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Crates

  • amble_script

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

    • Stars:
      25
    • Last activity:
      2026-04-04
  • aseprite

    A crate to load files from the aseprite sprite editor.

    • Latest version:
      0.1.3
    • Downloads:
      27,083
    • Recent downloads:
      747
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      32
    • Last activity:
      2024-04-06
  • assets_manager

    Conveniently load, cache, and reload external resources

    • Latest version:
      0.13.9
    • Downloads:
      182,135
    • Recent downloads:
      5,891
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      162
    • Last activity:
      2026-04-15
  • basis-universal

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

    • Latest version:
      0.3.1
    • Downloads:
      398,823
    • Recent downloads:
      64,654
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      44
    • Last activity:
      2024-04-28
  • bytemuck

    A crate for mucking around with piles of bytes.

    • Latest version:
      1.25.0
    • Downloads:
      231,437,420
    • Recent downloads:
      48,899,083
    • License:
      Zlib OR Apache-2.0 OR MIT
    • Stars:
      988
    • Last activity:
      2026-01-31
  • console_engine

    A simple terminal framework to draw things and manage user input

    • Latest version:
      2.6.1
    • Downloads:
      90,210
    • Recent downloads:
      5,441
    • 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:
      23,095
    • Recent downloads:
      405
    • 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:
      14,020
    • Recent downloads:
      341
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      83
    • Last activity:
      2023-09-15
  • density-mesh-image

    Image module for density mesh generator

    • Latest version:
      1.5.0
    • Downloads:
      13,315
    • Recent downloads:
      291
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      83
    • 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:
      5,521,462
    • Recent downloads:
      1,162,388
    • 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:
      63,567
    • Recent downloads:
      1,636
    • 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:
      6,791,702
    • Recent downloads:
      1,311,603
    • 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:
      117,524
    • Recent downloads:
      9,861
    • 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:
      21,836
    • Recent downloads:
      272
    • 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:
      641,869
    • Recent downloads:
      77,495
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      143
    • Last activity:
      2022-07-11
  • helmer

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

    • License:
      MIT License
    • Stars:
      37
    • Last activity:
      2026-04-06
  • libnoise

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

    • Latest version:
      1.2.0
    • Downloads:
      22,233
    • Recent downloads:
      1,458
    • 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:
      43,471
    • Recent downloads:
      320
    • 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:
      8,873
    • Recent downloads:
      239
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      201
    • Last activity:
      2026-04-13
  • noise

    Procedural noise generation library.

    • Latest version:
      0.9.0
    • Downloads:
      2,030,800
    • Recent downloads:
      311,039
    • 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:
      9,265
    • Recent downloads:
      61
    • 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:
      40,672,311
    • Recent downloads:
      11,052,862
    • 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:
      8,367
    • Recent downloads:
      12
    • 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:
      4,407,309
    • Recent downloads:
      788,512
    • 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:
      3,139
    • Recent downloads:
      7
    • 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:
      10,353,033
    • Recent downloads:
      3,907,360
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      483
    • Last activity:
      2026-04-22
  • space_editor

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

    • Latest version:
      0.3.1
    • Downloads:
      3,673
    • Recent downloads:
      9
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      492
    • Last activity:
      2025-05-23
  • sprite

    Procedurally generate pixel sprites and save them in different formats

    • Latest version:
      0.3.0
    • Downloads:
      19,347
    • Recent downloads:
      67
    • License:
      GPL-3.0
    • Stars:
      76
    • Last activity:
      2026-04-22
  • superluminal-perf

    Superluminal Performance API for adding user events to profiler captures

    • Latest version:
      0.4.0
    • Downloads:
      321,047
    • Recent downloads:
      2,386
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      100
    • Last activity:
      2025-05-07
  • tiled

    A rust crate for loading maps created by the Tiled editor

    • Latest version:
      0.15.0
    • Downloads:
      204,667
    • Recent downloads:
      26,542
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      296
    • Last activity:
      2026-04-03
  • tri-mesh

    A triangle mesh data structure including basic operations.

    • Latest version:
      0.6.1
    • Downloads:
      17,777
    • Recent downloads:
      334
    • 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:
      43,246
    • Recent downloads:
      389
    • 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:
      139,695
    • Recent downloads:
      14,085
    • 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:
      15,778
    • Recent downloads:
      66
    • 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:
      3,701
    • Recent downloads:
      10
    • 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:
      21,082
    • Recent downloads:
      222
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      384
    • Last activity:
      2022-06-23
  • distill

    Asset framework for game engines & editor suites.

    • Latest version:
      0.0.3
    • Downloads:
      30,893
    • Recent downloads:
      303
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      375
    • Last activity:
      2021-12-13
  • ezing

    Easing functions

    • Latest version:
      0.2.1
    • Downloads:
      78,303
    • Recent downloads:
      3,579
    • 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:
      183,605
    • Recent downloads:
      8,623
    • 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:
      69,945
    • Recent downloads:
      516
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      1,811
    • Last activity:
      2023-01-22
  • weasel

    A customizable battle system for turn-based games.

    • Latest version:
      0.11.0
    • Downloads:
      18,498
    • Recent downloads:
      34
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      63
    • Last activity:
      2020-11-03

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