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manim

A community-maintained Python framework for creating mathematical animations.

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42.5KGitHub stars
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A community-maintained Python framework for creating mathematical animations.

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Observed mentions: 2020-10-29 06:01:20 UTC to 2026-08-22 19:08:22 UTC.

024682020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments20202021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 8 mentions; 1 submissions, 7 comments2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 4 mentions; 1 submissions, 3 comments2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 4 mentions; 0 submissions, 4 comments20232024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 6 mentions; 1 submissions, 5 comments2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 6 mentions; 0 submissions, 6 comments2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 5 mentions; 4 submissions, 1 comments. Incomplete calendar period.2026*

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20212021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC817
20222022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC413
20232023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC404
20242024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC615
20252025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC606
2026 (partial)2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC541

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rwu1997·Jul 23, 2026Submission

Show HN: ArXivMax – video explainers for any research paper

I have a bad habit of bookmarking arXiv papers and never getting around to them. So I built arXivMax to make it easier to go through them. Think 3Blue1Brown-style video explainers (it uses the same OSS Manim engine underneath for the visuals: https://github.com/manimCommunity/manim) generated for any arXiv paper. No, this isn't to replace paper reading entirely, but it's a great passive listen in the background while you're vibe-coding/tokenmaxxing/washing the dishes. Here's one on the 2020 DDPM paper that popularized the Diffusion architecture: https://www.arxivmax.com/papers/2006.11239 For now it's completely free to use until I run out of tokens (thank Codex for having an insanely subsidized monthly token plan!)
2 points · Open discussion
mkagenius·Jun 14, 2026Submission

Show HN: Manim-Studio – Prompt to 3blue1brown video

Hi, Created a tool that lets you type your idea and it can generate a 3blue1brown style video on this. The demo is free to use - https://crafty-resilient-grebe.instavm.site/ Github open sourced as well - https://github.com/instavm/manim-studio If you feel its cumbersome to set up manim locally, you can now just prompt this tool and it will create the video you need, be as descriptive as you like. Shoutout to the original Manim - https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim Happy manim-ing!
3 points · Open discussion
there is at least one video, if not a series of videos, where he explains his process in detail, showing the coding process and everything. it is a collaboration with another person where, if i recall, he is teaching them. i will see if i can find it. edit: "How I animate 3Blue1Brown | A Manim demo with Ben Sparks" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbu7Zu5X1zI more on workflow: https://github.com/3b1b/videos?tab=readme-ov-file#workflow code for videos: https://github.com/3b1b/videos manim: https://github.com/3b1b/manim manim community edition: https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/
In How and why to take a logarithm of an image [video]
Is there an awesome list for manim the software? Manim: Math Animation Src: ManimCommunity/manim: https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim Docs: https://docs.manim.community/en/stable/ GH topic: manim: https://github.com/topics/manim : manimML, manim-physics, chanim, manim-web (dart), JAnim (java), ranim (rust), manim-voiceover, git-sim, TheoremExplainAgent, reactive-manim, jupyter-manim, manim-sideview (vscode), manim-studio (Qt, Cairo) ManimCommunity/awesome-manim has a list of creators that create with manim: https://github.com/ManimCommunity/awesome-manim /?youtube manim: https://www.youtube.com/results?sp=mAEA&search_query=Manim+
In Manim: Animation engine for explanatory math videos
harfang-wasm is a fork of pygbag. harfang-wasm: https://github.com/harfang3d/harfang-wasm pygbag: https://github.com/pygame-web/pygbag https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38772400 : > FWIU e.g. panda3d does not have a react or rxpy-like API, but probably does have a component tree model? Is there a react-like api over panda3d, or are there only traditional events? The redux DevTools extension also works with various non-react+redux JS frameworks. Manim has a useful API for teaching. Is there a good way to do panda3d with a manim-like interface, for scripting instructional design? https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/issues/3362#issuecom...
In Pyxel: A retro game engine for Python

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