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Wrappers for FMOD, OpenAL, MIDI and similar, and higher level APIs.

Crates

  • ambisonic

    Audio

    Compose and play 3D audio.

    • Latest version:
      0.4.1
    • Downloads:
      24,785
    • Recent downloads:
      532
    • License:
      MIT/Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      90
    • Last activity:
      2023-01-04

  • audionimbus

    Audio

    A safe wrapper around Steam Audio that provides spatial audio capabilities with realistic occlusion, reverb, and HRTF effects, accounting for physical attributes and scene geometry.

    • Latest version:
      0.13.0
    • Downloads:
      13,444
    • Recent downloads:
      934
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      183
    • Last activity:
      2026-04-12

  • audir

    Audio

    Low-level audio library

    • Latest version:
      0.1.0
    • Downloads:
      1,873
    • Recent downloads:
      12
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      40
    • Last activity:
      2020-12-30

  • claxon

    Audio

    A FLAC decoding library

    • Latest version:
      0.4.3
    • Downloads:
      2,923,525
    • Recent downloads:
      497,401
    • License:
      Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      323
    • Last activity:
      2025-12-03

  • cpal

    Audio

    Low-level cross-platform audio I/O library in pure Rust.

    • Latest version:
      0.17.3
    • Downloads:
      12,348,043
    • Recent downloads:
      2,506,944
    • License:
      Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      3,669
    • Last activity:
      2026-04-19

  • ears

    Audio

    Easy Rust API to play audio using OpenAL

    • Latest version:
      0.8.0
    • Downloads:
      76,481
    • Recent downloads:
      1,617
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      22
    • Last activity:
      2021-09-22

  • fmod

    Audio

    A rust binding for the FMOD library

    • Latest version:
      0.10.2
    • Downloads:
      54,173
    • Recent downloads:
      245
    • License:
      non-standard
    • Stars:
      66
    • Last activity:
      2022-07-22

  • fyrox-sound

    Audio

    Sound library for games.

    • Latest version:
      1.0.1
    • Downloads:
      68,200
    • Recent downloads:
      6,858
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      9,290
    • Last activity:
      2026-04-19

  • gme

    Audio

    Rust bindings for Game Music Emu

    • Latest version:
      0.1.2
    • Downloads:
      5,261
    • Recent downloads:
      23
    • License:
      MIT AND LGPL-2.1-or-later
    • Stars:
      10
    • Last activity:
      2025-10-26

  • hound

    Audio

    A wav encoding and decoding library

    • Latest version:
      3.5.1
    • Downloads:
      11,142,723
    • Recent downloads:
      2,767,551
    • License:
      Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      607
    • Last activity:
      2026-02-08

  • kira

    Audio

    Expressive audio library for games

    • Latest version:
      0.12.0
    • Downloads:
      699,975
    • Recent downloads:
      91,144
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      1,015
    • Last activity:
      2026-02-18

  • helmer

    Game Engines · 2D Rendering · 3D Rendering · Audio · UI · Tools

    a powerful, scalable, robust foundation for creation, in rust

    • License:
      MIT License
    • Stars:
      36
    • Last activity:
      2026-04-06

  • lewton

    Audio

    Pure Rust vorbis decoder

    • Latest version:
      0.10.2
    • Downloads:
      6,123,313
    • Recent downloads:
      1,000,024
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      286
    • Last activity:
      2023-03-02

  • libfmod

    Audio

    A library wrapper for integrating FMOD Engine in Rust applications.

    • Latest version:
      2.222.6
    • Downloads:
      49,359
    • Recent downloads:
      1,056
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      51
    • Last activity:
      2024-10-15

  • minimp3

    Audio

    Rust bindings with a high-level wrapper for the minimp3 C library.

