ABabirch·Oct 8, 2025
It’s crazy his framework is open source https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim
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manim
A community-maintained Python framework for creating mathematical animations.
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What it is
A community-maintained Python framework for creating mathematical animations.
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- 3b1b/manim · linked in 3 of the same discussions
- 3b1b/videos · linked in 2 of the same discussions
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| 2020 | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 8 | 1 | 7 |
| 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 2023 | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2024 | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 6 | 1 | 5 |
| 2025 | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2026 (partial) | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 5 | 4 | 1 |
What Hacker News says
6 sourcesIs 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 videosIt seems like the community fork would be the better link for most people.
https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/
In Manim: Animation engine for explanatory math videosSee also :
https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim
In Manim: Animation engine for explanatory math videos> For a true master of the art, see 3blue1brown.
I agree. Rather than (what I assume is) E2E text -> video/audio output, it seems like training a model on how to utilize the community fork of manim which 3blue1brown uses for videos would produce a better result.
[1] https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/
In Launch HN: Golpo (YC S25) – AI-generated explainer videosThe library developed and used by 3blue1brown [1] is open-source [2] and seems to fit the same use case. I don’t know about widely-used, though.
[1] https://3blue1brown.com
[2] https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim
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