Manim Skill — Development agent for Claude Code

Manim Skills Repository

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A comprehensive collection of best practices, patterns, and examples for both **Manim Community Edition** and **ManimGL** (3Blue1Brown's version). This repository provides battle-tested code examples and guidelines for creating mathematical animations.

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📚 About the Two Versions

Manim Community Edition (`manim`)

• Repository: https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim
• Focus: Community-maintained, stable, well-documented
• Best For: Production use, educational content, collaborative projects
• Command: manim CLI
• Import: from manim import *

ManimGL (`manimgl`)

• Repository: https://github.com/3b1b/manim
• Focus: Grant Sanderson's (3Blue1Brown) original version with OpenGL rendering
• Best For: Interactive development, 3D scenes, rapid prototyping
• Command: manimgl CLI
• Import: from manimlib import *

**Important**: These are **separate, incompatible** frameworks. Code written for one will not work with the other without modifications.

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🚀 Installation

Prerequisites (Both Versions)

1. Python 3.7+ - Required
2. FFmpeg - For video encoding
3. LaTeX - For mathematical typesetting (TeX Live, MiKTeX, or MacTeX)

Install FFmpeg

**macOS:**

brew install ffmpeg

**Ubuntu/Debian:**

sudo apt update
sudo apt install ffmpeg

**Windows:** Download from https://ffmpeg.org/download.html and add to PATH

Install LaTeX

**macOS:**

brew install mactex

**Ubuntu/Debian:**

sudo apt install texlive-full

**Windows:** Install MiKTeX from https://miktex.org/download

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Installing Manim Community Edition

# Using pip
pip install manim

# Using uv (recommended for this project)
uv pip install manim


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