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Crates

  • amble_script

    Natural-language-like DSL with compiler and linter for building games with amble_engine ('Amble').

    • Stars:
      24
    • Last activity:
      2026-04-04
  • aseprite

    A crate to load files from the aseprite sprite editor.

    • Latest version:
      0.1.3
    • Downloads:
      26,905
    • Recent downloads:
      750
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      32
    • Last activity:
      2024-04-06
  • assets_manager

    Conveniently load, cache, and reload external resources

    • Latest version:
      0.13.8
    • Downloads:
      180,696
    • Recent downloads:
      5,949
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      161
    • Last activity:
      2026-03-21
  • basis-universal

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

    • Latest version:
      0.3.1
    • Downloads:
      383,018
    • Recent downloads:
      63,002
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      43
    • Last activity:
      2024-04-28
  • bytemuck

    A crate for mucking around with piles of bytes.

    • Latest version:
      1.25.0
    • Downloads:
      219,205,622
    • Recent downloads:
      45,081,111
    • License:
      Zlib OR Apache-2.0 OR MIT
    • Stars:
      981
    • Last activity:
      2026-01-31
  • console_engine

    A simple terminal framework to draw things and manage user input

    • Latest version:
      2.6.1
    • Downloads:
      89,712
    • Recent downloads:
      7,112
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      232
    • Last activity:
      2023-12-10
  • const-tweaker

    Tweak constant variables live from a web GUI

    • Latest version:
      0.3.1
    • Downloads:
      23,005
    • Recent downloads:
      436
    • License:
      AGPL-3.0-or-later
    • Stars:
      75
    • Last activity:
      2023-12-15
  • density-mesh-core

    Core module for density mesh generator

    • Latest version:
      1.5.0
    • Downloads:
      13,932
    • Recent downloads:
      344
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      82
    • Last activity:
      2023-09-15
  • density-mesh-image

    Image module for density mesh generator

    • Latest version:
      1.5.0
    • Downloads:
      13,239
    • Recent downloads:
      296
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      82
    • Last activity:
      2023-09-15
  • encase

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

    • Latest version:
      0.12.0
    • Downloads:
      5,256,683
    • Recent downloads:
      1,107,678
    • License:
      MIT-0
    • Stars:
      199
    • Last activity:
      2025-09-12
  • hex2d

    Helper library for working with 2d hex-grid maps

    • Latest version:
      1.1.0
    • Downloads:
      63,063
    • Recent downloads:
      1,456
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      65
    • Last activity:
      2021-08-16
  • hexasphere

    A library to evenly tile hexagons on a sphere.

    • Latest version:
      18.0.0
    • Downloads:
      6,482,326
    • Recent downloads:
      1,264,450
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      69
    • Last activity:
      2026-02-12
  • dust3d

    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

    Tweak values directly from the source code

    • Latest version:
      1.2.4
    • Downloads:
      115,046
    • Recent downloads:
      8,712
    • License:
      CC0-1.0
    • Stars:
      203
    • Last activity:
      2026-02-01
  • keeshond_datapack

    A simple framework for loading and caching game assets

    • Latest version:
      0.13.0
    • Downloads:
      21,769
    • Recent downloads:
      304
    • License:
      MIT/Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      5
    • Last activity:
      2022-05-29
  • keyframe

    A simple library for animation in Rust

    • Latest version:
      1.1.1
    • Downloads:
      622,403
    • Recent downloads:
      70,088
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      139
    • Last activity:
      2022-07-11
  • helmer

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

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

    A simple, performant, and customizable procedural noise generation library.

    • Latest version:
      1.2.0
    • Downloads:
      21,916
    • Recent downloads:
      1,418
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      62
    • Last activity:
      2025-04-29
  • modio

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

    • Latest version:
      0.14.2
    • Downloads:
      43,404
    • Recent downloads:
      434
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      22
    • Last activity:
      2025-12-21
  • modulator

    A trait for abstracted, decoupled modulation sources

    • Latest version:
      0.4.0
    • Downloads:
      8,817
    • Recent downloads:
      243
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      201
    • Last activity:
      2026-02-13
  • noise

    Procedural noise generation library.

