Rust Bindings Working Group

The Rust bindings working group is dedicated to creating a foundation for C and Rust bindings for C++ libraries used by the media and entertainment industry.

Goals of the WG are:

• To collaborate with ASWF communities to create (or facilitate the creation of) C and Rust bindings which are consistent across projects.
• Create tooling to help build the C and Rust bindings.
• Define a set of conventions and rules to create a consistent and ergonomic C and Rust interface for the wrapped libraries.
• To have the Rust bindings easily accessible through Rust's crates.io repository, and to give ownership of those bindings to the ASWF.

Non-goals of the WG are:

• Re-implementing current C++ libraries in Rust.

The TAC member sponsor of this working group is Sean Looper

Deliverables

• Bind Imath and OpenEXR with C and Rust bindings
• Create a framework for binding the other libraries

Communication

This WG communicates on the following channels:

• vfx-rs organization repository on GitHub
• #Rust on ASWF slack.

Meetings

See the ASWF public calendar. This WG meets the first Friday of every month at 12 pm Pacific Time.

provide the Zoom/conference call details

In-person meetings

list if applicable, or skip if not

Meeting notes

Meeting notes, recordings, and any presentations made during WG meetings are available here.

Tracked Libraries

Name	Status	Repository	Binding Development	Crate
Alembic	Not Started	https://github.com/alembic/alembic		https://crates.io/crates/alembic
Imath	Not Started	https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/Imath		https://crates.io/crates/imath
MaterialX	Not Started	https://github.com/materialx/MaterialX		https://crates.io/crates/materialx
Open Shading Language	Not Started	https://github.com/imageworks/OpenShadingLanguage		https://crates.io/crates/openshadinglanguage
OpenColorIO	Not Started	https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/OpenColorIO		https://crates.io/crates/opencolorio
OpenEXR	In Progress	https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr	https://github.com/vfx-rs/openexr-bind	https://crates.io/crates/openexr
OpenImageIO	In Progress	https://github.com/OpenImageIO/oiio	https://github.com/vfx-rs/oiio-bind	https://crates.io/crates/openimageio
OpenSubdiv	Not Started	https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenSubdiv		https://crates.io/crates/opensubdiv
OpenTimelineIO	Not Started	https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenTimelineIO		https://crates.io/crates/opentimelineio
OpenVDB	Not Started	https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openvdb		https://crates.io/crates/openvdb
Ptex	In Progress	https://github.com/wdas/ptex	https://github.com/vfx-rs/ptex-bind	https://crates.io/crates/ptex
SeExpr	Not Started	https://github.com/wdas/SeExpr		https://crates.io/crates/seexpr
USD	In Progress	https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/USD	https://github.com/vfx-rs/usd-bind	https://crates.io/crates/usd