RustDar

Fahrenheit Research·FahrenheitResearch.RustDar

Open-source NEXRAD Level 2 weather radar viewer written in Rust

winget install --id FahrenheitResearch.RustDar --exact --source winget

Latest 1.1.0·March 17, 2026

Release Notes

RustDar v1.1.0 — Performance Edition New Features

  • Multi-radar group animation — Ctrl+Click radars to add to group, synced loop animation across all active radars with parallel S3 download
  • Composite GIF export — Export multi-radar groups as composited GIF animations (1920x1080)
  • Bilinear interpolation renderer — GR2Analyst-quality smooth rendering with gate and azimuth interpolation
  • Dynamic resolution scaling — Render resolution adapts to zoom level (1024/2048/4096px)
  • 3D cross-section view — Perspective-projected vertical cross-section with drag-to-rotate, ground plane grid
  • Custom color tables — Load GR2Analyst (.pal) and RadarScope color table formats, 6 built-in presets
  • Per-radar opacity — Individual opacity sliders for each radar in multi-radar groups Improvements
  • 4-panel view — Now uses smooth renderer, custom color tables, and dynamic resolution
  • Cross-section click fix — Tool clicks (cross-section, measure, sounding) no longer conflict with map panning
  • Animation performance — Eager texture pre-rendering, eliminated 25-50MB Level2File clones per frame
  • Elevation locking — Animation frames locked to frame 0 elevation angle, prevents tilt flickering
  • Faster downloads — 8 concurrent S3 downloads (up from 4) macOS Users If you see a Gatekeeper warning, right-click the app and select "Open", or run: xattr -cr /Applications/RustDar.app Downloads ───────────────────┬────────────────────────────── Platform │File ───────────────────┼────────────────────────────── Windows x64 │RustDar-Windows-x64.zip ───────────────────┼────────────────────────────── macOS Apple Silicon│RustDar-macOS-AppleSilicon.dmg ───────────────────┼────────────────────────────── macOS Intel │RustDar-macOS-Intel.dmg ───────────────────┼────────────────────────────── Linux x64 │RustDar-Linux-x64.tar.gz ───────────────────┴──────────────────────────────

Installer type: zip

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Details

Homepage
https://github.com/FahrenheitResearch/rustdar
License
MIT
Publisher
Fahrenheit Research
Support
https://github.com/FahrenheitResearch/rustdar/issues
Copyright
Copyright © Fahrenheit Research
Moniker
rustdar