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Animation engine for explanatory math videos

66 mentions on Hacker News by 64 people: 8 stories, 58 comments · first 2016-02-19 · latest 2026-08-25

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  1. Yep, and all the source code is developed in the open as well! https://github.com/3b1b/manim
    comment by foobarbecue · 2018-10-21 · in Understanding Quaternions
  2. His python library for generating his visuals is open source and equally as impressive: https://github.com/3b1b/manim
  3. …visualizations is also hosted on GitHub[0]. The repo includes the source for all his videos. [0] https://github.com/3b1b/manim
  4. I've recently learned that 3blue1brown's [1] videos are generated with python: https://github.com/3b1b/manim [1] https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYO_jab_esuFRV4b17AJtAw
    comment by rayalez · 2018-02-03 · in Video editing with Python
  5. He wrote his own tools in Python to achieve this (repo: https://github.com/3b1b/manim ). FAQ: http://www.3blue1brown.com/about/
  6. Source code of the video: https://github.com/3b1b/manim/blob/master/active_projects/fo...
  7. …animation using a set of Python tools and libraries he wrote. You can find them published here: https://github.com/3b1b/manim
  8. He uses custom, self-developed tools http://www.3blue1brown.com/about/ https://github.com/3b1b/manim
  9. …series, really a gem. He makes the software used to create the animations and it's open-source: https://github.com/3b1b/manim
    comment by badosu · 2017-05-13 · in Linear Algebra Done Right Video Series
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    Animation engine for explanatory math videos
    story by liuw · 2017-05-06 · 0 comments
  11. …[2] he built himself. [1] https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZHQObOWTQDPD3MizzM2x... [2] https://github.com/3b1b/manim
  12. Yes, the Python library is called Manim, and it's on GitHub: https://github.com/3b1b/manim
  13. …engine used in the videos (written in Python): Manim: animation engine for explanatory math videos https://github.com/3b1b/manim
    comment by espeed · 2017-02-11 · in The Essence of Linear Algebra [video]
  14. Animation code available? Check. https://github.com/3b1b/manim
  15. I think getting this ( https://github.com/3b1b/manim ) to work needs a video would need a video of its own. :) Here's where I got to since the README.md is basically empty for the moment. So far I've got it to do something. It needs at…
    comment by throwathrowaway · 2016-02-19 · in Mathematics Animations
  16. From his YouTube comments, he wrote his own engine in Python and open sourced it -- https://github.com/3b1b/manim
    comment by psyklic · 2016-02-19 · in Mathematics Animations