    • Latest version:
      0.6.1
    • Downloads:
      1,555,996
    • Recent downloads:
      99,529
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      75
    • Last activity:
      2026-02-03

  • mod_player

    Audio

    A library for parsing and playing mod music files

    • Latest version:
      0.1.4
    • Downloads:
      8,431
    • Recent downloads:
      85
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      31
    • Last activity:
      2022-11-10

  • notan

    2D Rendering · Audio · Game Engines · Text Rendering · Input · Windowing

    A simple portable multimedia layer to create apps or games easily

    • Latest version:
      0.14.0
    • Downloads:
      68,361
    • Recent downloads:
      3,775
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      967
    • Last activity:
      2026-01-17

  • oddio

    Audio

    Lightweight game audio library

    • Latest version:
      0.7.4
    • Downloads:
      48,711
    • Recent downloads:
      7,544
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      162
    • Last activity:
      2023-10-15

  • portmidi

    Audio

    High-level PortMidi bindings for Rust

    • Latest version:
      0.3.0
    • Downloads:
      54,797
    • Recent downloads:
      1,589
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      79
    • Last activity:
      2023-07-13

  • rodio

    Audio

    Audio playback and recording library

    • Latest version:
      0.22.2
    • Downloads:
      7,370,543
    • Recent downloads:
      1,351,555
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      2,326
    • Last activity:
      2026-04-19

  • sdl2

    2D Rendering · Audio · Game Engines · Text Rendering · Input · Windowing

    SDL2 bindings for Rust

    • Latest version:
      0.38.0
    • Downloads:
      4,055,094
    • Recent downloads:
      1,009,187
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      2,938
    • Last activity:
      2026-03-22

  • sdl3

    2D Rendering · Audio · Game Engines · 3D Rendering · Input · Windowing

    Bindings to SDL3, a cross-platform library to abstract the platform-specific details for building applications.

    • Latest version:
      0.18.0
    • Downloads:
      126,662
    • Recent downloads:
      20,950
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      333
    • Last activity:
      2026-04-16

  • sfxr

    Audio

    Reimplementation of DrPetter's 'sfxr' sound effect generator

    • Latest version:
      0.1.4
    • Downloads:
      11,130
    • Recent downloads:
      192
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      54
    • Last activity:
      2023-05-04

  • soloud

    Audio

    Rust bindings for the soloud audio engine

    • Latest version:
      1.1.1
    • Downloads:
      109,812
    • Recent downloads:
      4,117
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      60
    • Last activity:
      2025-05-12

  • usfx

    Audio

    Realtime procedurally generated sound effects

    • Latest version:
      0.1.5
    • Downloads:
      18,647
    • Recent downloads:
      262
    • License:
      AGPL-3.0-or-later
    • Stars:
      56
    • Last activity:
      2026-04-14

  • vorbis

    Audio

    High-level bindings for the official libvorbis library.

    • Latest version:
      0.1.0
    • Downloads:
      105,066
    • Recent downloads:
      1,408
    • License:
      Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      15
    • Last activity:
      2021-03-20

  • vorbis_rs

    Audio

    Ogg Vorbis stream encoding and decoding powered by high-level bindings for best-in-breed C libraries

    • Latest version:
      0.5.5
    • Downloads:
      130,794
    • Recent downloads:
      19,324
    • License:
      BSD-3-Clause
    • Stars:
      20
    • Last activity:
      2026-03-28

Archived

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

  • alto

    Audio

    Idiomatic interface for OpenAL 1.1 and extensions (including EFX)

    • Latest version:
      3.0.4
    • Downloads:
      139,810
    • Recent downloads:
      1,337
    • License:
      MIT/Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      82
    • Last activity:
      2020-03-01

  • rsoundio

    Audio

    libsoundio bindings for Rust

    • Latest version:
      0.1.6
    • Downloads:
      12,977
    • Recent downloads:
      65
    • License:
      MIT/Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      49
    • Last activity:
      2020-12-13

  • wavers

    Audio

    A library for reading and writing wav files.

    • Latest version:
      1.5.1
    • Downloads:
      50,692
    • Recent downloads:
      4,955
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      48
    • Last activity:
      2026-01-10

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