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Tools & other game-dev related libraries

Crates

  • amble_script

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

    • Stars:
      27
    • Last activity:
      2026-08-07
  • aseprite

    A crate to load files from the aseprite sprite editor.

    • Latest version:
      0.1.3
    • Downloads:
      27,981
    • Recent downloads:
      679
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      32
    • Last activity:
      2024-04-06
  • assets_manager

    Conveniently load, cache, and reload external resources

    • Latest version:
      0.13.10
    • Downloads:
      190,904
    • Recent downloads:
      6,961
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      165
    • Last activity:
      2026-08-01
  • basis-universal

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

    • Latest version:
      0.3.1
    • Downloads:
      472,269
    • Recent downloads:
      53,311
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      45
    • Last activity:
      2024-04-28
  • bytemuck

    A crate for mucking around with piles of bytes.

    • Latest version:
      1.25.2
    • Downloads:
      341,086,956
    • Recent downloads:
      87,143,674
    • License:
      Zlib OR Apache-2.0 OR MIT
    • Stars:
      1,048
    • Last activity:
      2026-08-07
  • console_engine

    A simple terminal framework to draw things and manage user input

    • Latest version:
      2.6.1
    • Downloads:
      92,975
    • Recent downloads:
      2,146
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      231
    • Last activity:
      2023-12-10
  • const-tweaker

    Tweak constant variables live from a web GUI

    • Latest version:
      0.3.1
    • Downloads:
      23,579
    • Recent downloads:
      369
    • License:
      AGPL-3.0-or-later
  • density-mesh-core

    Core module for density mesh generator

    • Latest version:
      1.5.0
    • Downloads:
      14,431
    • Recent downloads:
      318
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      84
    • Last activity:
      2023-09-15
  • density-mesh-image

    Image module for density mesh generator

    • Latest version:
      1.5.0
    • Downloads:
      13,677
    • Recent downloads:
      283
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      84
    • 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:
      0.12.1
    • Downloads:
      7,542,192
    • Recent downloads:
      1,598,277
    • License:
      MIT-0
    • Stars:
      206
    • Last activity:
      2026-08-16
  • hex2d

    Helper library for working with 2d hex-grid maps

    • Latest version:
      1.1.0
    • Downloads:
      66,010
    • Recent downloads:
      1,981
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      65
    • Last activity:
      2021-08-16
  • hexasphere

    A library to evenly tile hexagons on a sphere.

    • Latest version:
      19.0.0
    • Downloads:
      9,112,739
    • Recent downloads:
      1,825,770
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      71
    • Last activity:
      2026-06-30
  • 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:
      1.2.5
    • Downloads:
      145,750
    • Recent downloads:
      23,062
    • License:
      CC0-1.0
    • Stars:
      220
    • Last activity:
      2026-06-07
  • keeshond_datapack

    A simple framework for loading and caching game assets

    • Latest version:
      0.13.0
    • Downloads:
      22,174
    • Recent downloads:
      259
    • 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:
      723,620
    • Recent downloads:
      61,050
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      144
    • Last activity:
      2022-07-11
  • helmer

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

    • License:
      MIT License
    • Stars:
      38
    • Last activity:
      2026-04-06
  • libnoise

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

    • Latest version:
      1.2.0
    • Downloads:
      23,782
    • Recent downloads:
      1,192
    • 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:
      43,957
    • Recent downloads:
      397
    • 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:
      9,178
    • Recent downloads:
      234
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      200
    • Last activity:
      2026-07-06
  • noise

    Procedural noise generation library.

    • Latest version:
      0.9.0
    • Downloads:
      2,507,050
    • Recent downloads:
      386,335
    • License:
      Apache-2.0/MIT
    • Stars:
      1,079
    • 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:
      9,344
    • Recent downloads:
      63
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      19
    • Last activity:
      2021-08-02
  • profiling

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

    • Latest version:
      1.0.18
    • Downloads:
      65,700,688
    • Recent downloads:
      20,075,557
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      394
    • Last activity:
      2026-05-04
  • pyxel

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

    • Latest version:
      0.2.2
    • Downloads:
      8,388
    • Recent downloads:
      20
    • 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:
      5,932,079
    • Recent downloads:
      1,207,342
    • License:
      MIT/Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      80
    • Last activity:
      2024-08-28
  • sharecart1000

    For use with the Sharecart1000 system.

    • Latest version:
      1.0.1
    • Downloads:
      3,149
    • Recent downloads:
      9
    • 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:
      20,640,216
    • Recent downloads:
      8,441,527
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      498
    • Last activity:
      2026-08-05
  • space_editor

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

    • Latest version:
      0.3.1
    • Downloads:
      3,690
    • Recent downloads:
      16
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      500
    • Last activity:
      2025-05-23
  • sprite

    Procedurally generate pixel sprites and save them in different formats

    • Latest version:
      0.3.0
    • Downloads:
      19,445
    • Recent downloads:
      82
    • License:
      GPL-3.0
  • superluminal-perf

    Superluminal Performance API for adding user events to profiler captures

    • Latest version:
      0.4.0
    • Downloads:
      323,801
    • Recent downloads:
      2,123
    • 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:
      0.16.0
    • Downloads:
      231,374
    • Recent downloads:
      22,062
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      294
    • Last activity:
      2026-07-06
  • tri-mesh

    A triangle mesh data structure including basic operations.

    • Latest version:
      0.6.1
    • Downloads:
      20,262
    • Recent downloads:
      2,390
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      97
    • Last activity:
      2024-09-02
  • game-loop

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

    • Stars:
      144
    • Last activity:
      2025-02-10
  • undoredo

    Tools · UI

    Undo/Redo (and delta encoding) in Rust using deltas, snapshots or commands with convenience implementations for many standard and third-party types.

    • Latest version:
      0.14.1
    • Downloads:
      3,654
    • Recent downloads:
      2,253
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      125
    • Last activity:
      2026-08-20
  • vach

    A simple modular archiving format, written in pure Rust

    • Latest version:
      0.7.2
    • Downloads:
      43,833
    • Recent downloads:
      506
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      56
    • 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:
      159,859
    • Recent downloads:
      17,023
    • License:
      non-standard
    • Stars:
      60
    • Last activity:
      2026-05-11
  • wrapping_coords2d

    Translate between 1D indices and 2D coordinates with wrapping

    • Latest version:
      0.1.10
    • Downloads:
      15,894
    • Recent downloads:
      99
    • 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:
      3,721
    • Recent downloads:
      17
    • 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:
      21,726
    • Recent downloads:
      520
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      385
    • Last activity:
      2022-06-23
  • distill

    Asset framework for game engines & editor suites.

    • Latest version:
      0.0.3
    • Downloads:
      31,696
    • Recent downloads:
      563
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      379
    • Last activity:
      2026-07-09
  • ezing

    Easing functions

    • Latest version:
      0.2.1
    • Downloads:
      81,102
    • Recent downloads:
      2,110
    • 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:
      194,268
    • Recent downloads:
      8,130
    • License:
      WTFPL
    • Stars:
      230
    • 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:
      70,726
    • Recent downloads:
      652
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      1,813
    • Last activity:
      2023-01-22
  • weasel

    A customizable battle system for turn-based games.

    • Latest version:
      0.11.0
    • Downloads:
      19,018
    • Recent downloads:
      509
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      64
    • Last activity:
      2020-11-03

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