# ManimCommunity/manim

A community-maintained Python framework for creating mathematical animations.

Repository: https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/manimcommunity-manim
Homepage: https://www.manim.community
Language: Python
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: math, python, manim, animations, hacktoberfest
Last push: 2026-08-26T19:10:15+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 94/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 85, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2298, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 23, "gap_med": 47, "n_releases_24m": 6}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 40481, forks 3054 (observed 2026-08-28T04:12:08.240659+00:00)

## What it is
Manim Community Edition is a Python framework and animation engine for programmatically creating precise mathematical animations and explanatory videos, originally inspired by 3Blue1Brown's video tooling. It renders scenes composed of shapes, LaTeX equations, and transformations into high-quality videos.

## Use cases
- create animated math explainer videos with python
- animate latex equations and formulas
- make 3blue1brown style educational videos
- programmatically generate geometry and graph animations
- visualize mathematical concepts for teaching
- render animated diagrams for lectures

## When to choose
- you want precise, code-driven math animations rendered to video
- you need LaTeX equation rendering in animations
- you want an actively maintained community version with good docs

## When to avoid
- you need real-time interactive animation or a GUI editor
- you want simple drag-and-drop video editing without coding
- you need lightweight chart plotting rather than animated video

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: animation, graphics, data-visualization
- domain: mathematics, education, graphics, data-visualization
- platform: python, cross-platform, cli
- tags: math-animations, latex, video-generation, 3blue1brown, explanatory-videos

## Member repositories
- ManimCommunity/manim (main) score 94

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:08.240659+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T16:24:04.039631+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim (fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:08.240659+00:00, sha 670c5824dbf8)
  - homepage: https://www.manim.community (fetched 2026-08-29T07:46:29.857983+00:00, sha 4294d6b71fd7)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/manim/json (fetched 2026-08-29T07:46:29.949112+00:00, sha 9d052be893a9)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.