# Manim — card for AI agents

Community-maintained Python animation engine for programmatically creating explanatory math videos.

Category: Video assembly and rendering · maker Manim Community · checked 2026-10-21

## Price
- Price: Free
- Free tier: Free and open source under the MIT license

## License
MIT License — https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/blob/HEAD/LICENSE

- commercial: **yes** (Commercial use OK)
  > to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software
  (https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/blob/HEAD/LICENSE)
- attribution: **no** (No credit needed)
  > The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
  (https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/blob/HEAD/LICENSE)
- in app: **yes** (Can ship inside your app)
  > to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software
  (https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/blob/HEAD/LICENSE)

## Rules to follow
- Keep the MIT copyright and permission notice (LICENSE) in any copies or substantial portions of the code you distribute.
- Install the community edition (manim on PyPI) and not 3b1b/manim; their instructions differ.
- Render videos locally with the manim CLI, e.g. manim -ql file.py SceneName.
- Cite Manim in research work when appropriate, as the README asks.

## How to connect
- Package (npm/PyPI)
- PyPI: `pip install manim`
- Repository: https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim
- Website: https://www.manim.community/

## Notes
Added automatically: used in 1 public AI-built projects we sampled; 41,746 GitHub stars. License read from the official pages.

## Numbers (AgentGid data)
- Gid Score: 42.8
- GitHub stars: 41,773
- Downloads last week: 52,016
- Used in 1 public projects set up for AI coding agents

## Lines to paste into your prompt or AGENTS.md

```
- Manim (Video assembly and rendering). Community-maintained Python animation engine for programmatically creating explanatory math videos. Price: free; commercial use OK; no credit needed.
  Connect: PyPI manim.
  Rule: Keep the MIT copyright and permission notice (LICENSE) in any copies or substantial portions of the code you distribute.
  Rule: Install the community edition (manim on PyPI) and not 3b1b/manim; their instructions differ.
  Rule: Render videos locally with the manim CLI, e.g. manim -ql file.py SceneName.
  Rule: Cite Manim in research work when appropriate, as the README asks.
  License: https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/blob/HEAD/LICENSE (checked 2026-10-21; details: https://agentgid.com/assets/manim/)
```

## Links
- AgentGid page: https://agentgid.com/assets/manim/
- Is it free for commercial use? https://agentgid.com/assets/manim/commercial-use/
- Source: https://www.manim.community
- Source: https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/blob/HEAD/LICENSE
- Source: https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim

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