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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:
      0.26.0
    • Downloads:
      35,051
    • Recent downloads:
      10,080
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      10
    • Last activity:
      2025-06-20
  • beryllium

    Opinionated wrapper for `fermium`.

    • Latest version:
      0.13.3
    • Downloads:
      177,194
    • Recent downloads:
      16,147
    • 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:
      69,923
    • Recent downloads:
      5,925
    • License:
      GPL-3.0
    • Stars:
      30
    • Last activity:
      2025-06-10
  • blue_engine

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

    • Latest version:
      0.9.1
    • Downloads:
      105,802
    • Recent downloads:
      19,068
    • License:
      Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      446
    • Last activity:
      2025-05-05
  • clipline

    Efficient rasterization of line segments with pixel-perfect clipping.

    • Latest version:
      0.3.0
    • Downloads:
      15,229
    • Recent downloads:
      1,985
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      22
    • Last activity:
      2025-05-16
  • crow

    A pixel perfect 2D rendering engine

    • Latest version:
      0.7.2
    • Downloads:
      17,080
    • Recent downloads:
      2,181
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      125
    • Last activity:
      2022-07-01
  • femtovg

    Antialiased 2D vector drawing library

    • Latest version:
      0.14.1
    • Downloads:
      980,229
    • Recent downloads:
      130,925
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      846
    • Last activity:
      2025-06-14
  • fermium

    An opinionated crate of SDL2 bindings.

    • Latest version:
      22605.0.0
    • Downloads:
      189,832
    • Recent downloads:
      17,734
    • 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:
      57,474
    • Recent downloads:
      8,757
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      19
    • Last activity:
      2025-06-20
  • frug

    A simple and learnable gamedev library for rust

    • Latest version:
      0.2.7
    • Downloads:
      4,885
    • Recent downloads:
      2,538
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      13
    • Last activity:
      2025-03-26
  • gemini-engine

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

    • Latest version:
      1.2.0
    • Downloads:
      55,717
    • Recent downloads:
      9,619
    • 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:
      62,195,725
    • Recent downloads:
      10,568,385
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      5,340
    • Last activity:
      2025-06-23
  • lyon

    2D Graphics rendering on the GPU using tessellation.

    • Latest version:
      1.0.1
    • Downloads:
      2,377,648
    • Recent downloads:
      213,691
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      2,472
    • Last activity:
      2025-04-17
  • miniquad

    Cross-platform window context and rendering library.

    • Latest version:
      0.4.8
    • Downloads:
      1,019,205
    • Recent downloads:
      140,500
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      1,777
    • Last activity:
      2025-06-22
  • notan

    A simple portable multimedia layer to create apps or games easily

    • Latest version:
      0.13.0
    • Downloads:
      52,295
    • Recent downloads:
      7,293
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      916
    • Last activity:
      2025-03-29
  • nuklear-rust

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

    • Latest version:
      0.6.3
    • Downloads:
      36,001
    • Recent downloads:
      3,322
    • 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:
      1,301,113
    • Recent downloads:
      85,774
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      484
    • Last activity:
      2024-09-17
  • pixels

    A tiny library providing a GPU-powered pixel frame buffer.

    • Latest version:
      0.15.0
    • Downloads:
      303,188
    • Recent downloads:
      24,262
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      1,947
    • Last activity:
      2025-06-07
  • polystrip

    A powerful, flexible wrapper around wgpu

    • Latest version:
      0.6.0
    • Downloads:
      11,382
    • Recent downloads:
      1,555
    • 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:
      46,759
    • Recent downloads:
      4,018
    • 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:
      13,294
    • Recent downloads:
      986
    • License:
      AGPL-3.0-or-later
    • Stars:
      34
    • Last activity:
      2025-06-10
  • sdl2

    SDL2 bindings for Rust

    • Latest version:
      0.37.0
    • Downloads:
      2,354,851
    • Recent downloads:
      166,675
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      2,864
    • Last activity:
      2025-06-22
  • sdl3

    Cross-platform multimedia

    • Latest version:
      0.14.31
    • Downloads:
      49,146
    • Recent downloads:
      20,143
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      219
    • Last activity:
      2025-06-09
  • sfml

    Rust binding for sfml

    • Latest version:
      0.24.0
    • Downloads:
      183,816
    • Recent downloads:
      17,016
    • License:
      zlib-acknowledgement
    • Stars:
      670
    • Last activity:
      2025-06-08
  • sierra

    Vulkan-lite graphics API

    • Latest version:
      0.6.0
    • Downloads:
      12,458
    • Recent downloads:
      1,702
    • 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:
      99,137
    • Recent downloads:
      8,679
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      408
    • 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:
      158,861
    • Recent downloads:
      28,117
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      1,463
    • Last activity:
      2025-06-14
  • tiny-skia

    A tiny Skia subset ported to Rust.

    • Latest version:
      0.11.4
    • Downloads:
      10,829,595
    • Recent downloads:
      2,207,445
    • License:
      BSD-3-Clause
    • Stars:
      1,328
    • Last activity:
      2025-03-02
  • wgpu

    Cross-platform, safe, pure-rust graphics API

    • Latest version:
      25.0.2
    • Downloads:
      9,183,661
    • Recent downloads:
      1,500,822
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      14,420
    • Last activity:
      2025-06-18

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