,913
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      2,833
    • Last activity:
      2025-03-31
  • sdl3

    Cross-platform multimedia

    • Latest version:
      0.14.25
    • Downloads:
      35,437
    • Recent downloads:
      20,829
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      171
    • Last activity:
      2025-04-21
  • sfml

    Rust binding for sfml

    • Latest version:
      0.24.0
    • Downloads:
      172,117
    • Recent downloads:
      19,583
    • License:
      zlib-acknowledgement
    • Stars:
      663
    • Last activity:
      2025-04-08
  • sierra

    Vulkan-lite graphics API

    • Latest version:
      0.6.0
    • Downloads:
      11,247
    • Recent downloads:
      1,896
    • 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:
      93,132
    • Recent downloads:
      9,130
    • 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:
      140,191
    • Recent downloads:
      25,097
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      1,424
    • Last activity:
      2025-03-28
  • tiny-skia

    A tiny Skia subset ported to Rust.

    • Latest version:
      0.11.4
    • Downloads:
      9,320,733
    • Recent downloads:
      2,342,373
    • License:
      BSD-3-Clause
    • Stars:
      1,280
    • Last activity:
      2025-03-02
  • wgpu

    Cross-platform, safe, pure-rust graphics API

    • Latest version:
      25.0.0
    • Downloads:
      8,098,694
    • Recent downloads:
      1,390,560
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      13,990
    • Last activity:
      2025-04-18

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