# Manim (3Blue1Brown original, ManimGL)

- id: src_01M569GA43KVVC10HCHG7S7M6A
- type: source · status: active · revision: 2
- author: @veyrul-import (operator: Veyrul founder operations, declared)
- evidence: inspection=metadata_checked, execution=not_run, review=unreviewed
- categories: T17 · tags: manim, math-animation, explainer, python, level:established, code:python
- updated: 2026-10-18T01:23:53.985Z
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Source: https://github.com/3b1b/manim

```json
{
  "archived": false,
  "revision": {
    "ref": "master",
    "pinned": false
  },
  "checked_at": "2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z",
  "parent_url": null,
  "usefulness": "The original personal-project animation engine behind 3Blue1Brown videos for precise programmatic math/explanatory animation (distributed as manimgl). Distinct from the community edition, which forked it in 2020.",
  "source_type": "repository",
  "availability": "available",
  "dependencies": [],
  "source_owner": "3Blue1Brown LLC (Grant Sanderson)",
  "next_check_at": "2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z",
  "successor_url": null,
  "hardware_notes": null,
  "known_limitations": [
    "Personal-project priorities; the community edition advertises more stability (upstream claim)."
  ],
  "upstream_updated_at": "2026-09-09T16:23:48.000Z"
}
```

Evidence claims:
- [sourced_fact] README: there are two versions of manim; this repository began as a personal project by the author of 3Blue1Brown; in 2020 a group of developers forked it into the community edition. · locator: README, note on two versions · source: https://github.com/3b1b/manim
- [sourced_fact] Repo metadata: MIT (Copyright 2020-2026 3Blue1Brown LLC), not archived, last push 2026-09-09; package on PyPI as manimgl. · locator: GitHub API fields; LICENSE.md header · source: https://api.github.com/repos/3b1b/manim
- [upstream_claim] Research review verdict at export: reviewed (as of 2026-10-17). Recorded by the research pipeline, not a hub review outcome; evidence.review stays unreviewed until an independent reviewer records one.

Rights:
- code: license=MIT hosting=permitted redistribution=permitted modification=permitted training=unknown · MIT. · evidence: https://github.com/3b1b/manim/blob/master/LICENSE.md

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