UI Building-blocks/

This file contains crates that implement lower-level features that sit beneath and are used by higher-level UI toolkits.

  • raw-window-handle crates.io
    Interoperability library for Rust Windowing applications.
    windowing
    Updated Downloads License Rust Version
    1.4 years ago (published 6y ago) ~38,000,000 (6,000,000 recent) MIT OR Apache-2.0 OR Zlib 1.64
    repo docs
    Org:

Input

  • gilrs crates.io
    Game Input Library for Rust
    gamepad input joystick
    Updated Downloads License Rust Version
    1 year ago (published 9y ago) ~3,000,000 (618,000 recent) Apache-2.0/MIT 1.65.0
    repo docs
  • keyboard-types crates.io
    Contains types to define keyboard related events.
    event input keyboard webdriver
    Updated Downloads License Rust Version
    1 day5 hours ago (published 8y ago) ~7,000,000 (2,000,000 recent) MIT OR Apache-2.0 1.61
    repo docs

Layout

  • taffy crates.io
    A flexible, high-performance, cross-platform UI layout library written in Rust.
    cross-platform css-grid flexbox grid layout
    Updated Downloads License Rust Version
    6 weeks ago (published 3y ago) ~3,000,000 (725,000 recent) MIT 1.65
    repo docs
    Webview: yes
    Used by:
    Org:

Rendering

  • wgpu crates.io
    Cross-platform, safe, pure-rust graphics API
    graphics
    Updated Downloads License Rust Version
    1 day5 hours ago (published 7y ago) ~11,000,000 (2,000,000 recent) MIT OR Apache-2.0 1.88
    repo docs
    Webview: no
    Used by:
    Org:
  • blade crates.io
    Sharp and simple graphics library
    graphics
    Updated Downloads License Rust Version
    0.8 years ago (published 6y ago) ~6,000 (829 recent) MIT 1.65
    repo docs
  • ash crates.io
    Vulkan bindings for Rust
    bindings gamedev graphics vulkan
    Updated Downloads License Rust Version
    1.5 years ago (published 9y ago) ~13,000,000 (2,000,000 recent) MIT OR Apache-2.0 1.69.0
    repo docs
  • vulkano crates.io
    Safe wrapper for the Vulkan graphics API
    bindings gpu graphics rendering vulkan
    Updated Downloads License Rust Version
    7 weeks ago (published 9y ago) ~892,000 (137,000 recent) MIT OR Apache-2.0 1.75.0
    repo docs
  • glutin crates.io
    Cross-platform OpenGL context provider.
    egl opengl windowing
    Updated Downloads License Rust Version
    22 weeks ago (published 11y ago) ~14,000,000 (2,000,000 recent) Apache-2.0 1.71.0
    repo docs
    Org:
  • softbuffer crates.io
    Cross-platform software buffer
    framebuffer windowing
    Updated Downloads License Rust Version
    1.1 years ago (published 4y ago) ~4,000,000 (1,000,000 recent) MIT OR Apache-2.0 1.70.0
    repo docs
  • webrender (WebRender) crates.io
    A GPU accelerated 2D renderer for web content
    Updated Downloads License Rust Version
    6 years ago (published 7y ago) ~18,000 (1,000 recent) MPL-2.0 --
    repo docs
    Used by:
  • imgui crates.io
    High-level Rust bindings to dear imgui
    Updated Downloads License Rust Version
    1.4 years ago (published 10y ago) ~808,000 (44,000 recent) MIT OR Apache-2.0 --
    repo docs

Window creation

  • winit crates.io
    A cross-platform window creation and event loop management library
    windowing
    Updated Downloads License Rust Version
    10 weeks ago (published 10y ago) ~24,000,000 (4,000,000 recent) Apache-2.0 1.70.0
    repo docs
    Webview: no
    Used by:
    Org:
  • minifb crates.io
    Cross-platform window setup with optional bitmap rendering
    framebuffer window windowing
    Updated Downloads License Rust Version
    0.7 years ago (published 10y ago) ~850,000 (100,000 recent) MIT OR Apache-2.0 --
    repo docs
  • sdl2 crates.io
    SDL2 bindings for Rust
    api engine graphics sdl windowing
    Updated Downloads License Rust Version
    12 weeks ago (published 11y ago) ~2,000,000 (259,000 recent) MIT --
    repo docs
  • sdl3 crates.io
    Cross-platform multimedia
    audio cross-platform engine graphics input
    Updated Downloads License Rust Version
    3 weeks ago (published 2y ago) ~82,000 (29,000 recent) MIT --
    repo docs
  • glfw crates.io
    GLFW3 bindings and idiomatic wrapper for Rust.
    opengl vulkan windowing
    Updated Downloads License Rust Version
    9 weeks ago (published 11y ago) ~735,000 (60,000 recent) Apache-2.0 1.56
    repo docs

Text Rendering

  • webrender (WebRender) crates.io
    A GPU accelerated 2D renderer for web content
    Updated Downloads License Rust Version
    6 years ago (published 7y ago) ~18,000 (1,000 recent) MPL-2.0 --
    repo docs
    Used by:
  • ab_glyph crates.io
    API for loading, scaling, positioning and rasterizing OpenType font glyphs.
    opentype otf text truetype ttf
    Updated Downloads License Rust Version
    6 days ago (published 5y ago) ~16,000,000 (3,000,000 recent) Apache-2.0 --
    repo docs
  • fontdue crates.io
    A simple no_std font parser and rasterizer.
    font opentype text truetype ttf
    Updated Downloads License Rust Version
    0.6 years ago (published 6y ago) ~2,000,000 (332,000 recent) MIT OR Apache-2.0 OR Zlib --
    repo docs
  • rusttype crates.io
    A pure Rust alternative to libraries like FreeType. RustType provides an API for loading, querying and rasterising TrueType fonts. It also provides an implementation of a dynamic GPU glyph cache for hardware font rendering.
    font opentype otf truetype ttf
    Updated Downloads License Rust Version
    3 years ago (published 10y ago) ~11,000,000 (1,000,000 recent) MIT / Apache-2.0 --
    repo docs
  • cosmic-text crates.io
    Pure Rust multi-line text handling
    Updated Downloads License Rust Version
    25 weeks ago (published 3y ago) ~2,000,000 (701,000 recent) MIT OR Apache-2.0 1.75
    repo docs