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  • aseprite

    Tools

    A crate to load files from the aseprite sprite editor.

    • Latest version:
      0.1.3
    • Downloads:
      25,639
    • Recent downloads:
      1,379
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      31
    • Last activity:
      2024-04-06

  • assets_manager

    Tools

    Conveniently load, cache, and reload external resources

    • Latest version:
      0.13.4
    • Downloads:
      170,828
    • Recent downloads:
      15,272
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      158
    • Last activity:
      2025-11-05

  • basis-universal

    Tools

    Bindings for the basis-universal Supercompressed GPU Texture Codec by Binomial

    • Latest version:
      0.3.1
    • Downloads:
      295,117
    • Recent downloads:
      44,398
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      39
    • Last activity:
      2024-04-28

  • bytemuck

    Shaders · Tools

    A crate for mucking around with piles of bytes.

    • Latest version:
      1.24.0
    • Downloads:
      157,440,227
    • Recent downloads:
      27,799,729
    • License:
      Zlib OR Apache-2.0 OR MIT
    • Stars:
      910
    • Last activity:
      2025-11-07

  • console_engine

    Game Engines · Tools

    A simple terminal framework to draw things and manage user input

    • Latest version:
      2.6.1
    • Downloads:
      81,019
    • Recent downloads:
      6,722
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      233
    • Last activity:
      2023-12-10

  • const-tweaker

    Tools

    Tweak constant variables live from a web GUI

    • Latest version:
      0.3.1
    • Downloads:
      22,306
    • Recent downloads:
      1,496
    • License:
      AGPL-3.0-or-later
    • Stars:
      76
    • Last activity:
      2023-12-15

  • density-mesh-core

    Tools · Mesh Tools

    Core module for density mesh generator

    • Latest version:
      1.5.0
    • Downloads:
      13,364
    • Recent downloads:
      1,005
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      82
    • Last activity:
      2023-09-15

  • density-mesh-image

    Tools · Mesh Tools

    Image module for density mesh generator

    • Latest version:
      1.5.0
    • Downloads:
      12,748
    • Recent downloads:
      952
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      82
    • Last activity:
      2023-09-15

  • encase

    Shaders · Tools

    Provides a mechanism to lay out data into GPU buffers ensuring WGSL's memory layout requirements are met

    • Latest version:
      0.12.0
    • Downloads:
      3,651,342
    • Recent downloads:
      774,178
    • License:
      MIT-0
    • Stars:
      186
    • Last activity:
      2025-09-12

  • hex2d

    Tools

    Helper library for working with 2d hex-grid maps

    • Latest version:
      1.1.0
    • Downloads:
      60,650
    • Recent downloads:
      3,846
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      65
    • Last activity:
      2021-08-16

  • hexasphere

    Tools · Mesh Tools

    A library to evenly tile hexagons on a sphere.

    • Latest version:
      16.0.0
    • Downloads:
      4,636,703
    • Recent downloads:
      882,610
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      67
    • Last activity:
      2025-05-16

  • dust3d

    Tools

    Dust3D is a cross-platform 3D modeling software that makes it easy to create low poly 3D models for video games, 3D printing, and more.

  • inline_tweak

    Tools

    Tweak values directly from the source code

    • Latest version:
      1.2.2
    • Downloads:
      101,606
    • Recent downloads:
      13,154
    • License:
      CC0-1.0
    • Stars:
      198
    • Last activity:
      2025-04-09

  • keeshond_datapack

    Tools

    A simple framework for loading and caching game assets

    • Latest version:
      0.13.0
    • Downloads:
      21,269
    • Recent downloads:
      1,478
    • License:
      MIT/Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      5
    • Last activity:
      2022-05-29

  • keyframe

    Tools

    A simple library for animation in Rust

    • Latest version:
      1.1.1
    • Downloads:
      517,614
    • Recent downloads:
      51,778
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      135
    • Last activity:
      2022-07-11

  • modio

    Tools

    Rust interface for integrating https://mod.io - a modding API for game developers

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    • Latest version:
      0.14.0
    • Downloads:
      42,624
    • Recent downloads:
      4,469
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      21
    • Last activity:
      2025-10-16

  • modulator

    Tools

    A trait for abstracted, decoupled modulation sources

    • Latest version:
      0.4.0
    • Downloads:
      8,401
    • Recent downloads:
      637
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      199
    • Last activity:
      2025-08-18

  • noise

    Tools

    Procedural noise generation library.

    • Latest version:
      0.9.0
    • Downloads:
      1,560,295
    • Recent downloads:
      164,501
    • License:
      Apache-2.0/MIT
    • Stars:
      1,024
    • Last activity:
      2025-02-14

  • ogmo3

    Tools

    A Rust crate for reading and writing Ogmo Editor 3 projects and levels

    • Latest version:
      0.1.1
    • Downloads:
      9,085
    • Recent downloads:
      759
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      19
    • Last activity:
      2021-08-02

  • profiling

    Tools

    This crate provides a very thin abstraction over other profiler crates.

