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    3b1b/manim

    Animation engine for explanatory math videos

    backend
    3b1b-videos
    animation
    explanatory-math-videos
    python
    Python
    MIT
    96.2K stars
    7.9K forks
    959 GitHub watchers
    Updated Nov 7, 2026
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    Where it stands

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    No releases in the last 90 days; the most recent was 694 days ago, with 182 contributors on GitHub.

    Peaked at #12 in the weekly ranking the week of Sep 6, its best in the past year.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Creates precise programmatic animations for explanatory math videos using Python.
    • Offers fine-grained control over mathematical animations with a focus on clarity and educational content.
    • Use for producing high-quality math tutorial videos with custom animated visualizations.
    • Use for educators wanting to illustrate complex math concepts through dynamic, scripted animations.
    • Use for developers building interactive math content or demos requiring detailed animation control.

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    License

    MIT

    Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution.

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    • README: present

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    From the README

    Manim is an engine for precise programmatic animations, designed for creating explanatory math videos.

    Note, there are two versions of manim. This repository began as a personal project by the author of 3Blue1Brown for the purpose of animating those videos, with video-specific code available here. In 2020 a group of developers forked it into what is now the community edition, with a goal of being more stable, better tested, quicker to respond to community contributions, and all around friendlier to get started with. See this page for more details.

    Manim runs on Python 3.7 or higher.

    System requirements are FFmpeg, OpenGL and LaTeX (optional, if you want to use LaTeX). For Linux, Pango along with its development headers are required. See instruction here.

    For more options, take a look at the Using manim sections further below.

    Excerpt from the 3b1b/manim README on GitHub (MIT license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

    Daily snapshots

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    +6,411 stars over 90 days across 34 snapshot days; best day +458 on Aug 12.

    Forks

    7.9K+450

    Open issues

    519+23

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