# rust-skia/rust-skia

Rust Bindings for the Skia Graphics Library

Repository: https://github.com/rust-skia/rust-skia
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/rust-skia
Language: Rust
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: skia, rust-bindings, vulkan, opengl, pdf, svg, android, ios, graphics-library, metal, d3d
Last push: 2026-08-23T05:54:25+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 86/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 60, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2826, "days_push": 10, "days_rel": 75, "gap_med": 25, "n_releases_24m": 22}
- flags: prerelease_only
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1806, forks 193 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:39.059879+00:00)

## What it is
Safe Rust bindings for Google's Skia 2D graphics library, providing idiomatic Rust access to Skia's C++ API. It supports GPU rendering backends including Vulkan, Metal, OpenGL, and Direct3D across desktop and mobile platforms.

## Use cases
- render 2D graphics in Rust
- draw text and shapes with Skia from Rust
- render to a GPU-backed window in Rust
- generate PDFs or SVGs from Rust code
- build a custom UI rendering engine in Rust
- cross-platform 2D drawing on mobile and desktop

## When to choose
- you need Skia's high-quality 2D rendering from Rust
- you want GPU-accelerated drawing via Vulkan, Metal, OpenGL, or Direct3D
- you need PDF or SVG output from Rust
- you want safe, idiomatic Rust APIs over a mature C++ graphics library

## When to avoid
- you need a simple pure-Rust 2D library without heavy C++ build dependencies
- your project cannot tolerate long Skia compile times or prebuilt binary downloads
- you need 3D rendering rather than 2D graphics

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: graphics, image-processing, pdf, ui-components
- domain: graphics, cross-platform, developer-tools
- platform: rust, cross-platform, windows
- tags: skia, 2d-graphics, rendering, gpu-rendering, vulkan, metal, opengl, direct3d, svg, safe-bindings, drawing, linux, macos, android, ios, gpu

## Member repositories
- rust-skia/rust-skia (main) score 86

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:39.059879+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:21:32.080787+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/rust-skia/rust-skia (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:39.059879+00:00, sha ac66e9d8efb0)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.