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24 alternatives to Astronomical image processing library rewritten in Rust

Lucky imaging library. Contribute to GreatAttractor/libskry_r development by creating an account on GitHub.

This is a library for processing astronomical images, originally written in another language and now rewritten in Rust. It is designed for developers and researchers who work with space imagery and need efficient image… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier. Astronomical image processing library rewritten in Rust launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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Write generative fine art in Rust▲306
2020 · paytonturnage.gitbook.io · its alternatives →
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Graphite, a Blender-inspired 2D procedural design Rust app▲785
For the past three years I've been building what I hope will be the next Blender, tackling the lack of any good 2D design or image editing tools outside the Adobe monopoly. This was our first year participating in Google Summer of Code and this Q3 update includes the big payoff from that, covering the most progress we've made so far as a project. If you're a Rust dev, consider getting involved as we apply for the next GSoC in the new year— you could be our intern next summer :) Q3 progress report: https://graphite.rs/blog/graphite-progress-report-q3-2024/
2024 · graphite.rs · its alternatives →
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Monte Carlo ray tracer in Rust▲168
Monte Carlo ray tracer developed using Rust. Contribute to Dalamar42/rayt development by creating an account on GitHub.
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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HelixDB – Open-source vector-graph database for AI applications (Rust)▲237
Hey HN, we want to share HelixDB (https://github.com/HelixDB/helix-db/), a project a college friend and I are working on. It’s a new database that natively intertwines graph and vector types, without sacrificing performance. It’s written in Rust and our initial focus is on supporting RAG. Here’s a video runthrough: https://screen.studio/share/szgQu3yq. Why a hybrid? Vector databases are useful for similarity queries, while graph databases are useful for relationship queries. Each stores data in a way that’s best for its main type of query (e.g.…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Rust Vector and Quaternion Lib▲128
I use this library I made for Vectors and Quaternions in many personal projects. I've open-sourced it, in case anyone else would get use out of it. I use this on various projects, including quadcopter firmware, a graphics engine, a cosmology simulation, and several molecular dynamics applications. No_std compatible.
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A physically-based GPU ray tracer written in Julia▲198
We ported pbrt-v4 to Julia and built it into a Makie backend. Any Makie plot can now be rendered with physically-based path tracing. Julia compiles user-defined physics directly into GPU kernels, so anyone can extend the ray tracer with new materials and media - a black hole with gravitational lensing is ~200 lines of Julia. Runs on AMD, NVIDIA, and CPU via KernelAbstractions.jl, with Metal coming soon. Demo scenes: github.com/SimonDanisch/RayDemo
Feb 2026 · makie.org · its alternatives →
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a Rust based CLI tool 'imgcatr' for displaying images▲129
cat for images, by RUST
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Rust/WASM lighting data toolkit – parses legacy formats, generates SVGs▲52
Hi HN, I'm Holger, a developer who worked in the lighting industry. I built this to scratch my own itch and put it on crates.io and PyPI where nothing like it existed. The old file formats (EULUMDAT from 1990, IES from 1991) still work fine for basic photometry. But the industry is moving toward spectral data – full wavelength distributions instead of just lumen values. The new standards (TM-33, ATLA-S001) are barely supported by existing tools. So this handles both: legacy formats for compatibility, spectral data for anyone who wants to work with the new standards. Stack: Rust core, then…
Dec 2025 · eulumdat.icu · its alternatives →
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A simple CLI tool to generate satellite images of a location▲303
Satellite imagery for dummies. Contribute to plant99/felicette development by creating an account on GitHub.
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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a Rust ray tracer that runs on any GPU – even in the browser▲95
I’ve been experimenting with Rust lately and wanted a project that would help me explore some of its lower-level and performance-oriented features. Inspired by Sebastian Lague’s videos, I decided to implement my own ray tracer from scratch. The initial goal was just to render a simple 3D scene in the browser at a reasonable frame rate. It evolved into a small renderer that can: • Run locally or on the web using wgpu and WebAssembly • Perform mesh rendering with a Bounding Volume Hierarchy (BVH) for acceleration • Simulate both direct and indirect illumination for photorealistic results • Be…
