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Manim: Animation engine for explanatory math videos

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434 points pykello | 3 comments | 23 Aug 25 07:35 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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esperent ◴[23 Aug 25 10:39 UTC] No.44994941[source]▶
It seems like the community fork would be the better link for most people.

https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/

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Waterluvian ◴[23 Aug 25 11:35 UTC] No.44995220[source]▶
For good reasons or for drama reasons? I read the blurb about the fork and can’t tell why exactly if Grant is continuing to maintain the original.
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Jorge1o1 ◴[23 Aug 25 11:44 UTC] No.44995263[source]▶
Well, to me it seems like he just shared the original so that others could benefit from the work he had already done, but that since his main priority is to continue making new videos, he may not have the time resources to:

- Avoid breaking changes

- Keep APIs stable

- Test and document everything, etc.

I personally think there's nothing wrong with that. We wouldn't say that a musician is *obligated* to put out a second album or a remaster. We wouldn't say that an author *must* make a sequel to their popular book. But when it comes to code sometimes we feel like the original author has an obligation to keep working on it just because it would convenience us.

(edited for formatting)

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1. Waterluvian ◴[23 Aug 25 11:49 UTC] No.44995283{3}[source]▶
Yeah for sure! Listing that kind of thing would probably be helpful. I think this is one of those “you’ve gotta already be on the inside and already know” things as the fork’s read me doesn’t seem to explain it.
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2. mistercow ◴[23 Aug 25 11:53 UTC] No.44995304[source]▶
This is pretty clear from the readme though?

> While Grant Sanderson continues to maintain his own repository, we recommend this version for its continued development, improved features, enhanced documentation, and more active community-driven maintenance. If you would like to study how Grant makes his videos, head over to his repository

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3. Waterluvian ◴[23 Aug 25 11:59 UTC] No.44995326[source]▶
Hm, yeah. And I read that. But I still didn’t feel equipped to know which I ought to focus on. Maybe it’s just too early on a Saturday for me.