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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:
      37,429
    • Recent downloads:
      10,065
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      10
    • Last activity:
      2025-07-10
  • beryllium

    Opinionated wrapper for `fermium`.

    • Latest version:
      0.13.3
    • Downloads:
      180,858
    • Recent downloads:
      16,574
    • 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:
      71,363
    • Recent downloads:
      6,151
    • License:
      GPL-3.0
    • Stars:
      28
    • Last activity:
      2025-06-30
  • blue_engine

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

    • Latest version:
      0.9.1
    • Downloads:
      109,460
    • Recent downloads:
      18,492
    • License:
      Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      456
    • Last activity:
      2025-07-09
  • clipline

    Efficient rasterization of line segments with pixel-perfect clipping.

    • Latest version:
      0.3.0
    • Downloads:
      15,669
    • Recent downloads:
      2,039
    • 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:
      17,586
    • Recent downloads:
      2,297
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      121
    • Last activity:
      2022-07-01
  • femtovg

    Antialiased 2D vector drawing library

    • Latest version:
      0.15.0
    • Downloads:
      1,010,816
    • Recent downloads:
      136,094
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      848
    • Last activity:
      2025-07-03
  • fermium

    An opinionated crate of SDL2 bindings.

    • Latest version:
      22605.0.0
    • Downloads:
      193,900
    • Recent downloads:
      18,398
    • License:
      Zlib OR Apache-2.0 OR MIT
    • Stars:
      62
    • Last activity:
      2023-09-20
  • fimg

    fast image operations

    • Latest version:
      0.4.45
    • Downloads:
      59,523
    • Recent downloads:
      9,311
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      18
    • Last activity:
      2025-07-01
  • frug

    A simple and learnable gamedev library for rust

    • Latest version:
      0.2.7
    • Downloads:
      5,270
    • Recent downloads:
      2,016
    • 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:
      57,661
    • Recent downloads:
      9,644
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      33
    • 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:
      64,254,177
    • Recent downloads:
      9,924,109
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      5,356
    • Last activity:
      2025-07-09
  • lyon

    2D Graphics rendering on the GPU using tessellation.

    • Latest version:
      1.0.1
    • Downloads:
      2,421,421
    • Recent downloads:
      213,988
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      2,475
    • Last activity:
      2025-04-17
  • miniquad

    Cross-platform window context and rendering library.

    • Latest version:
      0.4.8
    • Downloads:
      1,056,456
    • Recent downloads:
      148,349
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      1,799
    • Last activity:
      2025-06-30
  • notan

    A simple portable multimedia layer to create apps or games easily

    • Latest version:
      0.13.0
    • Downloads:
      53,958
    • Recent downloads:
      7,262
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      921
    • Last activity:
      2025-03-29
  • nuklear-rust

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

    • Latest version:
      0.6.3
    • Downloads:
      36,805
    • Recent downloads:
      3,422
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      364
    • Last activity:
      2020-10-20
  • piston2d-graphics

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

    • Latest version:
      0.45.0
    • Downloads:
      1,317,768
    • Recent downloads:
      82,566
    • 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:
      309,195
    • Recent downloads:
      25,317
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      1,954
    • Last activity:
      2025-06-07
  • polystrip

    A powerful, flexible wrapper around wgpu

    • Latest version:
      0.6.0
    • Downloads:
      11,753
    • Recent downloads:
      1,596
    • 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:
      47,755
    • Recent downloads:
      4,200
    • 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:
      13,587
    • Recent downloads:
      1,096
    • License:
      AGPL-3.0-or-later
    • Stars:
      33
    • Last activity:
      2025-06-25
  • sdl2

    SDL2 bindings for Rust

    • Latest version:
      0.37.0
    • Downloads:
      2,395,060
    • Recent downloads:
      173,666
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      2,879
    • Last activity:
      2025-06-23
  • sdl3

    Cross-platform multimedia

    • Latest version:
      0.14.35
    • Downloads:
      53,914
    • Recent downloads:
      20,946
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      229
    • Last activity:
      2025-07-05
  • sfml

    Rust binding for sfml

    • Latest version:
      0.24.0
    • Downloads:
      187,442
    • Recent downloads:
      16,948
    • License:
      zlib-acknowledgement
    • Stars:
      670
    • Last activity:
      2025-06-08
  • sierra

    Vulkan-lite graphics API

    • Latest version:
      0.6.0
    • Downloads:
      12,797
    • Recent downloads:
      1,722
    • 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:
      100,886
    • Recent downloads:
      8,617
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      407
    • 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:
      164,413
    • Recent downloads:
      27,946
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      1,467
    • Last activity:
      2025-06-14
  • tiny-skia

    A tiny Skia subset ported to Rust.

    • Latest version:
      0.11.4
    • Downloads:
      11,284,642
    • Recent downloads:
      2,166,829
    • License:
      BSD-3-Clause
    • Stars:
      1,341
    • Last activity:
      2025-03-02
  • wgpu

    Cross-platform, safe, pure-rust graphics API

    • Latest version:
      26.0.1
    • Downloads:
      9,508,824
    • Recent downloads:
      1,543,266
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      14,559
    • Last activity:
      2025-07-11

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