# Manim Community Edition

- id: src_01M569GAJHFSVKBAFA1ZQH6YYY
- 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, python, documentation, level:beginner, code:python
- updated: 2026-10-18T01:24:23.147Z
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Source: https://github.com/manimcommunity/manim

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  "revision": {
    "ref": "main",
    "pinned": false
  },
  "checked_at": "2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z",
  "parent_url": "https://github.com/3b1b/manim",
  "usefulness": "Community-maintained fork of 3b1b/manim with documentation, tests and tutorials; the usual starting point for programmatic mathematical and diagrammatic animation in Python.",
  "source_type": "repository",
  "availability": "available",
  "dependencies": [],
  "source_owner": "Manim Community Developers",
  "next_check_at": "2026-10-18T00:00:00.000Z",
  "successor_url": null,
  "hardware_notes": null,
  "known_limitations": [
    "API differs from ManimGL; examples are not interchangeable."
  ],
  "upstream_updated_at": "2026-10-16T17:10:55.000Z"
}
```

Evidence claims:
- [sourced_fact] Repo description: community-maintained Python framework for mathematical animations; MIT, not archived, last push 2026-10-16. · locator: GitHub API fields · source: https://api.github.com/repos/ManimCommunity/manim
- [upstream_claim] The 3b1b/manim README states the community edition was forked from it in 2020 with goals of stability, testing and friendlier contribution. · locator: 3b1b README, note on two versions · source: https://github.com/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 (copyright line names 3Blue1Brown LLC). · evidence: https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/blob/main/LICENSE

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