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Manim. Turn math ideas into animated videos by writing code.

github.com/3b1b/manim

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Updates

July 2026
  • fix(path): convert tex file Path to POSIX format for Windows compatib…
  • docs: clarify Manim project choice (#2475)
  • Video work (#2477)
  • Video work (#2474)
March 2026
  • Fix shared reference issue in traced_points initialization (#2426)
  • This change introduces program-type aware shader code replacement (#2…
  • Dedenting copied code for checkpoint_paste (#2432)
  • Multiple clip planes (#2437)
  • Allow path_along_arc to take in multiple arc_angle values
  • Add set_image_coords_by_uv_func to TextureSurface
February 2026
  • Replace TEXT_MOB_SCALE_FACTOR with a dynamically calculated value (#2…
  • Add a lightweight alternative to MacTeX in the README (#2375)
  • Minor Fixes for Example Scenes (#2374)
  • Minor edits (#2380)
  • feat(InteractiveScene): add z-axis object grabbing support (#2379)
  • Fix StrokeArrow: preserve tip geometry for large angles (#2392)
  • Fix: remove pkg_resources usage (deprecated), use importlib.metadata …
  • fix(Latex): add latex_cache directory to resolve LaTeX compilation er…
  • Geometry improvements (#2394)
  • Fix x_range slicing in get_area_under_graph to prevent TypeError (#2395)
  • fix(interactive_scene): handle OverflowError in on_key_press for larg…
  • fix(SceneState): clear updaters on restore_scene (#2397)
  • Fix: Update installation guide to use Python 3.9 (Python 3.8 incompat…
  • Improve SVG path parsing by re-using ref_path (#2407)
December 2024
  • Release —v1.7.2
October 2024
  • Release —v1.7.1
  • Release —ManimGL 1.7.0
April 2022
  • Release —ManimGL 1.6.1
  • Release —ManimGL 1.6.0
February 2022
  • Release —ManimGL 1.5.0