    • Latest version:
      1.0.17
    • Downloads:
      24,208,863
    • Recent downloads:
      6,830,329
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      382
    • Last activity:
      2025-06-22

  • pyxel

    Tools

    Pyxel is a library for loading [PyxelEdit](https://pyxeledit.com) documents in Rust

    • Latest version:
      0.2.2
    • Downloads:
      8,341
    • Recent downloads:
      631
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      4
    • Last activity:
      2021-01-31

  • rectangle-pack

    Tools

    A general purpose, deterministic bin packer designed to conform to any two or three dimensional use case.

    • Latest version:
      0.4.2
    • Downloads:
      3,158,128
    • Recent downloads:
      518,368
    • License:
      MIT/Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      79
    • Last activity:
      2024-08-28

  • sharecart1000

    Tools

    For use with the Sharecart1000 system.

    • Latest version:
      1.0.1
    • Downloads:
      3,125
    • Recent downloads:
      273
    • License:
      Zlib OR Apache-2.0 OR MIT
    • Stars:
      3
    • Last activity:
      2021-03-06

  • softbuffer

    Windowing · UI · Tools

    Cross-platform software buffer

    • Latest version:
      0.4.6
    • Downloads:
      5,001,139
    • Recent downloads:
      1,527,058
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      441
    • Last activity:
      2025-10-13

  • space_editor

    Game Engines · Tools

    Prefab editor for bevy game engine. Make levels/object templates with intuitive UI

    • Latest version:
      0.3.1
    • Downloads:
      3,654
    • Recent downloads:
      326
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      479
    • Last activity:
      2025-05-23

  • sprite

    Tools

    Procedurally generate pixel sprites and save them in different formats

    • Latest version:
      0.3.0
    • Downloads:
      19,205
    • Recent downloads:
      1,428
    • License:
      GPL-3.0
    • Stars:
      76
    • Last activity:
      2025-08-07

  • superluminal-perf

    Tools

    Superluminal Performance API for adding user events to profiler captures

    • Latest version:
      0.4.0
    • Downloads:
      316,439
    • Recent downloads:
      3,650
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      101
    • Last activity:
      2025-05-07

  • tiled

    Tools

    A rust crate for loading maps created by the Tiled editor

    • Latest version:
      0.15.0
    • Downloads:
      164,036
    • Recent downloads:
      18,244
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      292
    • Last activity:
      2025-09-14

  • tri-mesh

    Tools

    A triangle mesh data structure including basic operations.

    • Latest version:
      0.6.1
    • Downloads:
      17,139
    • Recent downloads:
      1,506
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      91
    • Last activity:
      2024-09-02

  • game-loop

    Tools

    A Rust crate that implements a frame-rate-independent game loop.

    • Stars:
      142
    • Last activity:
      2025-02-10

  • vach

    Tools

    A simple modular archiving format, written in pure Rust

    • Latest version:
      0.7.2
    • Downloads:
      42,501
    • Recent downloads:
      3,673
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      54
    • Last activity:
      2025-09-16

  • voronator

    Tools · Mesh Tools

    Implements the Voronoi diagram construction as a dual of the Delaunay triangulation for a set of points and the construction of a centroidal tesselation of a Delaunay triangulation.

    • Latest version:
      0.2.1
    • Downloads:
      113,566
    • Recent downloads:
      12,376
    • License:
      non-standard
    • Stars:
      61
    • Last activity:
      2025-03-07

  • wrapping_coords2d

    Tools

    Translate between 1D indices and 2D coordinates with wrapping

    • Latest version:
      0.1.10
    • Downloads:
      15,631
    • Recent downloads:
      1,292
    • License:
      Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      2
    • Last activity:
      2022-05-07

Archived

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

  • beehive

    Tools

    Utilities and collections for 3D hexagonal maps

    • Latest version:
      0.1.1
    • Downloads:
      3,674
    • Recent downloads:
      291
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0

  • building-blocks

    Tools · Mesh Tools

    Data types, collections, and algorithms for working with maps on 2D and 3D integer lattices. Commonly known as voxel data.

    • Latest version:
      0.7.1
    • Downloads:
      20,594
    • Recent downloads:
      1,562
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      382
    • Last activity:
      2022-06-23

  • distill

    Tools

    Asset framework for game engines & editor suites.

    • Latest version:
      0.0.3
    • Downloads:
      30,401
    • Recent downloads:
      1,079
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      371
    • Last activity:
      2021-12-13

  • ezing

    Tools

    Easing functions

    • Latest version:
      0.2.1
    • Downloads:
      72,064
    • Recent downloads:
      4,623
    • License:
      MIT/Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      52
    • Last activity:
      2018-11-01

  • tcod

    Tools

    The Rust bindings for the Doryen library (a.k.a. libtcod).

    • Latest version:
      0.15.0
    • Downloads:
      167,154
    • Recent downloads:
      12,834
    • License:
      WTFPL
    • Stars:
      229
    • Last activity:
      2021-01-30

  • texture-synthesis

    Tools

    Multiresolution Stochastic Texture Synthesis, a non-parametric example-based algorithm for image generation

    • Latest version:
      0.8.2
    • Downloads:
      69,063
    • Recent downloads:
      2,367
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      1,793
    • Last activity:
      2023-01-22

  • weasel

    Tools

    A customizable battle system for turn-based games.

    • Latest version:
      0.11.0
    • Downloads:
      18,417
    • Recent downloads:
      1,512
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      64
    • Last activity:
      2020-11-03

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