    • Latest version:
      0.9.0
    • Downloads:
      1,960,332
    • Recent downloads:
      283,065
    • License:
      Apache-2.0/MIT
    • Stars:
      1,054
    • Last activity:
      2025-02-14
  • ogmo3

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

    • Latest version:
      0.1.1
    • Downloads:
      9,254
    • Recent downloads:
      85
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      19
    • Last activity:
      2021-08-02
  • profiling

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

    • Latest version:
      1.0.17
    • Downloads:
      37,808,099
    • Recent downloads:
      9,842,541
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      391
    • Last activity:
      2025-06-22
  • pyxel

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

    • Latest version:
      0.2.2
    • Downloads:
      8,366
    • Recent downloads:
      19
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      4
    • Last activity:
      2021-01-31
  • rectangle-pack

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

    • Latest version:
      0.4.2
    • Downloads:
      4,219,490
    • Recent downloads:
      736,289
    • License:
      MIT/Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      83
    • Last activity:
      2024-08-28
  • sharecart1000

    For use with the Sharecart1000 system.

    • Latest version:
      1.0.1
    • Downloads:
      3,138
    • Recent downloads:
      10
    • License:
      Zlib OR Apache-2.0 OR MIT
    • Stars:
      3
    • Last activity:
      2021-03-06
  • softbuffer

    Cross-platform software buffer

    • Latest version:
      0.4.8
    • Downloads:
      9,267,142
    • Recent downloads:
      3,308,106
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      478
    • Last activity:
      2026-04-04
  • space_editor

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

    • Latest version:
      0.3.1
    • Downloads:
      3,671
    • Recent downloads:
      11
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      490
    • Last activity:
      2025-05-23
  • sprite

    Procedurally generate pixel sprites and save them in different formats

    • Latest version:
      0.3.0
    • Downloads:
      19,334
    • Recent downloads:
      80
    • License:
      GPL-3.0
    • Stars:
      76
    • Last activity:
      2026-03-31
  • superluminal-perf

    Superluminal Performance API for adding user events to profiler captures

    • Latest version:
      0.4.0
    • Downloads:
      320,390
    • Recent downloads:
      2,172
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      101
    • Last activity:
      2025-05-07
  • tiled

    A rust crate for loading maps created by the Tiled editor

    • Latest version:
      0.15.0
    • Downloads:
      200,684
    • Recent downloads:
      25,460
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      295
    • Last activity:
      2026-04-03
  • tri-mesh

    A triangle mesh data structure including basic operations.

    • Latest version:
      0.6.1
    • Downloads:
      17,701
    • Recent downloads:
      328
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      96
    • Last activity:
      2024-09-02
  • game-loop

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

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

    A simple modular archiving format, written in pure Rust

    • Latest version:
      0.7.2
    • Downloads:
      43,116
    • Recent downloads:
      343
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      54
    • Last activity:
      2025-09-16
  • voronator

    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:
      137,440
    • Recent downloads:
      13,363
    • License:
      non-standard
    • Stars:
      60
    • Last activity:
      2025-03-07
  • wrapping_coords2d

    Translate between 1D indices and 2D coordinates with wrapping

    • Latest version:
      0.1.10
    • Downloads:
      15,763
    • Recent downloads:
      75
    • 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

    Utilities and collections for 3D hexagonal maps

    • Latest version:
      0.1.1
    • Downloads:
      3,700
    • Recent downloads:
      21
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
  • building-blocks

    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:
      21,034
    • Recent downloads:
      268
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      381
    • Last activity:
      2022-06-23
  • distill

    Asset framework for game engines & editor suites.

    • Latest version:
      0.0.3
    • Downloads:
      30,751
    • Recent downloads:
      210
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      374
    • Last activity:
      2021-12-13
  • ezing

    Easing functions

    • Latest version:
      0.2.1
    • Downloads:
      77,448
    • Recent downloads:
      3,700
    • License:
      MIT/Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      52
    • Last activity:
      2018-11-01
  • tcod

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

    • Latest version:
      0.15.0
    • Downloads:
      181,623
    • Recent downloads:
      8,382
    • License:
      WTFPL
    • Stars:
      229
    • Last activity:
      2021-01-30
  • texture-synthesis

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

    • Latest version:
      0.8.2
    • Downloads:
      69,815
    • Recent downloads:
      474
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      1,808
    • Last activity:
      2023-01-22
  • weasel

    A customizable battle system for turn-based games.

    • Latest version:
      0.11.0
    • Downloads:
      18,487
    • Recent downloads:
      41
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      63
    • Last activity:
      2020-11-03

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