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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:
      42,924
    • Recent downloads:
      6,066
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      10
    • Last activity:
      2025-09-08
  • beryllium

    Opinionated wrapper for `fermium`.

    • Latest version:
      0.13.3
    • Downloads:
      195,393
    • Recent downloads:
      15,416
    • License:
      Zlib OR Apache-2.0 OR MIT
    • Stars:
      63
    • Last activity:
      2023-12-06
  • blit

    Blit sprites on a buffer with a mask

    • Latest version:
      0.8.5
    • Downloads:
      76,545
    • Recent downloads:
      5,514
    • License:
      GPL-3.0
    • Stars:
      28
    • Last activity:
      2025-10-02
  • blue_engine

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

    • Latest version:
      0.9.4
    • Downloads:
      123,951
    • Recent downloads:
      15,363
    • License:
      Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      476
    • Last activity:
      2025-08-06
  • clipline

    Line segment rasterization with pixel-perfect clipping.

    • Latest version:
      0.4.0
    • Downloads:
      18,352
    • Recent downloads:
      2,805
    • 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:
      19,442
    • Recent downloads:
      2,056
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      120
    • Last activity:
      2022-07-01
  • femtovg

    Antialiased 2D vector drawing library

    • Latest version:
      0.18.1
    • Downloads:
      1,177,002
    • Recent downloads:
      171,368
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      870
    • Last activity:
      2025-09-25
  • fermium

    An opinionated crate of SDL2 bindings.

    • Latest version:
      22605.0.0
    • Downloads:
      208,954
    • Recent downloads:
      16,147
    • License:
      Zlib OR Apache-2.0 OR MIT
    • Stars:
      62
    • Last activity:
      2023-09-20
  • fimg

    fast image operations

    • Latest version:
      0.4.49
    • Downloads:
      66,817
    • Recent downloads:
      8,087
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      18
    • Last activity:
      2025-10-02
  • frug

    A simple and learnable gamedev library for rust

    • Latest version:
      0.2.7
    • Downloads:
      6,542
    • Recent downloads:
      1,414
    • 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:
      63,385
    • Recent downloads:
      6,524
    • 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:
      0.25.8
    • Downloads:
      77,120,624
    • Recent downloads:
      13,267,806
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      5,473
    • Last activity:
      2025-10-01
  • lyon

    2D Graphics rendering on the GPU using tessellation.

    • Latest version:
      1.0.16
    • Downloads:
      2,727,415
    • Recent downloads:
      315,033
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      2,494
    • Last activity:
      2025-09-21
  • miniquad

    Cross-platform window context and rendering library.

    • Latest version:
      0.4.8
    • Downloads:
      1,223,852
    • Recent downloads:
      173,577
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      1,864
    • Last activity:
      2025-08-31
  • notan

    A simple portable multimedia layer to create apps or games easily

    • Latest version:
      0.13.0
    • Downloads:
      59,978
    • Recent downloads:
      6,503
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      937
    • Last activity:
      2025-09-18
  • nuklear-rust

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

    • Latest version:
      0.6.3
    • Downloads:
      39,340
    • Recent downloads:
      2,839
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      368
    • Last activity:
      2020-10-20
  • piston2d-graphics

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

    • Latest version:
      0.45.0
    • Downloads:
      1,451,869
    • Recent downloads:
      137,030
    • 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:
      349,920
    • Recent downloads:
      41,744
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      1,994
    • Last activity:
      2025-08-17
  • polystrip

    A powerful, flexible wrapper around wgpu

    • Latest version:
      0.6.0
    • Downloads:
      12,883
    • Recent downloads:
      1,202
    • 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:
      51,623
    • Recent downloads:
      4,044
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      707
    • Last activity:
      2024-08-04
  • rotsprite

    Rotate sprites using the rotsprite algorithm

    • Latest version:
      0.1.4
    • Downloads:
      14,772
    • Recent downloads:
      1,223
    • License:
      AGPL-3.0-or-later
    • Stars:
      35
    • Last activity:
      2025-09-18
  • sdl2

    SDL2 bindings for Rust

    • Latest version:
      0.38.0
    • Downloads:
      2,645,345
    • Recent downloads:
      256,755
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      2,914
    • Last activity:
      2025-07-12
  • sdl3

    Cross-platform multimedia

    • Latest version:
      0.15.1
    • Downloads:
      82,377
    • Recent downloads:
      29,272
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      258
    • Last activity:
      2025-10-03
  • sfml

    Rust binding for sfml

    • Latest version:
      0.25.0
    • Downloads:
      208,367
    • Recent downloads:
      21,589
    • License:
      zlib-acknowledgement
    • Stars:
      670
    • Last activity:
      2025-09-28
  • skulpin

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

    • Latest version:
      0.14.1
    • Downloads:
      108,608
    • Recent downloads:
      8,094
    • 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:
      194,683
    • Recent downloads:
      31,529
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      1,529
    • Last activity:
      2025-06-14
  • tiny-skia

    A tiny Skia subset ported to Rust.

    • Latest version:
      0.11.4
    • Downloads:
      14,092,657
    • Recent downloads:
      2,904,684
    • License:
      BSD-3-Clause
    • Stars:
      1,402
    • Last activity:
      2025-08-28
  • wgpu

    Cross-platform, safe, pure-rust graphics API

    • Latest version:
      27.0.1
    • Downloads:
      11,739,589
    • Recent downloads:
      2,286,985
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      15,222
    • Last activity:
      2025-10-04

Archived

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

    Vulkan-lite graphics API

    • Latest version:
      0.6.0
    • Downloads:
      14,257
    • Recent downloads:
      1,528
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      31
    • Last activity:
      2024-06-28

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