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manim

Python engine for scripting precise animations of math concepts

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What it is

ManimGL is the animation library Grant Sanderson built to produce 3Blue1Brown videos. You write scenes in Python describing shapes, equations, graphs, and transformations, then preview them in an OpenGL window or render them to video with FFmpeg, with optional LaTeX for typeset formulas. Educators and math communicators use it to turn explanations into exact, reproducible animations. A separate community-maintained fork exists for those who want a more stable, beginner-friendly version.

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95,420 GitHub stars.
95,420

Forks
7,818
Commits
6,478
Contributors
182
Language
Python
License
MIT
Last commit
Sep 9, 2026
On GitHub since
March 2015
First release
February 2021
Platforms
macOS, Windows, Linux, CLI, library
Self-hostable
No
Author
Grant Sanderson
Tags
  • animation
  • scientific-computing
  • data-visualization

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Updated Oct 21, 2026
  • Hacker NewsManim – 3Blue1Brown's animation engine for explanatory math videosApr 22, 2019 · 669 points · 80 comments (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsManim: Animation engine for explanatory math videosAug 23, 2025 · 434 points · 68 comments (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsManim: Animation engine for explanatory math videosOct 29, 2020 · 283 points · 19 comments (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsManim: Animation engine for explanatory math videosJun 6, 2022 · 124 points · 16 comments (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Bluesky“He built manim: Which now has a more maintained community fork. (Linked on the readme)”Oct 12, 2025 · 7 likes · 1 reply (opens Bluesky in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsManim: Animation engine for explanatory math videosJul 19, 2020 · 3 points · 0 comments (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsAnimation engine for explanatory math videosMay 6, 2017 · 3 points · 0 comments (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Bluesky“Math videos that dance Manim lets you script every frame of a math animation in Python, so you get precise, programmatic control. Install it with a single pip…”Oct 15, 2026 · 2 likes · 0 replies (opens Bluesky in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsAnimation engine for explanatory math videosMar 9, 2022 · 2 points · 0 comments (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Bluesky“Happy to start #AdventOfCode again this year! 🎄 I'll take the opportunity to learn how to use the math animation tool”Dec 1, 2025 · 1 like · 0 replies (opens Bluesky in a new tab)
  • Bluesky“Manim: Animation engine for explanatory math videos View Article | Join the HN Conversation Summary of HN discussion 🧵👇 #hacker-news”Aug 24, 2025 · 0 likes · 1 reply (opens Bluesky in a new tab)
  • Bluesky“Animation engine for explanatory math videos.”Aug 23, 2026 · 0 likes · 0 replies (opens Bluesky in a new tab)
  • Bluesky“Grant Sanderson from 3Blue1Brown, uses a python library he wrote to all sorts of mathematical and data vis like this- it's called Manim.”May 5, 2026 · 0 likes · 0 replies (opens Bluesky in a new tab)
  • Bluesky“Manim: Animation engine for explanatory math videos github.com”Aug 23, 2025 · 0 likes · 0 replies (opens Bluesky in a new tab)
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