Nov 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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AstraPixelsfree tier, from $5/mo▲267
A pixel-art solar system at its real current positions.
Aug 2026 · astrapixels.com · its alternatives →
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High-Performance Wavelet Matrix for Python, Implemented in Rust▲93
I built a Rust-powered Wavelet Matrix library for Python. There were surprisingly few practical Wavelet Matrix implementations available for Python, so I implemented one with a focus on performance, usability, and typed APIs. It supports fast rank/select, top-k, quantile, range queries, and even dynamic updates. Feedback welcome!
Dec 2025 · pypi.org · its alternatives →
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I wrote a rust program to translate images into textual line art▲70
Converts images into textual line art. Contribute to lf94/img2utf development by creating an account on GitHub.
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Nebula – a distributed graph database written in C++▲178
A distributed, fast open-source graph database featuring horizontal scalability and high availability - GitHub - vesoft-inc/nebula: A distributed, fast open-source graph database featuring horizontal scalability and high availability
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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cuTile Rust: Safe, data-race-free GPU kernels in Rust▲106
cuTile Rust provides a safe, tile-based kernel programming DSL for the Rust programming language. It features a safe host-side API for passing tensors to asynchronously executed kernel functions. - NVlabs/cutile-rs
Jun 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Bild – A collection of parallel image processing algorithms in Go▲138
Image processing algorithms in pure Go. Contribute to anthonynsimon/bild development by creating an account on GitHub.
2019 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A toy ray tracer in Rust▲77
A toy ray tracer in Rust. Contribute to Twinklebear/tray_rust development by creating an account on GitHub.
2015 · github.com · its alternatives →
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I've made a Monte-Carlo raytracer for glTF scenes in WebGPU▲131
This is a GPU "software" raytracer (i.e. using manual ray-scene intersections and not RTX) written using the WebGPU API that renders glTF scenes. It supports many materials, textures, material & normal mapping, and heavily relies on multiple importance sampling to speed up convergence.
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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RadianceKit▲95
Turn photos into 3D Gaussian Splats on your Mac
Jun 2026 · radiancekit.de · its alternatives →
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I created a RAW to HDRI stacker in (mostly) Common Lisp▲35
This is an upgrade of a tool I created 15 years ago in Python to learn OOP and solve some inadequacies in the HDR stacking tools I could find at the time. The problem was, none of them were really "batch friendly". None of them properly preserved the metadata I wanted them to stuff into the output file. There were probably some other reasons also, I just can't remember them now. It got the job done, but was very slow. Python was what I knew at the time and even with NumPy, I was limited in the speed I could squeeze out of it. (I also made some very specific, conscious, architectural choices…
Jun 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A SIMD-accelerated noise library in Rust▲73
SIMD noise library for Rust. Contribute to verpeteren/rust-simd-noise development by creating an account on GitHub.
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
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KiviDB, a faster Redis-compatible memory database and vector cache▲69
A fast, multi-threaded Redis® and Valkey alternative written in Rust: drop-in compatible, with full-text and vector search built in - kividbio/kividb
2d ago · github.com · its alternatives →
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Rust -> WASM, K-Means Color Quantization Crate for Image-to-Pixel-Art▲37
An open source "Rust ↦ WASM, k-Means Color Quantization" crate for Image-to-Pixel-Art conversions in the browser - gametorch/image_to_pixel_art_wasm
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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I am developing a type safe colorspace library for Rust▲12
After two weeks of planning and figuring out how to manage conversions safely, I have finally published the first version of my crate :) It allows you to specify your own colortypes and easily use the same syntax for converting between your custom color types! I also started working on a custom image type that can do math :)
2022 · crates.io · its alternatives →

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