3Blue1Brown · Math Animation

Manim

Moved from Week 8 2025: Grant Sanderson's Python animation engine for explanatory maths videos, used for the 3Blue1Brown channel and now a common render target for LLM-generated maths explainers. Scenes are written in code and render to video with precise vector shapes, LaTeX and camera moves. There has been no tagged release since v1.7.2 in December 2024; a September 2026 commit added VideoMobject and Sprite classes. This week brought a faster Manim-compatible engine, ManimGX. The community edition, ManimCE, is a separate project. MIT, 95,309 stars.