rust-windowing/softbuffer

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Easily write an image to a window

Stars: 506
Forks: 85
Open beginner issues: 0
Indexed issues: 21

Dominant language: Rust
License: Apache-2.0
Last GitHub push: Jul 18, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 19, 2026
Contributing guide: No contributing guide
Code of conduct: No code of conduct
Beginner labels: good first issue help wanted
PR merge metrics: No merged PRs in 30d

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21 open issues indexed

in X11 desktop, the program `buffer.present` is crash! Open

DS - X11

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

rust-windowing/softbuffer#368 · Opened Jun 9, 2026
`Buffer<'_>` shouldn't be `Send` Open

bug DS - Android NDK

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

rust-windowing/softbuffer#347 · 1 comment · Opened Mar 18, 2026
Does `AlphaMode::Opaque` carry its weight? Open

Needs Design Work

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

rust-windowing/softbuffer#342 · 1 comment · Opened Mar 5, 2026
Do we want a `SurfaceConfiguration` builder? Open

enhancement question

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

rust-windowing/softbuffer#338 · Opened Feb 10, 2026
Zero-copying on Android Open

DS - Android NDK enhancement

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

rust-windowing/softbuffer#318 · 2 comments · Opened Jan 23, 2026
Is `Context` needed for anything other than performance? Open

DS - Wayland DS - X11 question

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

rust-windowing/softbuffer#306 · 2 comments · Opened Jan 14, 2026
Context, Surface should not be generic over raw-window-handle types Open

enhancement

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

rust-windowing/softbuffer#298 · 8 comments · Opened Dec 2, 2025
DRM: example fails to page flip with EBUSY Open

bug DS - DRM/KMS

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

rust-windowing/softbuffer#271 · Opened Jun 19, 2025
Reduce the complexity of the Win32 implementation Open

DS - Win32 help wanted

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

rust-windowing/softbuffer#250 · Opened Jan 1, 2025
Handle zero-sized buffers internally Open

enhancement

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

rust-windowing/softbuffer#238 · 17 comments · 4 reactions · Opened Sep 4, 2024
Allow querying configured size Open

enhancement good first issue

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

rust-windowing/softbuffer#237 · 8 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Sep 1, 2024
Allow using X11 / Wayland on platforms that have another standard backend (macOS, Android) Open

DS - Android NDK DS - CoreGraphics DS - Wayland DS - X11 enhancement

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100

rust-windowing/softbuffer#211 · 5 comments · Opened Apr 24, 2024
Remove ?Sized bounds or add CI test that they work Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

rust-windowing/softbuffer#195 · 3 comments · Opened Jan 27, 2024
Hardware scaling (handle different logical vs. backing size) Open

enhancement

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

rust-windowing/softbuffer#177 · 16 comments · 6 reactions · Opened Nov 13, 2023
Tracking issue for potentially useful features in future Rust versions Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

rust-windowing/softbuffer#114 · 2 comments · Opened May 31, 2023
Initial Window Size Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100

rust-windowing/softbuffer#106 · 22 comments · Opened May 13, 2023
Pixel format API design Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

rust-windowing/softbuffer#98 · 33 comments · Opened Apr 11, 2023
Investigate more optimal way to implement CoreGraphics backend Open

DS - CoreGraphics

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

rust-windowing/softbuffer#83 · 19 comments · Opened Mar 31, 2023
Consider design of error type(s) Open

enhancement Needs Design Work

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

rust-windowing/softbuffer#73 · 3 comments · Opened Feb 23, 2023
Vertical sync (VSync / frame-limiting) Open

enhancement

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

rust-windowing/softbuffer#29 · 20 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Nov 7, 2022
No support for other color spaces Open

enhancement Needs Design Work

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

rust-windowing/softbuffer#15 · 2 comments · Opened Jun 11, 2022

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