# emoon/rust_minifb

Cross platform window and framebuffer crate for Rust

Repository: https://github.com/emoon/rust_minifb
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/rust_minifb
Language: Rust
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: rust, rust-crate, framebuffer, window
Last push: 2026-08-18T15:14:36+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 76/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3937, "days_push": 15, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1204, forks 117 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:59.054832+00:00)

## What it is
minifb is a cross-platform Rust crate for creating windows and displaying 32-bit pixel buffers, with keyboard and mouse input support. It is designed primarily for prototyping software rendering rather than full-featured application development.

## Use cases
- display a pixel buffer in a window for software rendering
- prototype graphics algorithms like raytracers or noise generators
- get keyboard and mouse input for simple demos
- build a quick 2D game or simulation prototype
- visualize image processing results in real time
- write cross-platform graphical demos in Rust without heavy dependencies

## When to choose
- you need a minimal window with a framebuffer for prototyping
- you want simple keyboard/mouse input without a full GUI framework
- you are writing software-rendered demos, emulators, or visualizations in Rust
- you want a lightweight dependency for cross-platform graphics experiments

## When to avoid
- you need a full-featured GUI with widgets, menus, or native controls
- you are building a production application requiring robust window management
- you need GPU-accelerated rendering or hardware acceleration
- you need Redox OS support, which is currently unmaintained

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: graphics, gui, image-processing
- domain: graphics, cross-platform, developer-tools
- platform: windows, rust, cross-platform
- tags: framebuffer, windowing, pixel-buffer, prototyping, keyboard-input, mouse-input, software-rendering, game-development, macos, linux

## Member repositories
- emoon/rust_minifb (main) score 76

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:59.054832+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 2026-08-30T06:19:39.298537+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/emoon/rust_minifb (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:59.054832+00:00, sha f508bb55c61d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.