cameras

A cross-platform camera library for Rust, plus first-class UI-framework integrations.

Recording.2026-04-15.051232.mp4

Crates

Crate	crates.io	docs.rs	Purpose
cameras			Enumerate, probe, open, and stream cameras. macOS (AVFoundation), Windows (Media Foundation), Linux (V4L2). Optional RTSP.
dioxus-cameras			Hooks + components for using cameras inside a Dioxus desktop app. WebGL2 preview rendering.
egui-cameras			Helpers for using cameras inside an egui / eframe app. Frame-to-texture conversion.

Each integration crate is thin; almost everything lives in cameras itself (cameras::pump, cameras::source, cameras::monitor, etc.). The integration crates just bridge a running cameras::pump::Pump to the target UI framework's texture / canvas model.

Layout

cameras/
├── crates/
│   ├── cameras/         ← the core library
│   ├── dioxus-cameras/  ← Dioxus integration
│   └── egui-cameras/    ← egui integration
└── apps/
    ├── dioxus-demo/      ← multi-stream grid, USB + RTSP sources
    └── egui-demo/        ← single-stream viewer with pause / snapshot

Demos

just run-dioxus   # Dioxus desktop app: multi-stream grid, USB + RTSP
just run-egui     # egui / eframe app: single-stream viewer + snapshot

Versioning

All three crates ship in lockstep on the same major + minor version. Use matching minor versions across your Cargo.toml when depending on them.

Publishing

just publish       # cameras
just publish-dx    # dioxus-cameras
just publish-egui  # egui-cameras

License

Dual-licensed under either of

• MIT License
• Apache License, Version 2.0

at your option.